Nuxp

NUXP ("Not UXP")

**A modern plugin framework for Adobe Illustrator.** | [Documentation](https://bytebard97.github.io/nuxp/)

UXP has transformed plugin development for Photoshop, InDesign, and other Adobe apps — but it hasn't arrived for Illustrator yet. In the meantime, the only official option is CEP, which was deprecated in 2013 and hasn't seen meaningful updates since.

**NUXP** bridges that gap. It provides **442+ pre-built TypeScript functions** that talk directly to the Illustrator SDK — no new C++ to write. Just call the API from TypeScript and build your plugin UI with any JavaScript framework you like. The included frontend uses Vue 3, but since NUXP communicates over HTTP/JSON, you can swap in React, Svelte, or anything else.

Why Should You Care?

Building Illustrator plugins today means choosing between bad options:

• CEP — Deprecated since 2013. Ships an ancient Chromium with known vulnerabilities. Scripting in ExtendScript, a JavaScript dialect frozen at ES3 (1999). No npm, no TypeScript, no modern tooling.
• Raw C++ SDK — Write everything in C++. Thread safety is your problem — one wrong call from the wrong thread crashes Illustrator silently, no error message. Rebuild the entire plugin to test a one-line change.
• UXP — Adobe's official replacement. Alre