diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 384ca2f2..9a908ad2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Plugin.dll
 */bin
 */obj
+*/.vs
 *.suo
-
diff --git a/BasicNodes/BasicNodes.csproj b/BasicNodes/BasicNodes.csproj
index 5eab3a05..7181d918 100644
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diff --git a/Builds/BasicNodes.zip b/Builds/BasicNodes.zip
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..434d12fc
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diff --git a/Builds/VideoNodes.zip b/Builds/VideoNodes.zip
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f605461a
Binary files /dev/null and b/Builds/VideoNodes.zip differ
diff --git a/VideoNodes/VideoNodes.csproj b/VideoNodes/VideoNodes.csproj
index 6edd53aa..24f72c93 100644
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diff --git a/buildplugins.ps1 b/buildplugins.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3381196a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildplugins.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+Remove-Item Builds  -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
+
+$revision = (git rev-list --count --first-parent HEAD) -join "`n"
+
+
+$json = "[`n"
+
+Get-ChildItem -Path .\ -Filter *.csproj -Recurse -File -Name | ForEach-Object {
+    # update version number of builds
+    (Get-Content $_) `
+        -replace '(?<=(Version>([\d]+\.){3}))([\d]+)(?=<)', $revision |
+    Out-File $_
+
+    $name = [System.IO.Path]::GetFileNameWithoutExtension($_) 
+    $version = [Regex]::Match((Get-Content $_), "(?<=(Version>))([\d]+\.){3}[\d]+(?=<)").Value
+    
+    $json += "`t{`n"
+    $json += "`t`t""Name"": ""$name"",`n"
+    $json += "`t`t""Version"": ""$version"",`n"
+    $json += "`t`t""Package"": ""https://github.com/revenz/FileFlowsPlugins/Builds/" + $name + ".zip?raw=true""`n"
+    $json += "`t},`n"
+
+    # build an instance for FileFlow local code
+    dotnet build $_ /property:GenerateFullPaths=true /consoleloggerparameters:NoSummary --output:../FileFlows/Server/Plugins
+    # build instance to be published to repo
+    dotnet build $_ /property:GenerateFullPaths=true /consoleloggerparameters:NoSummary --output:Builds/$name
+    
+    Remove-Item Builds/$name/Plugin.dll -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
+    Remove-Item Builds/$name/*.deps.json -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
+    Remove-Item Builds/$name/ref -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
+
+    # zip build 
+    Compress-Archive -Path Builds/$name/* -DestinationPath Builds/$name.zip
+    Remove-Item Builds/$name -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
+}
+$json = $json.Substring(0, $json.lastIndexOf(',')) + "`n"
+$json += ']';
+
+Set-Content -Path 'plugins.json' -Value $json
+
+Remove-Item ../FileFlows/Server/Plugins/Plugin.dll -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
+Remove-Item ../FileFlows/Server/Plugins/*.deps.json -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
+Remove-Item ../FileFlows/Server/Plugins/ref -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
diff --git a/plugins.json b/plugins.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9cb8ca36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[
+	{
+		"Name": "BasicNodes",
+		"Version": "0.0.1.1",
+		"Package": "https://github.com/revenz/FileFlowsPlugins/Builds/BasicNodes.zip?raw=true"
+	},
+	{
+		"Name": "VideoNodes",
+		"Version": "0.0.1.1",
+		"Package": "https://github.com/revenz/FileFlowsPlugins/Builds/VideoNodes.zip?raw=true"
+	}
+]