Known Issues
- Windows ARM installer currently does not have the application executable included (v1.2.7): Please use the insider version that has the issue resolved. Fix will be part of v1.2.8 release.
Features Overview
- 🔧 Tool Management: Install and manage external tools built by 3rd parties via npm
- 🔒 Secure Tool Host: VS Code Extension Host-inspired architecture for isolated tool execution
- 🛡️ Per-Tool CSP: Content Security Policy configuration with user consent for external resource access
- 🔗 Dataverse Connections: Create and manage connections to Dataverse environments
- ⚙️ Settings Management:
- User settings for the ToolBox application
- Individual tool-specific settings
- Category and environment color thickness must be whole numbers from 1 to 10 pixels; invalid keyboard input blocks saving and displays a validation message.
- 🎨 Modern Interface: Built with Microsoft Fluent UI components for a consistent, accessible experience aligned with Power Platform
- 📡 Event-Driven API: ToolBox provides its own APIs that emit events
- 🔔 Notifications: Built-in notification system to keep users informed
- 🔄 Auto-Updates: Automatic application updates with user control
[!IMPORTANT]
Full documentation of the toolbox including How tos, FAQs, architecture, design & security principles is available on our main website https://docs.powerplatformtoolbox.com/
For tool authors working on inter-tool or MCP-based invocation, start with docs/INTER_TOOL_INVOCATION.md, docs/MCP_IMPLEMENTATION.md, and docs/MCP_TOOL_AUTHOR_MIGRATION.md.
Releases & Downloads
Power Platform ToolBox releases are published on GitHub:
- Stable Releases: Published when PRs are merged to the
main branch
- Insider Builds: Pre-release builds from the
dev branch (built daily if there are new commits)
Download Latest Release
Visit the Releases page to download:
- Windows:
.exe installer (x64/ARM64) or portable .zip (no admin rights required)
- macOS: Signed & notarized
.dmg (universal) or .zip archive
- Linux:
.AppImage (x64)
Building from Source
To build the application for your platform:
# Install dependencies
pnpm install
# Build application code
pnpm run build
# Package for your current platform (auto-detects architecture)
pnpm run package
Platform-specific builds:
# Windows x64
pnpm run package:win
# Windows ARM64 (for Snapdragon processors)
pnpm run package:win-arm64
# macOS (Universal binary with x64 and ARM64)
pnpm run package:mac
# Linux x64
pnpm run package:linux
The packaged application will be available in the build/ directory.
Development Configuration
Telemetry and Error Tracking
Power Platform ToolBox uses Sentry.io for error tracking and telemetry.
By default, telemetry is enabled to help improve the application. You can disable it in the application settings.
Environment Variables
The application supports the following environment variables in a .env file:
SUPABASE_URL - Your Supabase project URL (required for tool registry)SUPABASE_ANON_KEY - Your Supabase anonymous key (required for tool registry)SENTRY_DSN - Your Sentry DSN for error tracking (optional)SENTRY_AUTH_TOKEN - Your Sentry auth token for source map upload (optional, production only)SENTRY_ORG - Your Sentry organization slug (optional, production only)SENTRY_PROJECT - Your Sentry project slug (optional, production only)
All environment variables are injected at build time and not exposed in the final bundle.
Discussions
If you want to have any discussions on any feature, tool or ideas for a tool, please join us on Discord.
License
This project is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0 - see the LICENSE file for details.
Team
Created & maintained by Danish Naglekar (Power Maverick)
Checkout the amazing team behind this project on this page.
If you wish to officially be part of the team, please reach out to Danish Naglekar (Power Maverick) for onboarding.
Contributors
Contributions are welcome! Please see CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines on how to contribute to the project.
This project follows the all-contributors specification. Contributions of any kind welcome!
