pLUGINSLENS

pLUGINSLENS opens Skyrim plugins (.esp, .esm, .esl) so you can read and change their records on a Mac. It parses the files itself, so it needs no Skyrim installation and no Windows tools such as xEdit.

Open several plugins at once and browse them as a tree by group, sorted by file order, EditorID or FormID. A record sheet shows the FormID, flags such as deleted, persistent or ESL, the owning plugin, and every subrecord as text or hexadecimal.

Editing tools:

• editors for FormLists, with import, export, sorting and cleanup of duplicates and broken entries;
• editors for keywords and global variables;
• adding, cloning and deleting records and subrecords, and copying records between plugins;
• Where is it used?, a duplicate finder, and side-by-side comparison of two plugins or two records.

Undo and redo work everywhere. A change log, locked plugins and saved workspaces help on longer sessions that span several files. Changes are always saved as a copy, so the original plugin stays as it was.

The app is a lighter tool than xEdit and does not replace its scripting or cleaning functions. Releases are arm64 builds for macOS 15 or later, notarized, in four languages.