diff --git a/scripts/registry.js b/scripts/registry.js
index 9d78c0e..497abcc 100644
--- a/scripts/registry.js
+++ b/scripts/registry.js
@@ -3,11 +3,13 @@ import { join } from "path";
 import { parse } from "jsonc-parser";
 const OUTPUT_FILE = "./registry.json";
 const OUTPUT_FILE2 = "./versions.json"; //neo: version listing lmao
+const OUTPUT_FILE3 = "./plugins.json" //neo: emerald plugins
 const VALID_CATEGORIES = ["Skin", "Texture", "World", "Mod", "DLC"];
 const VALID_CATEGORIES2 = ["Vanilla", "Modded", "Modpack", "Fork", "Random"];
 const REQUIRED_FIELDS = ["id", "name", "author", "description", "extended_description", "category", "thumbnail", "zips", "version"];
 const REQUIRED_FIELDS2 = ["id", "name", "author", "description", "extended_description", "thumbnail", "url", "version", "logo"];
-const IGNORED_DIRS = [".git", ".github", "scripts", "node_modules", ".00versions"];
+const REQUIRED_FIELDS3 = ["id", "name", "author", "description", "main", "permissions", "extended_description", "version"];
+const IGNORED_DIRS = [".git", ".github", "scripts", "node_modules", ".00versions", ".00plugins"];
 function validateMeta(meta, pkgDir) {
   const errors = [];
   for (const field of REQUIRED_FIELDS) {
@@ -64,14 +66,36 @@ function validateVersionMeta(meta, pkgDir) {
   return errors;
 }
 
+function validatePluginMeta(meta, pkgDir) {
+  const errors = [];
+  for (const field of REQUIRED_FIELDS3) {
+    if (meta[field] === undefined || meta[field] === null) {
+      errors.push(`missing required field: "${field}"`);
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (meta.id && meta.id !== pkgDir) {
+    errors.push(`id "${meta.id}" does not match folder name "${pkgDir}"`);
+  }
+
+  if (meta.version && !/^\d+\.\d+\.\d+$/.test(meta.version)) {
+    errors.push(`version "${meta.version}" is not valid semver (expected x.y.z)`);
+  }
+
+  return errors;
+}
+
 const packages = [];
 const versionlist = [];
+const pluginlist = [];
 const allErrors = [];
 let entries;
 let entries2;
+let entries3;
 try {
   entries = readdirSync(".");
   entries2 = readdirSync(".00versions"); //neo: dont ask about the name.
+  entries3 = readdirSync(".00plugins"); //neo: same comment as above.
 } catch {
   console.error(`how the hell did you run me if the directory doesn't exist???`);
   process.exit(1);
@@ -134,6 +158,35 @@ for (const entry of entries2) {
 
   versionlist.push(meta);
 }
+
+for (const entry of entries3) {
+  const pkgPath = ".00plugins/"+entry;
+  if (!statSync(pkgPath).isDirectory()) continue;
+  const metaPath = join(pkgPath, "meta.json");
+  let raw;
+  try {
+    raw = readFileSync(metaPath, "utf8");
+  } catch {
+    allErrors.push({ package: entry, errors: ["meta.json not found (in plugin)"] });
+    continue;
+  }
+  let meta;
+  try {
+    meta = parse(raw);
+  } catch (e) {
+    allErrors.push({ package: entry, errors: [`meta.json is invalid JSON: ${e.message} (in plugin)`] });
+    continue;
+  }
+
+  const errors = validatePluginMeta(meta, entry);
+  if (errors.length > 0) {
+    allErrors.push({ package: entry, errors });
+    continue;
+  }
+
+  pluginlist.push(meta);
+}
+
 if (allErrors.length > 0) {
   console.error("Validation failed:\n");
   for (const { package: pkg, errors } of allErrors) {
@@ -157,7 +210,15 @@ const versions = {
   versionlist,
 };
 
+const plugins = {
+  generated_at: new Date().toISOString(),
+  count: pluginlist.length,
+  pluginlist,
+};
+
 writeFileSync(OUTPUT_FILE, JSON.stringify(registry, null, 2));
 console.log(`registry.json generated with ${packages.length} package(s)`);
 writeFileSync(OUTPUT_FILE2, JSON.stringify(versions, null, 2));
 console.log(`versions.json generated with ${versionlist.length} version(s)`);
+writeFileSync(OUTPUT_FILE3, JSON.stringify(plugins, null, 2));
+console.log(`plugins.json generated with ${pluginlist.length} plugin(s)`);