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Plugins add pages and features to Stratos. Your airline chooses some for you (flight tracking, the Landing Analyser, the Dashboard and so on), and you can add your own from the plugin catalogue. Each plugin gets an icon in the sidebar, and its settings live in Settings → Plugins.
At a glance
  • Open the catalogue with Plugins in the sidebar. Install, update or uninstall from there.
  • Plugins your airline added say Required by VA and can only be removed by your airline.
  • Change a plugin’s settings in Settings → Plugins, under Your settings.
  • Drag the icons in the sidebar to put them in the order you like.

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Find a plugin

Click Plugins in the sidebar to open the catalogue.
  • Featured plugins sit at the top.
  • Type in Search plugins… to search names and descriptions.
  • Turn on Official only to see only Skyvex Software’s own plugins.
Each plugin shows its icon, name, description, version and number of installs. A tick after the name tells you who made it:
  • Gold tick: an official plugin, made and maintained by Skyvex Software.
  • Blue tick: a verified developer.
Hover over the tick to see which it is. A plugin with no tick comes from a developer who isn’t verified yet.
The plugin catalogue: featured plugins, search, Official only, and every plugin with its tick, version and installsThe plugin catalogue: featured plugins, search, Official only, and every plugin with its tick, version and installs
If the catalogue is empty, it says User plugins are coming soon.

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Install a plugin

  1. Click Install on the plugin.
  2. Check the version and click Install in Install name?.
The plugin is installed on this computer and saved to your account, and its icon appears in the sidebar. You’ll see a message when it’s done.

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Update a plugin

When a newer version is out, the plugin’s card shows an Update badge. Click Update, check the versions, then click Update again to confirm. The new version is switched on without a restart. You can also update from Settings → Plugins: a download arrow marks each plugin with an update, Update all updates every one, and a plugin’s own page has an Update button. A plugin updated there may say Restart to activate; it switches over the next time Stratos starts. Plugins, including the ones you installed, update on their own; Update just does it straight away.

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Uninstall a plugin

  1. In the catalogue, hover over Installed on the plugin’s card. It changes to Uninstall. Click it.
  2. Click Uninstall in Uninstall name?.
The plugin is removed from this computer and from your account. You can install it again from the catalogue any time. You can also uninstall from the plugin’s page in Settings → Plugins: click the bin icon, then Confirm. Plugins your airline added show Required by VA in the catalogue and have no uninstall button. Only your airline can remove them.

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Change a plugin’s settings

  1. Open Settings → Plugins (or click the gear icon, then Plugins).
  2. Pick the plugin from the list on the left.
  3. Change what you need under Your settings. Changes save straight away.
Your settings only shows what you’re allowed to change. Your airline sets the rest in Console, and those settings never show in Stratos. For example, in Flight Tracking you can turn on Auto-Start Tracking and Auto-Submit Flight, but whether you can cancel bookings, change aircraft or use Start Anyway is up to your airline. When a plugin has nothing for you to set, it says Nothing to set for name, and adds Your airline manages it. for an airline plugin. The list on the left marks each plugin Airline (added by your airline) or You (installed by you). A plugin’s page also shows its version, who added it, and under Details its Plugin ID, Author, Homepage and, when your airline needs it, Required by.

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Reorder the sidebar

Drag a plugin’s icon up or down the sidebar and drop it where you want it. The order is saved for each airline you fly for. With the keyboard: move to the icon with Tab, press Space to pick it up, use the arrow keys to move it, then press Space or Enter to drop it (Escape cancels). The first time you sign in, the icons follow the order your airline set.

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When a plugin won’t load

If a plugin can’t start, its page says Failed to Load Plugin (or Plugin Error if it stopped while showing), with the reason. In Settings → Plugins it has a warning sign and the same reason on its page.
  1. Click Retry.
  2. Check for an update: open Settings → Plugins and look for Update, or check About and updates.
  3. Restart Stratos.
  4. Still broken? Click Get help (for Skyvex Software’s plugins) or Contact the developer (for anyone else’s) on the plugin’s page in Settings → Plugins, or on its card in the catalogue. The plugin’s log goes with your message. See Getting help.
If it says name needs a newer Stratos, the plugin was built for a newer version of Stratos than yours. Update Stratos from Settings → About and updates and it loads. One plugin failing doesn’t stop the others loading.