# What happened to dev.plexapp.com

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/what-happened-to-dev-plexapp-com/849957>\
**Category:** Dev/API Corner\
**Tags:** plugin-dev, scanner-agent-dev\
**Created:** [August 9, 2023, 1:32pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/what-happened-to-dev-plexapp-com/849957 "2023-08-09T13:32:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![TheeGooch](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/theegooch/32/84170_2.png) [@TheeGooch](https://forums.plex.tv/u/TheeGooch)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2023, 1:32pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/what-happened-to-dev-plexapp-com/849957/1 "2023-08-09T13:32:32Z")

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I’m starting up a scanner/plugin pair development project for Plex, but the recommended documentation sources [wiki.plexapp.com](http://wiki.plexapp.com) and [dev.plexapp.com](http://dev.plexapp.com) are both unreachable sites. Is 3rd  
party development for Plex Media Server dead?

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**Author:** ![drzoidberg33](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/drzoidberg33/32/4184_2.png) [@drzoidberg33](https://forums.plex.tv/u/drzoidberg33)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2023, 2:02pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/what-happened-to-dev-plexapp-com/849957/2 "2023-08-09T14:02:18Z")

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There is no more official support for the Python plugin development framework.

Existing Python agents/scanners will continue working but I would not recommend developing new functionality for this framework. It is end-of-life, not maintained and will not remain part of PMS indefinitely.

If you wish to continue then I would just recommend using existing projects on Github, etc. for reference and/or speak to the community contributors of these projects.

Is there something specific you wish to achieve? Maybe it’s something you could submit as a feature request? I would be interested in knowing what you have in mind for future improvements to PMS.

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**Author:** ![TheeGooch](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/theegooch/32/84170_2.png) [@TheeGooch](https://forums.plex.tv/u/TheeGooch)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2023, 2:17pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/what-happened-to-dev-plexapp-com/849957/3 "2023-08-22T14:17:01Z")

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Maybe! I’m trying to fix ZeroQI’s youtube video scanning and metadata plugins so that I access my growing youtube video library that already has over 1000 videos. I managed to make some small hacky fixes, but I really want to figure out how to set up a workable development and test environment for plugins so that I create a proper pull request with fixes.

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**Author:** ![TheeGooch](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/theegooch/32/84170_2.png) [@TheeGooch](https://forums.plex.tv/u/TheeGooch)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2024, 6:42pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/what-happened-to-dev-plexapp-com/849957/4 "2024-07-14T18:42:00Z")

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Based on the resonse, I guess youtube metadata integrationfor Plex is a no-go.

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**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2024, 9:48pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/what-happened-to-dev-plexapp-com/849957/5 "2024-07-14T21:48:02Z")

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The response you’re referring to is approx. 1 year old and referring specifically to the Python plugin development framework.

> [@Please do not switch off legacy agents/scanners without a way of adding my own metadata](https://forums.plex.tv/t/please-do-not-switch-off-legacy-agents-scanners-without-a-way-of-adding-my-own-metadata/881510/3):
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> There will be a way to have alternative metadata agents in Plex before we sunset the legacy ones. We will share more on the subject when it’s ready.