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label: Creating your own JSON repository
order: 997
icon: /static/json.png
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# Creating your own JSON repository

Cloudstream uses JSON files to fetch and parse lists of repositories. You can create one following this template:
```json
{
  "name": "<repository name>",
  "description": "<repository description>",
  "manifestVersion": 1,
  "pluginLists": [
    "<direct link to plugins.json>"
  ]
}
```

- `name`: self explanatory, will be visible in the app
- `description`: self explanatory, will be visible in the app
- `manifestVersion`: currently unused, may be used in the future for backwards compatibility
- `pluginLists`: List of urls, which contain plugins. All of them will be fetched.
    - If you followed "[Using plugin template](using-plugin-template)" tutorial, the appropriate `plugins.json` file should be in the builds branch of your new repository.
    - If not, you can still generate one by running `gradlew makePluginsJson`