Microkernel (Plugin)

Minimal core offering base services, extended by plugins.

Context

Products extensible by third parties: IDEs (VS Code), browsers, ERPs, CMSs.

Solution

A core exposes stable APIs. Each optional feature is a plugin discovered at runtime.

public interface IPlugin { string Name { get; } void Register(IServiceCollection s); }

// El núcleo descubre plugins:
foreach (var plugin in DiscoverFromFolder("./plugins"))
    plugin.Register(services);

Tradeoffs

Pro	Con
Extensible without touching the core	Designing stable APIs is difficult
Customization per client	Compatibility between plugin versions

#architecture #plugins