Install requirements
Set up the local tools before running the export scripts.
The current PluralBridge export path is script-based. The goal is a practical local setup that can pull user-owned Simply Plural data into files on the user’s machine.
Current requirements
- A computer where you can install and run command-line software.
- Git, so the PluralBridge repository can be downloaded or updated.
- Python 3, used by the current export scripts.
- A Bash-compatible shell such as Git Bash on Windows.
- A Simply Plural API token created by the user from inside their Simply Plural account.
Token boundary
A Simply Plural API token is used only to let the local export scripts read the user’s Simply Plural data. PluralBridge does not ask users to send tokens to this website, upload exported data, or hand private data to Needs of the Many.
Windows notes
On Windows, Git Bash is a practical shell for the current workflow. The scripts are intended to run locally, writing exported files into local folders controlled by the user.
Later PluralBridge tools may make this process friendlier, but the current preservation priority is getting reliable local exports working while Simply Plural data remains reachable.
Where the current files live
The source code and documentation are published in the PluralBridge GitHub repository: