See what’s out of date in seconds, with live checks across 300+ vendors. Install updates, manage your plugin library, store license keys.See what’s out of date in seconds. Install updates, manage your library, store license keys. Keep your rig clean.
Everything from before plus two major new features, laid out so your plugins and tools are easier to reach.
Download an update straight from the vendor’s own server and install it, or queue several and run them together with one password.
Every plugin sorted into one of eleven groups, each with its own colour. Click to filter every tab, shift-click to combine.
Status, tools, your library and your categories in one rail down the left. Drag sections to reorder, resize and the contents scale with it.
Your own groups: a mix session, a mastering chain, a client’s rig, any plugins from any vendors.
Download an update straight from the vendor’s own server and install it without leaving the app. Queue as many as you like and run them together with one administrator password and one receipt. Install Manager covers nearly 60 vendors and over 700 plugins.
PluginHub reads the download page each vendor already publishes, and links to the installer file they host themselves. The file downloads straight from the vendor to your Mac. It never passes through PluginHub’s servers, and PluginHub never sees your vendor account, your licence keys or your payment details.
A vendor appears only when they publish their installers openly. Many put downloads behind an account login, ship everything through their own installer app, or publish a demo build only. In those cases PluginHub sends you to their site instead, which is why you will still see Website buttons on plenty of cards. We only ever link a file a vendor has actually published.
Downloads land in Downloads › PluginHub Installers and sit there until you choose to install. A batch asks for your administrator password once, runs the vendors’ own installers, and writes you a receipt of exactly what changed.
“Fantastic tool. This is a service to the engineer of the best intention and heart. What a time saver. I don’t have to think about checking for updates, I can schedule this once a week now instead of having to search for everything. PluginHub is doing some epic s**t.”
“PluginHub makes the process of keeping track of what’s installed, what’s up to date, and what needs attention incredibly simple. With one click, I can see all my plug-ins in one place, know what needs updating, and spot any paid upgrades. What used to be a tedious, manual process — where something always seemed to get missed — now takes just minutes. On top of that, it keeps an eye on updates going forward, so I can keep my focus where it belongs — on the work itself.”
“There’s nothing better than software that just works, and PluginHub delivers exactly that. It saves me from the ultimate studio buzzkill of manually searching for plugin updates and keeps my Pro Tools rig running smoothly. It’s a must-have tool for keeping your system stable and your focus on the session.”
“PluginHub is the app you should have known you needed. Now you’ll have your updates for all your plugins as soon as they’re available. One refresh shows you what’s up to date and points you right to the source, which makes downloads easy. Such a great tool!”
“These kinds of simple organizational apps are exactly what we need more of. Updating plugins is never top of mind for me, and it is the last thing I want to deal with when I am in the room with an artist. PluginHub solves that problem before it ever comes up.”
“Keeping track of plugins just went from tedious to trivial. PluginHub removes so much nuisance we’ve lived with for years — it’s one of those rare apps you didn’t know you wanted, but once you’ve got it can’t imagine going back.”
Every plugin is sorted into one of eleven categories, from EQ & Filter to Channel Strips & More. Click one to filter every tab, shift-click to combine them. Disagree with a pick and the row menu moves that plugin for good. Each category carries a colour dot you can change, and the same groups work in the All Plugins view and in Batch Plugin Management.
Store third party license keys and key files in one secure place. Encrypted in your Mac’s own keychain behind Touch ID or your password, searchable by vendor or plugin, and they never leave your Mac.
PluginHub doesn't just manage your updates. Hide vendors you've outgrown, park demos in an “Unused” folder, or uninstall stale plugins straight to the Trash. Everything's recoverable until you say otherwise.
Move whole vendors, or hand-picked plugins per format, to (Unused) or the Trash in one pass with a single admin password. Save any selection as a named list: keep a lean “Mixing only” set for sessions, or one list per engineer so a shared studio Mac loads just the plugins each of you owns. Restore is review-first and just as fast, and nothing moved to (Unused) is ever deleted.
Named sets you can edit, duplicate, and reuse.
Whole vendors out in one pass, one password.
Restore multiple plugins and vendors back to main folders in one click. Review-first, and nothing is deleted.
Every plugin, every format, every version — on a public link you control. Set a passkey, add an expiry, and download as a PDF, CSV or copy to Google Sheets in one click.
Drop in session files from Pro Tools (.ptx or .pts), Logic (.logicx), or Cubase (.cpr) to get a shareable list of just the plugins that session needed, including Waves by name. Great for mix handoffs and mastering documentation.
Select any two profiles on the same license key and instantly see what plugins they share, what's different, and where versions diverge. Useful for multi-machine setups, session prep, and collaborator parity checks.
Automatically detects every audio plugin on your system and checks for available updates.
Download updates straight from the vendors’ own servers and install them without leaving PluginHub. Nearly 60 vendors and over 700 plugins, run as a batch with one password and one receipt.
Every plugin sorted into one of eleven groups, each with its own colour. Click one to filter every tab, shift-click to combine, and move any plugin for good from its row menu.
Build your own groups for a session, a chain, or a client’s rig. My Tags filters the dashboard; the Tag Manager creates, renames, recolours and reorders them.
Uninstall demos and old plugins straight to the trash. Recoverable until the Trash is emptied.
Move stale DMGs and zips from your Downloads folder to the Trash in one pass. Sort by largest to free up extra disk space.
Apple is retiring Rosetta, and Intel-only plugins stop working in macOS 28. PluginHub flags every affected plugin on your Mac so you can update or replace them before that day comes.
Spot plugins installed in more than one place. Review every copy and clean up safely.
Pay once, use forever.
$14.99 per activation
Your main Mac and your laptop.
$11.99 per activation
Desktop, laptop, and the studio Mac.
$8.99 per activation
Every Mac in the facility.
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PluginHub for Windows — coming soon. The same plugin manager, built native for Windows 11 (Windows 10 supported) (64-bit): scan and manage your VST3, VST2, AAX, and CLAP plugins, check for updates across your whole collection, and keep your license keys in the encrypted vault. Your PluginHub license will work on both Mac and Windows. Currently in development and testing.