diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 20e2246..c03fd91 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -451,7 +451,9 @@ dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
  "chrono",
  "env_logger",
+ "libloading",
  "log",
+ "mar",
  "reqwest",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
@@ -893,6 +895,16 @@ version = "0.2.158"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d8adc4bb1803a324070e64a98ae98f38934d91957a99cfb3a43dcbc01bc56439"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "libloading"
+version = "0.8.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fc2f4eb4bc735547cfed7c0a4922cbd04a4655978c09b54f1f7b228750664c34"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "windows-targets 0.52.6",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "libredox"
 version = "0.1.3"
diff --git a/denji/examples/install-server.rs b/denji/examples/install-server.rs
index 2142af0..dc6fd56 100644
--- a/denji/examples/install-server.rs
+++ b/denji/examples/install-server.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ use std::fs::create_dir;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::sync::mpsc::channel;
 // use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::env::consts;
 use std::thread::spawn;
 // use std::time::Duration;
 
@@ -89,7 +90,11 @@ impl ServerParameters for ForgeServer {
   }
 
   fn run_args(&self) -> String {
-    format!("java -jar libraries/net/minecraftforge/forge/{0}/forge-{0}-server.jar @usr_jvm_args.txt nogui \"$@\"", self.artifact_version())
+    format!(
+      "java @user_jvm_args.txt @libraries/net/minecraftforge/forge/{}/{}_args.txt nogui \"$@\"",
+      self.artifact_version(),
+      consts::FAMILY
+    )
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/denji/src/shell.rs b/denji/src/shell.rs
index 562d9ec..42c5b13 100644
--- a/denji/src/shell.rs
+++ b/denji/src/shell.rs
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ pub enum DenjiError {
   #[error("http error:{0}")]
   Http(#[from] reqwest::Error),
 
-  #[error("installer returned code {0}")]
+  #[error("Installer returned code {0}")]
   Installer(i32),
 
   #[error("while writing run script: {0}")]
diff --git a/dms-backend/src/worker.rs b/dms-backend/src/worker.rs
index 3ac99bc..6b4dbc8 100644
--- a/dms-backend/src/worker.rs
+++ b/dms-backend/src/worker.rs
@@ -56,33 +56,33 @@ async fn build_server(
     "Building server {} for {} {}",
     params.name, params.server, params.server_version
   );
-  let (tx, rx) = std::sync::mpsc::channel::<String>();
-
-  info!("Spawning read thread");
-  std::thread::spawn(move || loop {
-    match rx.recv_timeout(std::time::Duration::from_secs(90)) {
-      Ok(line) => info!("{}", line),
-      Err(std::sync::mpsc::RecvTimeoutError::Timeout) => {
-        error!("Timeout reached while awaiting message");
-      }
-      Err(std::sync::mpsc::RecvTimeoutError::Disconnected) => break,
-    }
-  });
-
-  let server_build = denji::MinecraftServer::new(
-    params.server.parse::<denji::ServerSoftware>().unwrap(),
-    &params.server_version,
-    &params.server_version,
-    "target/servers/dummy/",
-  );
-
-  tokio::task::spawn(async move {
-    if let Err(e) = server_build.build_server(tx).await {
-      error!("An error occurred while building the server: {:?}", e);
-    }
-  })
-  .await
-  .expect("expected this task to not return any errors");
+  //   let (tx, rx) = std::sync::mpsc::channel::<String>();
+
+  //   info!("Spawning read thread");
+  //   std::thread::spawn(move || loop {
+  //     match rx.recv_timeout(std::time::Duration::from_secs(90)) {
+  //       Ok(line) => info!("{}", line),
+  //       Err(std::sync::mpsc::RecvTimeoutError::Timeout) => {
+  //         error!("Timeout reached while awaiting message");
+  //       }
+  //       Err(std::sync::mpsc::RecvTimeoutError::Disconnected) => break,
+  //     }
+  //   });
+
+  //   let server_build = denji::MinecraftServer::new(
+  //     params.server.parse::<denji::ServerSoftware>().unwrap(),
+  //     &params.server_version,
+  //     &params.server_version,
+  //     "target/servers/dummy/",
+  //   );
+
+  //   tokio::task::spawn(async move {
+  //     if let Err(e) = server_build.build_server(tx).await {
+  //       error!("An error occurred while building the server: {:?}", e);
+  //     }
+  //   })
+  //   .await
+  //   .expect("expected this task to not return any errors");
 
   //   context.servers.push(MinecraftServer);
 
diff --git a/elytra/Cargo.toml b/elytra/Cargo.toml
index 5eafce8..0c09727 100644
--- a/elytra/Cargo.toml
+++ b/elytra/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,10 +4,9 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
-serde.workspace = true
-thiserror.workspace = true
-log.workspace = true
-tokio.workspace = true
+serde = { workspace = true, optional = true }
+thiserror = { workspace = true, optional = true }
+log = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 
 reqwest = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 zip = { workspace = true, optional = true }
@@ -16,18 +15,30 @@ chrono = { version = "0.4.38", default-features = false, features = [
   "std",
   "serde",
 ], optional = true }
+libloading = { version = "0.8.6", optional = true }
 
+mar = { path = "../mar", default-features = false, optional = true }
 
 [features]
-default = ["providers-modrinth", "utils-modpack", "utils-mod"]
+default = ["providers-modrinth", "manifest"]
 
 providers-base = ["dep:reqwest"]
 providers-hangar = ["providers-base", "dep:bitflags", "dep:chrono"]
 providers-modrinth = ["providers-base"]
 
-utils-base = ["dep:zip"]
-utils-modpack = ["utils-base"]
-utils-mod = ["utils-base"]
+utils-base = []
+utils-modpack = ["utils-base", "dep:zip"]
+utils-mod = ["utils-base", "dep:zip"]
+utils-plugin = [
+  "utils-base",
+  "dep:libloading",
+  "dep:thiserror",
+  "dep:log",
+  "plugin",
+]
+
+manifest = ["dep:serde", "dep:log", "dep:thiserror"]
+plugin = ["mar/type-maven-artifact"]
 
 [lints]
 workspace = true
@@ -37,3 +48,4 @@ env_logger = "0.11.5"
 toml = "0.8.19"
 serde_urlencoded = "0.7.1"
 serde_json.workspace = true
+tokio.workspace = true
diff --git a/elytra/src/lib.rs b/elytra/src/lib.rs
index 79e5a98..373715c 100644
--- a/elytra/src/lib.rs
+++ b/elytra/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,17 @@
+#[cfg(feature = "manifest")]
 pub mod errors;
+#[cfg(feature = "manifest")]
 pub mod manifest;
 
+#[cfg(feature = "plugin")]
+pub mod plugin;
+#[cfg(feature = "plugin")]
+pub use plugin::*;
+
 #[cfg(feature = "providers-base")]
 pub mod providers;
+
 #[cfg(feature = "utils-base")]
 pub mod utils;
+#[cfg(feature = "utils-base")]
+pub use utils::*;
diff --git a/elytra/src/plugin/mod.rs b/elytra/src/plugin/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4ac4e08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elytra/src/plugin/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+mod provider;
+
+pub use provider::ServerProvider;
diff --git a/elytra/src/plugin/provider.rs b/elytra/src/plugin/provider.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d8cabfc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elytra/src/plugin/provider.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+pub trait ServerProvider {
+  fn id(&self) -> &str;
+  fn name(&self) -> &str;
+  fn version(&self) -> &str;
+  fn execute(&self);
+}
diff --git a/elytra/src/utils/mod.rs b/elytra/src/utils/mod.rs
index c9137e8..f95ba33 100644
--- a/elytra/src/utils/mod.rs
+++ b/elytra/src/utils/mod.rs
@@ -2,3 +2,6 @@
 pub mod modpack; // ModPackParse
 #[cfg(feature = "utils-mod")]
 pub mod parse;
+
+#[cfg(feature = "utils-plugin")]
+pub mod plugin;
diff --git a/elytra/src/utils/plugin/mod.rs b/elytra/src/utils/plugin/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..22b5ae5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elytra/src/utils/plugin/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+use std::ffi::OsStr;
+
+use libloading::{Library, Symbol};
+use log::{debug, info};
+use thiserror::Error;
+
+use crate::plugin::ServerProvider;
+
+type PluginInit = fn() -> Box<dyn ServerProvider>;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Error)]
+pub enum PluginError {
+  #[error("while loading plugin: {0}")]
+  Load(#[from] libloading::Error),
+}
+
+#[repr(transparent)]
+pub struct Plugin {
+  plugin: Box<dyn ServerProvider>,
+}
+
+impl Drop for Plugin {
+  fn drop(&mut self) {
+    info!(
+      "Unloading plugin {} v{}",
+      self.plugin.id(),
+      self.plugin.version()
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+impl Plugin {
+  pub fn load<P: AsRef<OsStr>>(path: P) -> Result<Self, PluginError> {
+    debug!("Loading library {}", path.as_ref().to_string_lossy());
+    let plugin = unsafe { Library::new(path.as_ref()) }?;
+    debug!("Loading init symbol");
+    let plugin_init: Symbol<PluginInit> = unsafe { plugin.get(b"init") }?;
+
+    info!("Initializing plugin: {}", path.as_ref().to_string_lossy());
+    let plugin = plugin_init();
+
+    Ok(Self { plugin })
+  }
+}
diff --git a/mar/src/lib.rs b/mar/src/lib.rs
index 5d48a2b..ca67991 100644
--- a/mar/src/lib.rs
+++ b/mar/src/lib.rs
@@ -5,5 +5,8 @@ pub mod types;
 
 #[cfg(feature = "all")]
 pub use repository::*;
-#[cfg(any(feature = "types", feature = "type-maven-artifact"))]
+#[cfg(all(feature = "types", feature = "type-maven-artifact"))]
 pub use types::MavenArtifactBuilder;
+
+#[cfg(all(not(feature = "types"), feature = "type-maven-artifact"))]
+pub use types::MavenArtifact;
diff --git a/mar/src/types.rs b/mar/src/types.rs
index 04f2ed4..e64adff 100644
--- a/mar/src/types.rs
+++ b/mar/src/types.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 use std::str::FromStr;
+#[cfg(feature = "all")]
 use thiserror::Error;
 
 mod deserialize;
 pub use deserialize::*;
 
+#[cfg(feature = "all")]
 #[derive(Default)]
 pub struct MavenArtifactBuilder<T> {
   pub(crate) base_url: Option<T>,
@@ -20,6 +22,7 @@ pub struct MavenArtifact {
   pub(crate) version: Option<String>,
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "all")]
 #[derive(Debug, Error)]
 pub enum MavenArtifactParseError {
   #[error("input string is malformed: expected 3 semicolons, got {0}")]
@@ -30,6 +33,7 @@ pub enum MavenArtifactParseError {
   Malformed,
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "all")]
 impl FromStr for MavenArtifact {
   type Err = MavenArtifactParseError;
 
@@ -75,6 +79,7 @@ impl MavenArtifact {
   }
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "all")]
 #[derive(Debug, Error)]
 pub enum MavenArtifactBuildError {
   #[error("missing field: base_url. run with_base_url to fix")]
@@ -85,6 +90,7 @@ pub enum MavenArtifactBuildError {
   ArtifactID,
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "all")]
 impl<T: ToString> MavenArtifactBuilder<T> {
   pub fn with_base_url(mut self, base_url: T) -> Self {
     self.base_url = Some(base_url);