Extension Plugin Settings
Administrators can check the status of installed extension plugins on the Plugins screen and change whether each plugin is enabled with a toggle switch.
Open Extension Plugins
- Open the administrator page.
- Select
Pluginsin the left menu. - Select
Extension Pluginsin the submenu. - Check the list of installed plugins.

Check the plugin status
In each plugin row, you can check the name, version, description, plugin ID, and status.
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
| Plugin name | The name of the installed plugin, such as Workflow, SetFN Mail, or EDC. |
| Version | The version of the installed plugin. |
| ID | The plugin identifier, such as com.setfn.workflow. |
| Status | The running status of the plugin. |
| Toggle switch | Enables or disables the plugin. |
| Settings icon | Shown for plugins that have separate settings. |
| Remove | Deletes the plugin. |
The Status Guide shows Healthy, Activated (No Server), Failed, and Disabled.
Enable or disable a plugin
- Find the plugin you want to change.
- Select the toggle switch on the right.
- When the toggle is on, the plugin is enabled.
- When the toggle is off, the plugin is disabled.
- If needed, select
Refreshto check the status again.
If you disable a plugin, Workspace features that use the plugin may not work.
Check external libraries
- Select
Pluginsin the left menu. - Select
External Librariesin the submenu. - Check the installation status of the required libraries and the optional feature libraries.

External libraries are view-only. You do not enable or disable a library directly on this screen.
External library items
Required libraries
These libraries are required to operate the service. If one is missing, core features such as document conversion, image processing, and OCR may not work properly.
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
libvips | Used for thumbnail generation, preprocessing of large images, and HEIC decoding. |
Tesseract | Used for OCR text extraction. |
LibreOffice | The default engine for document conversion. |
Pandoc | Used for general-purpose document format conversion. |
Excelize | Used to read and write Excel .xlsx files. |
Optional feature libraries
When installed, they let you process more file formats and media.
| Item | Description | Install guide |
|---|---|---|
libvips HEIF loader | Used by libvips to process HEIC, HEIF, and AVIF images. | - |
pdftoppm | A page rasterizer for the PDF OCR fallback. | - |
pdftotext | Used to extract the PDF text layer. | - |
pdftocairo | An alternative rasterizer for the PDF OCR fallback. | - |
MuTool | An alternative rasterizer for the PDF OCR fallback. | Provided |
ImageMagick | An isolated process engine for image format conversion. | Provided |
FFmpeg | Used for video and audio format conversion and for extracting video thumbnails. | Provided |
FFprobe | Used to validate media input files and check metadata. | - |
LibreDWG (dwgread) | Used to extract DWG drawing metadata. DXF is processed directly on the server where SpaceBuilder is installed. | - |
LibreDWG (dwg2SVG) | Renders a DWG drawing to a safe intermediate SVG to generate a thumbnail. | - |
LibreDWG (dxf2dwg) | Performs a restricted temporary DWG conversion to generate DXF drawing thumbnails. | - |
Good to Know
- Extension plugins are set with a toggle switch.
- External libraries are view-only.
- Without the required libraries, core features such as document conversion and OCR may not work.
- Optional feature libraries support more file formats and media processing.
- For items with an
Install guidebutton, you can check a separate installation procedure. - Removing a plugin can affect related features and settings, so check the features in operation first.