Improve Extensions UI

[Feel-ix-343]

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Describe the feature

A homepage for extensions that includes

• Preview of the README
• Button to give the repo a star
• Button to file an issue or open the github issues page
• Usage stats like in cargo.io
• Install extension
• Look through versions

If applicable, add mockups / screenshots to help present your vision of the feature

• Something similar (and better) than the VSCode extension homepage
• Obsidian extension preview page
• Cargo.io crate homepage

[Feel-ix-343]

I do want to attempt to implement this too.

I wanted some feedback before getting started

[iamnbutler]

I have some pretty specific plans here, so if you start on anything let's sync up.

I don't expect us to be able to implement all of this right out the gate, but here is a directional design I've been working on:

There are a number of blockers preventing this being implemented right now:

• Currently the extensions schema doesn't tell us if an extension is a theme, language, etc.
• There isn't currently a mechanism for attaching/consuming a README

I'm sure there are others, I haven't dug into this too much yet.

[iamnbutler]

It would be great if folks want to share screenshot examples of other places they thing extensions/similar UI are done well.

[Feel-ix-343]

Beautiful concept

I do love my github stars so I would definitely want to integrate that.

Ill attach some screenshots and do a little write up, then we should for sure sync.

[maxdeviant]

I do love my github stars so I would definitely want to integrate that.

I don't think it makes sense to have this sort of integration with being able to star a repo from within Zed.

[Feel-ix-343]

Hey @iamnbutler where are you on this? Depending on how much is left, I may want to help out.

[iamnbutler]

No additional work has been done on this, but there is some more recent patterns we've built in Zed that might be a good starting point...

The prompt library opens a new window, which might be how we want to treat extensions. I'm not sure I'll have much time to work on this from scratch, but if someone gets things rolling I can probably pop in to help with design tweaks.