diff --git a/scripts/build/build.mjs b/scripts/build/build.mjs
index 45cda74a..51b6055f 100755
--- a/scripts/build/build.mjs
+++ b/scripts/build/build.mjs
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ await Promise.all([
         outfile: "dist/renderer.js",
         format: "iife",
         target: ["esnext"],
-        footer: { js: "//# sourceURL=VencordRenderer\n" + sourceMapFooter("renderer") },
+        footer: { js: "Vencord.Plugins.loadExternalPlugins();\n//# sourceURL=VencordRenderer\n" + sourceMapFooter("renderer") },
         globalName: "Vencord",
         sourcemap,
         plugins: [
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ await Promise.all([
         outfile: "dist/vencordDesktopRenderer.js",
         format: "iife",
         target: ["esnext"],
-        footer: { js: "//# sourceURL=VencordDesktopRenderer\n" + sourceMapFooter("vencordDesktopRenderer") },
+        footer: { js: "Vencord.Plugins.loadExternalPlugins();\n//# sourceURL=VencordDesktopRenderer\n" + sourceMapFooter("vencordDesktopRenderer") },
         globalName: "Vencord",
         sourcemap,
         plugins: [
diff --git a/src/main/ipcMain.ts b/src/main/ipcMain.ts
index d60200f7..df6407ec 100644
--- a/src/main/ipcMain.ts
+++ b/src/main/ipcMain.ts
@@ -22,13 +22,13 @@ import { debounce } from "@utils/debounce";
 import IpcEvents from "@utils/IpcEvents";
 import { Queue } from "@utils/Queue";
 import { BrowserWindow, ipcMain, shell } from "electron";
-import { mkdirSync, readFileSync, watch } from "fs";
+import { mkdirSync, readdirSync, readFileSync, watch } from "fs";
 import { open, readFile, writeFile } from "fs/promises";
 import { join } from "path";
 
 import monacoHtml from "~fileContent/../components/monacoWin.html;base64";
 
-import { ALLOWED_PROTOCOLS, QUICKCSS_PATH, SETTINGS_DIR, SETTINGS_FILE } from "./utils/constants";
+import { ALLOWED_PROTOCOLS, PLUGINS_DIR, QUICKCSS_PATH, SETTINGS_DIR, SETTINGS_FILE } from "./utils/constants";
 
 mkdirSync(SETTINGS_DIR, { recursive: true });
 
@@ -105,3 +105,15 @@ ipcMain.handle(IpcEvents.OPEN_MONACO_EDITOR, async () => {
     });
     await win.loadURL(`data:text/html;base64,${monacoHtml}`);
 });
+
+ipcMain.on(IpcEvents.GET_PLUGINS, e => {
+    try {
+        const files = readdirSync(PLUGINS_DIR).filter(f => f.endsWith(".js"));
+        console.log(files);
+
+        e.returnValue = files.map(f => [f, readFileSync(join(PLUGINS_DIR, f), "utf-8")]);
+    } catch (err) {
+        console.error(err);
+        e.returnValue = [];
+    }
+});
diff --git a/src/main/utils/constants.ts b/src/main/utils/constants.ts
index cc9f459c..07802e53 100644
--- a/src/main/utils/constants.ts
+++ b/src/main/utils/constants.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ export const DATA_DIR = process.env.VENCORD_USER_DATA_DIR ?? (
         : join(app.getPath("userData"), "..", "Vencord")
 );
 export const SETTINGS_DIR = join(DATA_DIR, "settings");
+export const PLUGINS_DIR = join(DATA_DIR, "plugins");
 export const QUICKCSS_PATH = join(SETTINGS_DIR, "quickCss.css");
 export const SETTINGS_FILE = join(SETTINGS_DIR, "settings.json");
 export const ALLOWED_PROTOCOLS = [
diff --git a/src/plugins/index.ts b/src/plugins/index.ts
index d0d16c23..21a484a5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/index.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/index.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 import { registerCommand, unregisterCommand } from "@api/Commands";
 import { Settings } from "@api/settings";
+import IpcEvents from "@utils/IpcEvents";
 import Logger from "@utils/Logger";
 import { Patch, Plugin } from "@utils/types";
 
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ for (const p of pluginsValues) if (settings[p.name]?.enabled) {
     });
 }
 
-for (const p of pluginsValues) {
+function initPlugin(p: Plugin) {
     if (p.settings) {
         p.settings.pluginName = p.name;
         p.options ??= {};
@@ -82,6 +83,9 @@ for (const p of pluginsValues) {
         }
     }
 }
+for (const p of pluginsValues) {
+    initPlugin(p);
+}
 
 export const startAllPlugins = traceFunction("startAllPlugins", function startAllPlugins() {
     for (const name in Plugins)
@@ -172,3 +176,18 @@ export const stopPlugin = traceFunction("stopPlugin", function stopPlugin(p: Plu
 
     return true;
 }, p => `stopPlugin ${p.name}`);
+
+export function loadExternalPlugins() {
+    for (const [name, src] of VencordNative.ipc.sendSync(IpcEvents.GET_PLUGINS)) {
+        try {
+            const p = Function(src)().default;
+            if (!p.name || Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(Plugins, p.name))
+                throw new Error("Invalid plugin or name conflicts with existing plugin");
+
+            Plugins[p.name] = p;
+            initPlugin(p);
+        } catch (err) {
+            logger.error(`Failed to load plugin ${name}`, err);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/utils/IpcEvents.ts b/src/utils/IpcEvents.ts
index 57e4bb20..bb4727d1 100644
--- a/src/utils/IpcEvents.ts
+++ b/src/utils/IpcEvents.ts
@@ -43,4 +43,5 @@ export default strEnum({
     UPDATE: "VencordUpdate",
     BUILD: "VencordBuild",
     OPEN_MONACO_EDITOR: "VencordOpenMonacoEditor",
+    GET_PLUGINS: "VencordGetPlugins",
 } as const);