How to make a

Processing Tool

Processing Tool Structure

ToolName.txt — same as tool.properties — scraped daily by processing.org
ToolName.zip — processing tool archive
- tool.properties — processing tool properties
- library — tool jars
  - ToolName.jar — processing tool jar
  - *.jar* — dependency jars ✦ optional
- src* — source code ✦ optional

Processing Wiki — Structure of a Tool Folder

Tool Properties

name = Tool Name  
The name of the tool
authors = [Daniel Shiffman](http://www.shiffman.net/) and Chris Kairalla    
List of  authors of the tool

Links can be provided using the syntax [name](url)
url = http://username.me/tool  
The  website of the tool
categories = Hardware, 3D     
The  category (or categories) of the tool

Categories are separated by ,
Invalid categories will default to Other

 Processing — Tool Categories 
sentence = A collection of utilities for solving this and that problem.    
Short  descrption of the tool
paragraph = ...     
Long  descrption of the tool presented after the first sentence

Links can be provided using the syntax [name](url)
version = 64    
Revision  version number that increments once with each release
prettyVersion = 2.0.0Semantic  version displayed to the user
minRevision = 0
maxRevision = 1000      
The minimum and maximum  Processing revision  version compatible with the tool 

 processing/processing4 — Revisions 
Latest revision

Processing Wiki — Tool Basics · tool.properties

Build Processing Tool


processing-tool-plugin	Recommended
processing-tool-template	Legacy

You can use these to generate the Processing tool files, or make them however you’d like.

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Host Processing Tool


GitHub Releases	`https://github.com/USER/REPO/releases/latest`
GitHub Pages	`https://username.github.io/REPO`

Additional hosts


Vercel	`*.vercel.app`
Netlify	`*.netlify.app`
Cloudflare Pages	`*.pages.dev`
Firebase Hosting	`*.web.app`

Submit Processing Tool

Submit an Issue in processing/processing-contributions

🔨 New Tool
Properties File URL	`https://github.com/USER/REPO/releases/latest/download/toolName.txt`
Home Page URL	`https://username.github.io/toolName`
Guidelines Confirmation

Processing — Tools