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title: Add GitHub Plugins
slug: author/add-github-plugins
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createdAt: 2025-03-11T06:58:09.588Z
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BrightSign Author supports all BrightAuthor Classic plugins.
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The BrightSign GitHub page offers a variety of [BrightAuthor Plugins](https://github.com/brightsign/BrightAuthor-Plugins), which allow you to extend the standard functionality of BrightSign Author and BrightAuthor Classic. To add a plugin to BrightSign Author, you first need to retrieve it from GitHub. Follow these steps to download the *.brs* plugin file from GitHub.

1. Select the *.brs* file in the desired plugin directory (for example, the *Media-Server* directory contains the *server-plugin.brs* file).
2. Select the download icon as shown in the image below. The plugin will be saved to your Download directory.

![Screenshot 2024-06-19 at 10.42.37 AM.png](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/511c8QBH-VHiwWnyzIwUb/iSXgY88nI42ci9PmY1dgz_screenshot-2024-06-19-at-104237-am.png)

You can now add the plugin file to the BrightSign Cloud in BrightSign Author via **Content > New Component > Upload Script**.

Go to **Presentation Settings > Support Content > Script Plugin** to add the plugin directly to a presentation.