Plugins + Scripts VaM Backstage - your library manager

A desktop app for managing and organizing your VaM library and .var packages. Scans your library, builds a dependency graph, and separates content you actually installed from content that's only there because something depends on it; it then hides the clutter from VaM's content browser automatically. Browse your library contents, search and install from the VaM Hub with full dependency resolution. No more having your library full of stuff you never asked for after you install a scene that pulls in 40 dependency packages.



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Features​

Hide dependency clutter. Dependency scenes, looks, poses, clothing, and hairstyles are automatically hidden from VaM's content browser. Nothing is modified or deleted; toggle hidden/favorite per-package or per-item at any time.

Dependency graph. Full dependency tree for every package: what it needs, what depends on it, what's missing and broken. Uninstalling a package identifies orphaned dependencies and offers to clean them up, while being careful not to remove any packages that are not available on the Hub. Reclassify any package as yours or a dependency and visibility rules follow automatically.

Hub integration. Browse VaM Hub and install packages from it without leaving the app. Installing a package resolves all missing dependencies and downloads everything concurrently with live progress. Check for available updates to installed packages.

Content browser. Browse every scene, look, pose, clothing item, and hairstyle across all your packages. Filter by type, toggle hidden/favorite, organize it with custom labels, cross-navigate to the owning package or its Hub page.

Library browser. Gallery and table views for installed packages. Filter by status (yours, dependency, missing deps, orphans, disabled), content type, author, and tags. Package detail panels show contents, the full dep tree, and actions like uninstall, disable, and force-remove.

Offload folders. Disable unneeded packages to keep your VaM installation fast. Or you can also specify offload folder and Backstage will move packages there on disable, or it can just monitor this folder if you use other plugin to manage offloads.

Extract appearance presets. Backstage marks "looks" packages that contain only scene without corresponding appearance presets and offers to quickly extract looks and clothing presets, or convert legacy looks to appearance presets.

Local loose content outside of .var plugins if fully supported.

Picks up external file changes in real time.