Plugr brings every plugin, app, DAW project, and update manager on your Mac into one beautiful, searchable place — tracks updates and where to get them, shows you which plugins you actually use across your DAW sessions (and which you don't), and spots the best & most relevant plugin deals along the way.
Plugins, projects, update managers, updates, deals, and the little producer tools you keep Googling — all in one place, so you can spend more time making music.
Plugr automatically tracks and flags your outdated plugins and apps. Update them in one click via the developer's site or the plugin manager that handles it. Every vendor's plugin manager (Native Access, Waves Central, Arturia Software Center, and more) lives on one labeled tab, so you know exactly which plugins each one handles.
Plugr quickly scans your Ableton Live, Logic Pro, and FL Studio projects and shows what you actually use — your top plugins, your top plugin types (effects, instruments, utilities), and the developers you depend on. Organize with tags, ratings, statuses, and notes; play and compare project bounces right inline; search across every project from one place.
Plugr shows you the best deals from a curated set of trusted retailers (Plugin Boutique, Audio Plugin Deals, and more) and identifies the most relevant offers based on your existing library.
Plugr keeps tabs on hundreds of plugin and app developers — FabFilter, Soundtoys, Adobe, Plugin Alliance, Native Instruments, Microsoft, UAD, iZotope, Valhalla, and many more. The moment a new version is out, you'll see it — and know where to get it.
Point Plugr at your project folders and see your library the way you really use it — by what actually shows up in your sessions.
Plugr keeps an eye on the major plugin sale sites — Plugin Boutique, Audio Plugin Deals, and more — and brings everything into one tidy feed. Filter by what matters to you.
Tap tempo, BPM ↔ delay calculator, Camelot wheel — built right in. No more flipping to a browser tab in the middle of a session.
Tag plugins with anything you want ("mastering chain", "vocal", "live set"), favorite the heavy hitters, hide the cruft you'll never delete but never use.
Tag, categorize, or set an update source on one format and every other format of the same plugin (VST3, VST2, AU, AAX, CLAP) inherits it automatically — no more managing the same plugin five times.
Clean up your library fast — rename, retag, or organize hundreds of plugins at once instead of clicking one by one. Every bulk action is undoable, so you can experiment without fear.
Eleven themes built in — three system defaults plus eight studio-inspired palettes that match the look of popular DAWs.
Optional: keep your tags, favorites, project library, and update sources in sync between your studio Mac and your laptop.
Save your entire Plugr setup — tags, favorites, notes, custom sources, project annotations — as a single file. Restore it on a new Mac in seconds.
Take your full plugin library out as a spreadsheet anytime — for backup, insurance documentation, or just peace of mind.
Optionally run Plugr in the macOS menu bar so deal alerts keep firing even when the window's closed. Pair with launch-at-login for fully hands-off deal monitoring.
Click the Plugr logo five times in the app. That's all we're telling you.
No credit card required to start. Subscribe for $7/mo or $49/yr — or pick up a one-time Lifetime license for $149.
Or just start the free 14-day trial — no card, no commitment, see if you love it before paying.
Quick answers. Full FAQ here, or email us if you don't see your question.
VST3, Audio Unit (AU), VST2, AAX, and CLAP. It also catalogs all the standalone apps on your Mac so you can organize and keep them up to date as well.
Not yet. Plugr is currently macOS-only (macOS 12 Monterey or later, Apple Silicon and Intel both). We hope to support Windows in the future, but it isn't currently planned.
For the hundreds of developers Plugr knows about — most of the big names you use every day — very accurate. For developers it doesn't recognize yet, Plugr's built-in tools will help find the correct update source, or allow you to manually add them as needed, then remembers for next time. With a little bit of one-time setup, Plugr becomes a reliable one-stop update machine.
Several developers (Plugin Alliance, Native Instruments, Slate Digital, Waves, and others) handle updates through their own update managers. Plugr knows about those too, and points you to the right place to grab the update, organizing all your companion apps in one central location.
Only when you explicitly tell it to. "Move to Trash" is reversible (files go to your macOS Trash, not deleted permanently) and asks for confirmation. Everything else — categories, tags, favorites — is metadata that lives in Plugr's local cache and never touches your actual plugin files.
Subscription gives you all features as long as you're subscribed; cancel and the app drops to a read-only view of your existing scan data. Lifetime is a one-time payment for all features available at the time of purchase, plus all updates to those features forever. We may sunset the Lifetime tier at some point — anyone who bought a lifetime license keeps it forever.
Your library, projects, tags, favorites and notes stay on your Mac, and your additions sync between your Macs if you turn on the iCloud sync feature. Plugr only reaches out to developer websites to check for updates and to the deal sites to pull in sales — it never uploads your library anywhere.
If you turn on iCloud sync, your data syncs between your own Macs through Apple's iCloud, not our servers. Full details in the privacy policy.
Download Plugr free. Scan your whole library in a flash. Spend the next 14 days falling in love with your studio again.