diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
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+name: Build
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ "main" ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ "main" ]
+
+jobs:
+
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+    - name: Set up Go
+      uses: actions/setup-go@v4
+      with:
+        go-version: 1.19
+
+    - name: Build
+      run: |
+        go get ./...
+        go build -v ./... -trimpath -buildmode=plugin
+
+    - name: Upload a Release Asset
+      uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
+      with:
+        files: vib-plugin.so
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+
+# vib-plugin
+
+A template to create plugins for [vib](https://github.com/vanilla-os/vib)
+
+## Usage
+To use this template, simply fork it and change the module name in go.mod.
+
+Then you can modify the source in src/plugin.go to create your own plugin.
+
+## Plugin requirements
+src/plugin.go explains all requirements for plugins with code examples.
+A short tldr:
+- vib requires `BuildModule(interface{}, recipe *api.Recipe*) (string, error)` to be available as it is used as the entrypoint for the plugin. Any other functions can be freely declared and will not be used by vib
+- Each plugin needs to have a custom struct for the module, with at least two mandatory values: `Name string` and `Type string`
+- It is recommended, but not required, to use the api functions for source definition or downloading sources
+
+## Building
+NOTE: Plugins will have to be compiled with the same go version as vib, for builds from vanilla-os, this version is 1.19, it is recommended to use podman/docker or the github workflow to build the plugins.
+
+Plugins can be built with `go build -trimpath -buildmode=plugin`, which will produce a .so file.
+To use the plugin, the .so file has to be moved into the plugins/ directory of the vib recipe.
+Plugins are only loaded when required, if a recipe never uses plugin example, example.so will never be loaded.
+
+This template contains a github workflow that can build the plugin with the right arguments automatically.
+Otherwise one can use podman/docker to build the plugin:
+`docker run --rm -v "$PWD":/usr/src/myapp -w /usr/src/myapp golang:1.19 go build -trimpath -buildmode=plugin -v`
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
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+++ b/go.mod
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+module github.com/<username>/<pluginname> // remember to change this according to your needs!
+
+
+go 1.21
+
+require (
+	github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.5.0
+	github.com/vanilla-os/vib/api v0.0.0-20231203164136-c843eaca2af6
+)
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
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+++ b/go.sum
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+github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.5.0 h1:jeMsZIYE/09sWLaz43PL7Gy6RuMjD2eJVyuac5Z2hdY=
+github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.5.0/go.mod h1:bFUtVrKA4DC2yAKiSyO/QUcy7e+RRV2QTWOzhPopBRo=
+github.com/vanilla-os/vib/api v0.0.0-20231203164136-c843eaca2af6 h1:J9h3w+pi9ZhhXDS+d/9IxWNbJ4hSMlUU8HFrF5RTtWE=
+github.com/vanilla-os/vib/api v0.0.0-20231203164136-c843eaca2af6/go.mod h1:vjJzDfFxfFHN5O2hcMwGM9De3+H9gGa00Pr3Um6EmCA=
diff --git a/plugin.go b/plugin.go
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+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure"
+	"github.com/vanilla-os/vib/api"
+)
+
+type ExampleModule struct {
+	// Mandatory values, your plugin will not work if these are not present!
+	Name string `json:"name"`
+	Type string `json:"type"`
+
+	// Additional values such as Source can be added here
+	Source api.Source
+}
+
+// Plugins can define extra functions that are used internally
+// Vib will never call any function other than BuildModule
+func fetchSources(source api.Source, name string, recipe *api.Recipe) error {
+	// The plugin api offers functions to download sources
+	// To be able to use them, the use of api.Source for
+	// source definition is recommended
+	// Using these functions to fetch sources is not required
+	// but highly recommended to ensure sources are always in the right directory
+	err := api.DownloadSource(recipe.DownloadsPath, source, name)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	err = api.MoveSource(recipe.DownloadsPath, recipe.SourcesPath, source, name)
+	return err
+}
+
+// This is the entry point for plugins that vib calls
+// The arguments are required to be (interface{}, recipe) => (string, error)
+func BuildModule(moduleInterface interface{}, recipe *api.Recipe) (string, error) {
+	// It is advisable to convert the interface to an actual struct
+	// The use of mapstructure for this is recommended, but not required
+	var module ExampleModule
+	err := mapstructure.Decode(moduleInterface, &module)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	err = fetchSources(module.Source, module.Name, recipe)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	// The sources will be made available at /sources/ during build
+	// if the plugins requires manually downloaded sources, they will
+	// be available in /sources/<modulename>
+	cmd := fmt.Sprintf("cd /sources/%s && cp * /etc/%s", module.Name, module.Name)
+
+	return cmd, nil
+}