diff --git a/archivebox/builtin_plugins/__init__.py b/archivebox/auth_plugins/ldap/__init__.py
similarity index 100%
rename from archivebox/builtin_plugins/__init__.py
rename to archivebox/auth_plugins/ldap/__init__.py
diff --git a/archivebox/auth_plugins/ldap/apps.py b/archivebox/auth_plugins/ldap/apps.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5cf18fec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/archivebox/auth_plugins/ldap/apps.py
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+__package__ = 'archivebox.auth_plugins.ldap'
+
+import inspect
+
+from typing import List, Dict
+from pathlib import Path
+from pydantic import InstanceOf
+
+from django.conf import settings
+
+from pydantic_pkgr import BinProviderName, ProviderLookupDict, SemVer
+
+from plugantic.base_plugin import BasePlugin
+from plugantic.base_hook import BaseHook
+from plugantic.base_binary import BaseBinary, BaseBinProvider
+
+from pkg_plugins.pip.apps import SYS_PIP_BINPROVIDER, VENV_PIP_BINPROVIDER
+from .settings import LDAP_CONFIG, LDAP_LIB
+
+
+###################### Config ##########################
+
+
+class LdapBinary(BaseBinary):
+    name: str = 'ldap'
+    description: str = 'LDAP Authentication'
+    binproviders_supported: List[InstanceOf[BaseBinProvider]] = [VENV_PIP_BINPROVIDER, SYS_PIP_BINPROVIDER]
+
+    provider_overrides: Dict[BinProviderName, ProviderLookupDict] = {
+        VENV_PIP_BINPROVIDER.name: {
+            "abspath": lambda: LDAP_LIB and Path(inspect.getfile(LDAP_LIB)),
+            "version": lambda: LDAP_LIB and SemVer(LDAP_LIB.__version__),
+        },
+        SYS_PIP_BINPROVIDER.name: {
+            "abspath": lambda: LDAP_LIB and Path(inspect.getfile(LDAP_LIB)),
+            "version": lambda: LDAP_LIB and SemVer(LDAP_LIB.__version__),
+        },
+    }
+
+LDAP_BINARY = LdapBinary()
+
+
+class LdapAuthPlugin(BasePlugin):
+    app_label: str = 'ldap'
+    verbose_name: str = 'LDAP Authentication'
+
+    hooks: List[InstanceOf[BaseHook]] = [
+        LDAP_CONFIG,
+        LDAP_BINARY,
+    ]
+
+
+PLUGIN = LdapAuthPlugin()
+PLUGIN.register(settings)
+DJANGO_APP = PLUGIN.AppConfig
diff --git a/archivebox/auth_plugins/ldap/settings.py b/archivebox/auth_plugins/ldap/settings.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f7320ee0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/archivebox/auth_plugins/ldap/settings.py
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+__package__ = 'archivebox.auth_plugins.ldap'
+
+import sys
+
+from typing import Dict, List, ClassVar, Optional
+from pydantic import Field, model_validator
+
+from ...plugantic.base_configset import BaseConfigSet, ConfigSectionName
+
+LDAP_LIB = None
+try:
+    import ldap
+    from django_auth_ldap.config import LDAPSearch
+    LDAP_LIB = ldap
+except ImportError:
+    pass
+
+###################### Config ##########################
+
+
+class LdapConfig(BaseConfigSet):
+    """
+    LDAP Config gets imported by core/settings.py very early during startup, so it needs to be in a separate file from apps.py
+    so that it can be imported during settings.py initialization before the apps are loaded.
+    """
+    section: ClassVar[ConfigSectionName] = 'LDAP_CONFIG'
+
+    LDAP_ENABLED: bool                  = Field(default=False, alias='LDAP')
+    
+    LDAP_SERVER_URI: str                = Field(default=None)
+    LDAP_BIND_DN: str                   = Field(default=None)
+    LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD: str             = Field(default=None)
+    LDAP_USER_BASE: str                 = Field(default=None)
+    LDAP_USER_FILTER: str               = Field(default=None)
+    LDAP_CREATE_SUPERUSER: bool         = Field(default=False)
+
+    LDAP_USERNAME_ATTR: str             = Field(default=None)
+    LDAP_FIRSTNAME_ATTR: str            = Field(default=None)
+    LDAP_LASTNAME_ATTR: str             = Field(default=None)
+    LDAP_EMAIL_ATTR: str                = Field(default=None)
+    
+    @model_validator(mode='after')
+    def validate_ldap_config(self):
+        if self.LDAP_ENABLED and LDAP_LIB is None:
+            sys.stderr.write('[X] Error: Found LDAP=True config but LDAP packages not installed. You may need to run: pip install archivebox[ldap]\n\n')
+            # dont hard exit here. in case the user is just running "archivebox version" or "archivebox help", we still want those to work despite broken ldap
+            # sys.exit(1)
+            self.LDAP_ENABLED = False
+
+        if self.LDAP_ENABLED:
+            assert (
+                self.LDAP_SERVER_URI
+                and self.LDAP_BIND_DN
+                and self.LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD
+                and self.LDAP_USER_BASE
+                and self.LDAP_USER_FILTER
+            ), 'LDAP_* config options must all be set if LDAP_ENABLED=True'
+        return self
+
+    @property
+    def LDAP_USER_ATTR_MAP(self) -> Dict[str, str]:
+        return {
+            'username': self.LDAP_USERNAME_ATTR,
+            'first_name': self.LDAP_FIRSTNAME_ATTR,
+            'last_name': self.LDAP_LASTNAME_ATTR,
+            'email': self.LDAP_EMAIL_ATTR,
+        }
+
+    @property
+    def AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS(self) -> List[str]:
+        return [
+            'django.contrib.auth.backends.ModelBackend',
+            'django_auth_ldap.backend.LDAPBackend',
+        ]
+
+    @property
+    def AUTH_LDAP_USER_SEARCH(self) -> Optional[object]:
+        return LDAP_LIB and LDAPSearch(
+            self.LDAP_USER_BASE,
+            LDAP_LIB.SCOPE_SUBTREE,                                                                         # type: ignore
+            '(&(' + self.LDAP_USERNAME_ATTR + '=%(user)s)' + self.LDAP_USER_FILTER + ')',
+        )
+
+
+LDAP_CONFIG = LdapConfig()
diff --git a/archivebox/config.py b/archivebox/config.py
index a0a61f6f..53c23b2e 100644
--- a/archivebox/config.py
+++ b/archivebox/config.py
@@ -89,14 +89,15 @@ CONFIG_SCHEMA: Dict[str, ConfigDefaultDict] = {
         'URL_DENYLIST':             {'type': str,   'default': r'\.(css|js|otf|ttf|woff|woff2|gstatic\.com|googleapis\.com/css)(\?.*)?$', 'aliases': ('URL_BLACKLIST',)},  # to avoid downloading code assets as their own pages
         'URL_ALLOWLIST':            {'type': str,   'default': None, 'aliases': ('URL_WHITELIST',)},
 
-        'ADMIN_USERNAME':           {'type': str,   'default': None},
-        'ADMIN_PASSWORD':           {'type': str,   'default': None},
 
         'ENFORCE_ATOMIC_WRITES':    {'type': bool,  'default': True},
         'TAG_SEPARATOR_PATTERN':    {'type': str,   'default': r'[,]'},
     },
 
     'SERVER_CONFIG': {
+        'ADMIN_USERNAME':            {'type': str,   'default': None},
+        'ADMIN_PASSWORD':            {'type': str,   'default': None},
+        
         'SECRET_KEY':                {'type': str,   'default': None},
         'BIND_ADDR':                 {'type': str,   'default': lambda c: ['127.0.0.1:8000', '0.0.0.0:8000'][c['IN_DOCKER']]},
         'ALLOWED_HOSTS':             {'type': str,   'default': '*'},     # e.g. archivebox.example.com,archivebox2.example.com
@@ -420,7 +421,7 @@ CONSTANTS = {
     "COLOR_DICT":                   {'default': lambda c: COLOR_DICT},
     "STATICFILE_EXTENSIONS":        {'default': lambda c: STATICFILE_EXTENSIONS},
     "ALLOWED_IN_OUTPUT_DIR":        {'default': lambda c: ALLOWED_IN_OUTPUT_DIR},
-    "ALLOWDENYLIST_REGEX_FLAGS":    {'default': lambda c: ALLOWDENYLIST_REGEX_FLAGS},
+    # "ALLOWDENYLIST_REGEX_FLAGS":    {'default': lambda c: ALLOWDENYLIST_REGEX_FLAGS},
 }
 
 ############################## Version Config ##################################
@@ -579,8 +580,8 @@ DYNAMIC_CONFIG_SCHEMA: ConfigDefaultDict = {
     'COMMIT_HASH':              {'default': lambda c: get_commit_hash(c)},                  # short git commit hash of codebase HEAD commit
     'BUILD_TIME':               {'default': lambda c: get_build_time(c)},                   # docker build completed time or python src last modified time
     
-    'VERSIONS_AVAILABLE':       {'default': lambda c: get_versions_available_on_github(c)},
-    'CAN_UPGRADE':              {'default': lambda c: can_upgrade(c)},
+    'VERSIONS_AVAILABLE':       {'default': lambda c: False},             # get_versions_available_on_github(c)},
+    'CAN_UPGRADE':              {'default': lambda c: False},             # can_upgrade(c)},
 
     'PYTHON_BINARY':            {'default': lambda c: sys.executable},
     'PYTHON_ENCODING':          {'default': lambda c: sys.stdout.encoding.upper()},
diff --git a/archivebox/core/settings.py b/archivebox/core/settings.py
index 62e2d241..b055096b 100644
--- a/archivebox/core/settings.py
+++ b/archivebox/core/settings.py
@@ -21,37 +21,40 @@ IS_MIGRATING = 'makemigrations' in sys.argv[:3] or 'migrate' in sys.argv[:3]
 IS_TESTING = 'test' in sys.argv[:3] or 'PYTEST_CURRENT_TEST' in os.environ
 IS_SHELL = 'shell' in sys.argv[:3] or 'shell_plus' in sys.argv[:3]
 
-DATA_DIR = Path(os.curdir).resolve()
-assert DATA_DIR == CONFIG.OUTPUT_DIR
 
 PACKAGE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
 assert PACKAGE_DIR == CONFIG.PACKAGE_DIR
 
+DATA_DIR = Path(os.curdir).resolve()
+assert DATA_DIR == CONFIG.OUTPUT_DIR
+ARCHIVE_DIR = DATA_DIR / 'archive'
+assert ARCHIVE_DIR == CONFIG.ARCHIVE_DIR
+
 ################################################################################
 ### ArchiveBox Plugin Settings
 ################################################################################
 
-BUILTIN_PLUGINS_DIR = PACKAGE_DIR / 'builtin_plugins'  # /app/archivebox/builtin_plugins
-USERDATA_PLUGINS_DIR = DATA_DIR / 'user_plugins'     # /data/user_plugins
-
-# PLUGIN_IMPORT_ORDER = ['base', 'pip', 'npm', 'ytdlp']
-#
-# def get_plugin_order(p: Path) -> str:
-#     return str(PLUGIN_IMPORT_ORDER.index(p.parent.name)) if p.parent.name in PLUGIN_IMPORT_ORDER else str(p)
 
 def find_plugins_in_dir(plugins_dir: Path, prefix: str) -> Dict[str, Path]:
-    """{"builtin_plugins.pip": "/app/archivebox/builtin_plugins/pip", "user_plugins.other": "/data/user_plugins/other",...}"""
+    """{"pkg_plugins.pip": "/app/archivebox/pkg_plugins/pip", "user_plugins.other": "/data/user_plugins/other",...}"""
     return {
         f"{prefix}.{plugin_entrypoint.parent.name}": plugin_entrypoint.parent
         for plugin_entrypoint in sorted(plugins_dir.glob("*/apps.py"))   # key=get_plugin_order  # Someday enforcing plugin import order may be required, but right now it's not needed
     }
-
-INSTALLED_PLUGINS = {
-    **find_plugins_in_dir(BUILTIN_PLUGINS_DIR, prefix='builtin_plugins'),
-    **find_plugins_in_dir(USERDATA_PLUGINS_DIR, prefix='user_plugins'),
+    
+PLUGIN_DIRS = {
+    'sys_plugins':          PACKAGE_DIR / 'sys_plugins',
+    'pkg_plugins':          PACKAGE_DIR / 'pkg_plugins',
+    'auth_plugins':         PACKAGE_DIR / 'auth_plugins',
+    'extractor_plugins':    PACKAGE_DIR / 'extractor_plugins',
+    'user_plugins':         DATA_DIR / 'user_plugins',
 }
+INSTALLED_PLUGINS = {}
+for plugin_prefix, plugin_dir in PLUGIN_DIRS.items():
+    INSTALLED_PLUGINS.update(find_plugins_in_dir(plugin_dir, prefix=plugin_prefix))
 
-### Plugins Globals (filled by builtin_plugins.npm.apps.NpmPlugin.register() after Django startup)
+
+### Plugins Globals (filled by plugin_type.pluginname.apps.PluginName.register() after Django startup)
 PLUGINS = AttrDict({})
 HOOKS = AttrDict({})
 
@@ -106,7 +109,7 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
     'api',                       # Django-Ninja-based Rest API interfaces, config, APIToken model, etc.
 
     # ArchiveBox plugins
-    *INSTALLED_PLUGINS.keys(),   # all plugin django-apps found in archivebox/builtin_plugins and data/user_plugins,
+    *INSTALLED_PLUGINS.keys(),   # all plugin django-apps found in archivebox/*_plugins and data/user_plugins,
     # plugin.register(settings) is called at import of each plugin (in the order they are listed here), then plugin.ready() is called at AppConfig.ready() time
 
     # 3rd-party apps from PyPI that need to be loaded last
@@ -141,46 +144,16 @@ AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = [
     'django.contrib.auth.backends.ModelBackend',
 ]
 
-if CONFIG.LDAP:
-    try:
-        import ldap
-        from django_auth_ldap.config import LDAPSearch
-
-        global AUTH_LDAP_SERVER_URI
-        global AUTH_LDAP_BIND_DN
-        global AUTH_LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD
-        global AUTH_LDAP_USER_SEARCH
-        global AUTH_LDAP_USER_ATTR_MAP
-
-        AUTH_LDAP_SERVER_URI = CONFIG.LDAP_SERVER_URI
-        AUTH_LDAP_BIND_DN = CONFIG.LDAP_BIND_DN
-        AUTH_LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD = CONFIG.LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD
-
-        assert AUTH_LDAP_SERVER_URI and CONFIG.LDAP_USERNAME_ATTR and CONFIG.LDAP_USER_FILTER, 'LDAP_* config options must all be set if LDAP=True'
-
-        AUTH_LDAP_USER_SEARCH = LDAPSearch(
-            CONFIG.LDAP_USER_BASE,
-            ldap.SCOPE_SUBTREE,
-            '(&(' + CONFIG.LDAP_USERNAME_ATTR + '=%(user)s)' + CONFIG.LDAP_USER_FILTER + ')',
-        )
-
-        AUTH_LDAP_USER_ATTR_MAP = {
-            'username': CONFIG.LDAP_USERNAME_ATTR,
-            'first_name': CONFIG.LDAP_FIRSTNAME_ATTR,
-            'last_name': CONFIG.LDAP_LASTNAME_ATTR,
-            'email': CONFIG.LDAP_EMAIL_ATTR,
-        }
-
-        AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = [
-            'django.contrib.auth.backends.ModelBackend',
-            'django_auth_ldap.backend.LDAPBackend',
-        ]
-    except ModuleNotFoundError:
-        sys.stderr.write('[X] Error: Found LDAP=True config but LDAP packages not installed. You may need to run: pip install archivebox[ldap]\n\n')
-        # dont hard exit here. in case the user is just running "archivebox version" or "archivebox help", we still want those to work despite broken ldap
-        # sys.exit(1)
-
+from ..auth_plugins.ldap.settings import LDAP_CONFIG
 
+if LDAP_CONFIG.LDAP_ENABLED:
+    AUTH_LDAP_BIND_DN = LDAP_CONFIG.LDAP_BIND_DN
+    AUTH_LDAP_SERVER_URI = LDAP_CONFIG.LDAP_SERVER_URI
+    AUTH_LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD = LDAP_CONFIG.LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD
+    AUTH_LDAP_USER_ATTR_MAP = LDAP_CONFIG.LDAP_USER_ATTR_MAP
+    AUTH_LDAP_USER_SEARCH = LDAP_CONFIG.AUTH_LDAP_USER_SEARCH
+    
+    AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = LDAP_CONFIG.AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS
 
 ################################################################################
 ### Staticfile and Template Settings
@@ -496,6 +469,7 @@ else:
 LOG_LEVEL_DATABASE = 'DEBUG' if DEBUG else 'WARNING'
 LOG_LEVEL_REQUEST = 'DEBUG' if DEBUG else 'WARNING'
 
+
 import pydantic
 import django.template
 
@@ -585,7 +559,7 @@ LOGGING = {
             "handlers": ["default", "logfile"],
             "level": "DEBUG",
         },
-        "builtin_plugins": {
+        "extractor_plugins": {
             "handlers": ["default", "logfile"],
             "level": "DEBUG",
         },
diff --git a/archivebox/builtin_plugins/chrome/__init__.py b/archivebox/extractor_plugins/__init__.py
similarity index 100%
rename from archivebox/builtin_plugins/chrome/__init__.py
rename to archivebox/extractor_plugins/__init__.py
diff --git a/archivebox/builtin_plugins/npm/__init__.py b/archivebox/extractor_plugins/chrome/__init__.py
similarity index 100%
rename from archivebox/builtin_plugins/npm/__init__.py
rename to archivebox/extractor_plugins/chrome/__init__.py
diff --git a/archivebox/builtin_plugins/chrome/apps.py b/archivebox/extractor_plugins/chrome/apps.py
similarity index 97%
rename from archivebox/builtin_plugins/chrome/apps.py
rename to archivebox/extractor_plugins/chrome/apps.py
index 56eb48de..7f197e26 100644
--- a/archivebox/builtin_plugins/chrome/apps.py
+++ b/archivebox/extractor_plugins/chrome/apps.py
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ from plugantic.base_binary import BaseBinary, env
 from plugantic.base_hook import BaseHook
 
 # Depends on Other Plugins:
-from builtin_plugins.puppeteer.apps import PUPPETEER_BINPROVIDER
-from builtin_plugins.playwright.apps import PLAYWRIGHT_BINPROVIDER
+from pkg_plugins.puppeteer.apps import PUPPETEER_BINPROVIDER
+from pkg_plugins.playwright.apps import PLAYWRIGHT_BINPROVIDER
 
 
 CHROMIUM_BINARY_NAMES_LINUX = [
diff --git a/archivebox/builtin_plugins/pip/__init__.py b/archivebox/extractor_plugins/singlefile/__init__.py
similarity index 100%
rename from archivebox/builtin_plugins/pip/__init__.py
rename to archivebox/extractor_plugins/singlefile/__init__.py
diff --git a/archivebox/builtin_plugins/singlefile/apps.py b/archivebox/extractor_plugins/singlefile/apps.py
similarity index 90%
rename from archivebox/builtin_plugins/singlefile/apps.py
rename to archivebox/extractor_plugins/singlefile/apps.py
index 6fcc5051..e5386969 100644
--- a/archivebox/builtin_plugins/singlefile/apps.py
+++ b/archivebox/extractor_plugins/singlefile/apps.py
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
-__package__ = 'archivebox.builtin_plugins.singlefile'
+__package__ = 'archivebox.extractor_plugins.singlefile'
 
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import List, Dict, Optional, ClassVar
-from typing_extensions import Self
+# from typing_extensions import Self
 
 from django.conf import settings
 
 # Depends on other PyPI/vendor packages:
 from pydantic import InstanceOf, Field, validate_call
-from pydantic_pkgr import BinProvider, BinProviderName, ProviderLookupDict, BinName, bin_abspath
+from pydantic_pkgr import BinProvider, BinProviderName, ProviderLookupDict, BinName, bin_abspath, ShallowBinary
 
 # Depends on other Django apps:
 from plugantic.base_plugin import BasePlugin
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ from plugantic.base_queue import BaseQueue
 from plugantic.base_hook import BaseHook
 
 # Depends on Other Plugins:
-from builtin_plugins.npm.apps import SYS_NPM_BINPROVIDER, LIB_NPM_BINPROVIDER
-from builtin_plugins.base.apps import CORE_CONFIG
+from sys_plugins.base.apps import ARCHIVING_CONFIG
+from pkg_plugins.npm.apps import SYS_NPM_BINPROVIDER, LIB_NPM_BINPROVIDER
 
 ###################### Config ##########################
 
@@ -33,11 +33,10 @@ class SinglefileToggleConfigs(BaseConfigSet):
 class SinglefileOptionsConfigs(BaseConfigSet):
     section: ClassVar[ConfigSectionName] = 'ARCHIVE_METHOD_OPTIONS'
 
-    SINGLEFILE_USER_AGENT: str              = Field(default=lambda: CORE_CONFIG.USER_AGENT)
-    SINGLEFILE_TIMEOUT: int                 = Field(default=lambda: CORE_CONFIG.TIMEOUT)
-    SINGLEFILE_CHECK_SSL_VALIDITY: bool     = Field(default=lambda: CORE_CONFIG.CHECK_SSL_VALIDITY)
-    SINGLEFILE_RESTRICT_FILE_NAMES: str     = Field(default=lambda: CORE_CONFIG.RESTRICT_FILE_NAMES)
-    SINGLEFILE_COOKIES_FILE: Optional[Path] = Field(default=lambda: CORE_CONFIG.COOKIES_FILE)
+    SINGLEFILE_USER_AGENT: str              = Field(default=lambda: ARCHIVING_CONFIG.USER_AGENT)
+    SINGLEFILE_TIMEOUT: int                 = Field(default=lambda: ARCHIVING_CONFIG.TIMEOUT)
+    SINGLEFILE_CHECK_SSL_VALIDITY: bool     = Field(default=lambda: ARCHIVING_CONFIG.CHECK_SSL_VALIDITY)
+    SINGLEFILE_COOKIES_FILE: Optional[Path] = Field(default=lambda: ARCHIVING_CONFIG.COOKIES_FILE)
 
 
 class SinglefileDependencyConfigs(BaseConfigSet):
@@ -87,12 +86,12 @@ class SinglefileBinary(BaseBinary):
     }
     
     @validate_call
-    def install(self, binprovider_name: Optional[BinProviderName]=None) -> Self:
+    def install(self, binprovider_name: Optional[BinProviderName]=None) -> ShallowBinary:
         # force install to only use lib/npm provider, we never want to modify global NPM packages
         return BaseBinary.install(self, binprovider_name=binprovider_name or LIB_NPM_BINPROVIDER.name)
     
     @validate_call
-    def load_or_install(self, binprovider_name: Optional[BinProviderName] = None) -> Self:
+    def load_or_install(self, binprovider_name: Optional[BinProviderName] = None) -> ShallowBinary:
         # force install to only use lib/npm provider, we never want to modify global NPM packages
         try:
             return self.load()
diff --git a/archivebox/builtin_plugins/singlefile/migrations/0001_initial.py b/archivebox/extractor_plugins/singlefile/migrations/0001_initial.py
similarity index 100%
rename from archivebox/builtin_plugins/singlefile/migrations/0001_initial.py
rename to archivebox/extractor_plugins/singlefile/migrations/0001_initial.py
diff --git a/archivebox/builtin_plugins/playwright/__init__.py b/archivebox/extractor_plugins/singlefile/migrations/__init__.py
similarity index 100%
rename from archivebox/builtin_plugins/playwright/__init__.py
rename to archivebox/extractor_plugins/singlefile/migrations/__init__.py
diff --git a/archivebox/builtin_plugins/singlefile/models.py b/archivebox/extractor_plugins/singlefile/models.py
similarity index 100%
rename from archivebox/builtin_plugins/singlefile/models.py
rename to archivebox/extractor_plugins/singlefile/models.py
diff --git a/archivebox/builtin_plugins/singlefile/tasks.py b/archivebox/extractor_plugins/singlefile/tasks.py
similarity index 100%
rename from archivebox/builtin_plugins/singlefile/tasks.py
rename to archivebox/extractor_plugins/singlefile/tasks.py
diff --git a/archivebox/builtin_plugins/puppeteer/__init__.py b/archivebox/extractor_plugins/ytdlp/__init__.py
similarity index 100%
rename from archivebox/builtin_plugins/puppeteer/__init__.py
rename to archivebox/extractor_plugins/ytdlp/__init__.py
diff --git a/archivebox/builtin_plugins/ytdlp/apps.py b/archivebox/extractor_plugins/ytdlp/apps.py
similarity index 94%
rename from archivebox/builtin_plugins/ytdlp/apps.py
rename to archivebox/extractor_plugins/ytdlp/apps.py
index f88cf6d8..a513119c 100644
--- a/archivebox/builtin_plugins/ytdlp/apps.py
+++ b/archivebox/extractor_plugins/ytdlp/apps.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from plugantic.base_configset import BaseConfigSet, ConfigSectionName
 from plugantic.base_binary import BaseBinary, env, apt, brew
 from plugantic.base_hook import BaseHook
 
-from builtin_plugins.pip.apps import pip
+from pkg_plugins.pip.apps import pip
 
 ###################### Config ##########################
 
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ FFMPEG_BINARY = FfmpegBinary()
 
 class YtdlpPlugin(BasePlugin):
     app_label: str = 'ytdlp'
-    verbose_name: str = 'YTDLP'
+    verbose_name: str = 'YT-DLP'
+    docs_url: str = 'https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp'
 
     hooks: List[InstanceOf[BaseHook]] = [
         YTDLP_CONFIG,
diff --git a/archivebox/package-lock.json b/archivebox/package-lock.json
index 42bd3256..db0ac368 100644
--- a/archivebox/package-lock.json
+++ b/archivebox/package-lock.json
@@ -242,9 +242,9 @@
       "license": "MIT"
     },
     "node_modules/@types/node": {
-      "version": "22.5.5",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/node/-/node-22.5.5.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-Xjs4y5UPO/CLdzpgR6GirZJx36yScjh73+2NlLlkFRSoQN8B0DpfXPdZGnvVmLRLOsqDpOfTNv7D9trgGhmOIA==",
+      "version": "22.6.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/node/-/node-22.6.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-V48tCfcKb/e6cVUigLAaJDAILdMP0fUW6BidkPK4GpGjXcfbnoHasCZDwz3N3yVt5we2RHm4XTQCpv0KJz9zqw==",
       "license": "MIT",
       "optional": true,
       "dependencies": {
diff --git a/archivebox/builtin_plugins/singlefile/__init__.py b/archivebox/pkg_plugins/npm/__init__.py
similarity index 100%
rename from archivebox/builtin_plugins/singlefile/__init__.py
rename to archivebox/pkg_plugins/npm/__init__.py
diff --git a/archivebox/builtin_plugins/npm/apps.py b/archivebox/pkg_plugins/npm/apps.py
similarity index 97%
rename from archivebox/builtin_plugins/npm/apps.py
rename to archivebox/pkg_plugins/npm/apps.py
index 44e54428..96585ba2 100644
--- a/archivebox/builtin_plugins/npm/apps.py
+++ b/archivebox/pkg_plugins/npm/apps.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__package__ = 'archivebox.builtin_plugins.npm'
+__package__ = 'archivebox.pkg_plugins.npm'
 
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import List, Optional
diff --git a/archivebox/builtin_plugins/singlefile/migrations/__init__.py b/archivebox/pkg_plugins/pip/__init__.py
similarity index 100%
rename from archivebox/builtin_plugins/singlefile/migrations/__init__.py
rename to archivebox/pkg_plugins/pip/__init__.py
diff --git a/archivebox/builtin_plugins/pip/apps.py b/archivebox/pkg_plugins/pip/apps.py
similarity index 100%
rename from archivebox/builtin_plugins/pip/apps.py
rename to archivebox/pkg_plugins/pip/apps.py
diff --git a/archivebox/builtin_plugins/ytdlp/__init__.py b/archivebox/pkg_plugins/playwright/__init__.py
similarity index 100%
rename from archivebox/builtin_plugins/ytdlp/__init__.py
rename to archivebox/pkg_plugins/playwright/__init__.py
diff --git a/archivebox/builtin_plugins/playwright/apps.py b/archivebox/pkg_plugins/playwright/apps.py
similarity index 98%
rename from archivebox/builtin_plugins/playwright/apps.py
rename to archivebox/pkg_plugins/playwright/apps.py
index 0559dd2a..cd606884 100644
--- a/archivebox/builtin_plugins/playwright/apps.py
+++ b/archivebox/pkg_plugins/playwright/apps.py
@@ -27,8 +27,7 @@ from plugantic.base_binary import BaseBinary, BaseBinProvider, env
 # from plugantic.base_queue import BaseQueue
 from plugantic.base_hook import BaseHook
 
-# Depends on Other Plugins:
-from builtin_plugins.pip.apps import SYS_PIP_BINPROVIDER, VENV_PIP_BINPROVIDER, LIB_PIP_BINPROVIDER
+from pkg_plugins.pip.apps import SYS_PIP_BINPROVIDER, VENV_PIP_BINPROVIDER, LIB_PIP_BINPROVIDER
 
 
 ###################### Config ##########################
diff --git a/archivebox/pkg_plugins/puppeteer/__init__.py b/archivebox/pkg_plugins/puppeteer/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/archivebox/builtin_plugins/puppeteer/apps.py b/archivebox/pkg_plugins/puppeteer/apps.py
similarity index 98%
rename from archivebox/builtin_plugins/puppeteer/apps.py
rename to archivebox/pkg_plugins/puppeteer/apps.py
index f6992611..a6bf67da 100644
--- a/archivebox/builtin_plugins/puppeteer/apps.py
+++ b/archivebox/pkg_plugins/puppeteer/apps.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ from plugantic.base_binary import BaseBinary, BaseBinProvider, env
 from plugantic.base_hook import BaseHook
 
 # Depends on Other Plugins:
-from builtin_plugins.npm.apps import LIB_NPM_BINPROVIDER, SYS_NPM_BINPROVIDER
+from pkg_plugins.npm.apps import LIB_NPM_BINPROVIDER, SYS_NPM_BINPROVIDER
 
 
 ###################### Config ##########################
diff --git a/archivebox/plugantic/__init__.py b/archivebox/plugantic/__init__.py
index 950a947c..98372eb4 100644
--- a/archivebox/plugantic/__init__.py
+++ b/archivebox/plugantic/__init__.py
@@ -1,9 +1 @@
 __package__ = 'archivebox.plugantic'
-
-from .base_plugin import BasePlugin
-from .base_configset import BaseConfigSet
-from .base_binary import BaseBinary
-from .base_extractor import BaseExtractor
-from .base_replayer import BaseReplayer
-from .base_check import BaseCheck
-
diff --git a/archivebox/plugantic/ansible_utils.py b/archivebox/plugantic/ansible_utils.py
index 7288c971..8957fe5d 100644
--- a/archivebox/plugantic/ansible_utils.py
+++ b/archivebox/plugantic/ansible_utils.py
@@ -1,59 +1,59 @@
-import os
+# import os
 
-from pathlib import Path
+# from pathlib import Path
 
-from benedict import benedict
-from rich.pretty import pprint
+# from benedict import benedict
+# from rich.pretty import pprint
 
-from ansible_runner import Runner, RunnerConfig
+# from ansible_runner import Runner, RunnerConfig
 
-GLOBAL_CACHE = {}
+# GLOBAL_CACHE = {}
 
 
-def run_playbook(playbook_path, data_dir, quiet=False, **kwargs):
-    ANSIBLE_TMP_DIR = str(Path(data_dir) / "tmp" / "ansible")
-    os.environ['ANSIBLE_INVENTORY_UNPARSED_WARNING'] = 'False'
-    os.environ['ANSIBLE_LOCALHOST_WARNING'] = 'False'
-    os.environ["ANSIBLE_HOME"] = ANSIBLE_TMP_DIR
-    # os.environ["ANSIBLE_COLLECTIONS_PATH"] = str(Path(data_dir).parent / 'archivebox')
-    os.environ["ANSIBLE_ROLES_PATH"] = (
-        '/Volumes/NVME/Users/squash/Code/archiveboxes/archivebox7/archivebox/builtin_plugins/ansible/roles'
-    )
+# def run_playbook(playbook_path, data_dir, quiet=False, **kwargs):
+#     ANSIBLE_TMP_DIR = str(Path(data_dir) / "tmp" / "ansible")
+#     os.environ['ANSIBLE_INVENTORY_UNPARSED_WARNING'] = 'False'
+#     os.environ['ANSIBLE_LOCALHOST_WARNING'] = 'False'
+#     os.environ["ANSIBLE_HOME"] = ANSIBLE_TMP_DIR
+#     # os.environ["ANSIBLE_COLLECTIONS_PATH"] = str(Path(data_dir).parent / 'archivebox')
+#     os.environ["ANSIBLE_ROLES_PATH"] = (
+#         './roles'
+#     )
     
-    rc = RunnerConfig(
-        private_data_dir=ANSIBLE_TMP_DIR,
-        playbook=str(playbook_path),
-        rotate_artifacts=50000,
-        host_pattern="localhost",
-        extravars={
-            "DATA_DIR": str(data_dir),
-            **kwargs,
-        },
-        quiet=quiet,
-    )
-    rc.prepare()
-    r = Runner(config=rc)
-    r.set_fact_cache('localhost', GLOBAL_CACHE)
-    r.run()
-    last_run_facts = r.get_fact_cache('localhost')
-    GLOBAL_CACHE.update(filtered_facts(last_run_facts))
-    return benedict({
-        key: val
-        for key, val in last_run_facts.items()
-        if not (key.startswith('ansible_') or key in ('gather_subset', 'module_setup'))
-    })
+#     rc = RunnerConfig(
+#         private_data_dir=ANSIBLE_TMP_DIR,
+#         playbook=str(playbook_path),
+#         rotate_artifacts=50000,
+#         host_pattern="localhost",
+#         extravars={
+#             "DATA_DIR": str(data_dir),
+#             **kwargs,
+#         },
+#         quiet=quiet,
+#     )
+#     rc.prepare()
+#     r = Runner(config=rc)
+#     r.set_fact_cache('localhost', GLOBAL_CACHE)
+#     r.run()
+#     last_run_facts = r.get_fact_cache('localhost')
+#     GLOBAL_CACHE.update(filtered_facts(last_run_facts))
+#     return benedict({
+#         key: val
+#         for key, val in last_run_facts.items()
+#         if not (key.startswith('ansible_') or key in ('gather_subset', 'module_setup'))
+#     })
 
-def filtered_facts(facts):
-    return benedict({
-        key: val
-        for key, val in facts.items()
-        if not (key.startswith('ansible_') or key in ('gather_subset', 'module_setup'))
-    })
+# def filtered_facts(facts):
+#     return benedict({
+#         key: val
+#         for key, val in facts.items()
+#         if not (key.startswith('ansible_') or key in ('gather_subset', 'module_setup'))
+#     })
 
-def print_globals():
-    pprint(filtered_facts(GLOBAL_CACHE), expand_all=True)
+# def print_globals():
+#     pprint(filtered_facts(GLOBAL_CACHE), expand_all=True)
 
 
 
-# YTDLP_OUTPUT = run_playbook('extract.yml', {'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cK4REjqGc9w&t=27s'})
-# pprint(YTDLP_OUTPUT)
+# # YTDLP_OUTPUT = run_playbook('extract.yml', {'url': 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cK4REjqGc9w&t=27s'})
+# # pprint(YTDLP_OUTPUT)
diff --git a/archivebox/plugantic/base_admindataview.py b/archivebox/plugantic/base_admindataview.py
index 34914203..b5cac1de 100644
--- a/archivebox/plugantic/base_admindataview.py
+++ b/archivebox/plugantic/base_admindataview.py
@@ -1,21 +1,22 @@
 __package__ = 'archivebox.plugantic'
 
-from typing import Dict
+# from typing import Dict
 
 from .base_hook import BaseHook, HookType
 from ..config_stubs import AttrDict
 
+
 class BaseAdminDataView(BaseHook):
     hook_type: HookType = "ADMINDATAVIEW"
     
-    verbose_name: str = 'NPM Installed Packages'
-    route: str = '/npm/installed/'
-    view: str = 'builtin_plugins.npm.admin.installed_list_view'
-    items: Dict[str, str] = {
-        "name": "installed_npm_pkg",
-        'route': '<str:key>/',
-        'view': 'builtin_plugins.npm.admin.installed_detail_view',
-    }
+    # verbose_name: str = 'Data View'
+    # route: str = '/npm/installed/'
+    # view: str = 'pkg_plugins.npm.admin.installed_list_view'
+    # items: Dict[str, str] = {
+    #     "name": "installed_npm_pkg",
+    #     'route': '<str:key>/',
+    #     'view': 'pkg_plugins.npm.admin.installed_detail_view',
+    # }
 
     def register(self, settings, parent_plugin=None):
         # self._plugin = parent_plugin                          # circular ref to parent only here for easier debugging! never depend on circular backref to parent in real code!
diff --git a/archivebox/plugantic/base_binary.py b/archivebox/plugantic/base_binary.py
index 810f56b9..4aa96ac2 100644
--- a/archivebox/plugantic/base_binary.py
+++ b/archivebox/plugantic/base_binary.py
@@ -42,7 +42,11 @@ class BaseBinProvider(BaseHook, BinProvider):
         settings.BINPROVIDERS[self.id] = self
 
         super().register(settings, parent_plugin=parent_plugin)
-        
+    
+    @property
+    def admin_url(self) -> str:
+        # e.g. /admin/environment/binproviders/NpmBinProvider/   TODO
+        return "/admin/environment/binaries/"
 
 
 class BaseBinary(BaseHook, Binary):
@@ -87,6 +91,11 @@ class BaseBinary(BaseHook, Binary):
         binary = super().load_or_install(**kwargs)
         self.symlink_to_lib(binary=binary, bin_dir=settings.CONFIG.BIN_DIR)
         return binary
+    
+    @property
+    def admin_url(self) -> str:
+        # e.g. /admin/environment/config/LdapConfig/
+        return f"/admin/environment/binaries/{self.name}/"
 
 apt = AptProvider()
 brew = BrewProvider()
diff --git a/archivebox/plugantic/base_configset.py b/archivebox/plugantic/base_configset.py
index 09d6fbfa..d104afd5 100644
--- a/archivebox/plugantic/base_configset.py
+++ b/archivebox/plugantic/base_configset.py
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 __package__ = 'archivebox.plugantic'
 
+import os
 import re
 import json
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import List, Literal, Type, Tuple, Callable, ClassVar, Any
+from typing import Literal, Type, Tuple, Callable, ClassVar, Any, get_args
 
 import toml
 from benedict import benedict
@@ -13,29 +14,27 @@ from pydantic_settings.sources import TomlConfigSettingsSource
 
 from pydantic_pkgr.base_types import func_takes_args_or_kwargs
 
-from django.conf import settings
-
 from .base_hook import BaseHook, HookType
 from . import ini_to_toml
 
+
+PACKAGE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
+DATA_DIR = Path(os.curdir).resolve()
+
+
 ConfigSectionName = Literal[
     'SHELL_CONFIG',
     'GENERAL_CONFIG',
+    'STORAGE_CONFIG',
     'SERVER_CONFIG',
+    'ARCHIVING_CONFIG',
+    'LDAP_CONFIG',
     'ARCHIVE_METHOD_TOGGLES',
     'ARCHIVE_METHOD_OPTIONS',
     'SEARCH_BACKEND_CONFIG',
     'DEPENDENCY_CONFIG',
 ]
-ConfigSectionNames: List[ConfigSectionName] = [
-    'SHELL_CONFIG',
-    'GENERAL_CONFIG',
-    'SERVER_CONFIG',
-    'ARCHIVE_METHOD_TOGGLES',
-    'ARCHIVE_METHOD_OPTIONS',
-    'SEARCH_BACKEND_CONFIG',
-    'DEPENDENCY_CONFIG',
-]
+ConfigSectionNames: Tuple[ConfigSectionName, ...] = get_args(ConfigSectionName)   # just gets the list of values from the Literal type
 
 
 def better_toml_dump_str(val: Any) -> str:
@@ -136,7 +135,7 @@ class ArchiveBoxBaseConfig(BaseSettings):
     ) -> Tuple[PydanticBaseSettingsSource, ...]:
         """Defines the config precedence order: Schema defaults -> ArchiveBox.conf (TOML) -> Environment variables"""
         
-        ARCHIVEBOX_CONFIG_FILE = settings.DATA_DIR / "ArchiveBox.conf"
+        ARCHIVEBOX_CONFIG_FILE = DATA_DIR / "ArchiveBox.conf"
         ARCHIVEBOX_CONFIG_FILE_BAK = ARCHIVEBOX_CONFIG_FILE.parent / ".ArchiveBox.conf.bak"
         
         # import ipdb; ipdb.set_trace()
@@ -177,7 +176,7 @@ class ArchiveBoxBaseConfig(BaseSettings):
         """Populate any unset values using function provided as their default"""
 
         for key, field in self.model_fields.items():
-            config_so_far = self.model_dump(include=set(self.model_fields.keys()), warnings=False)
+            config_so_far = benedict(self.model_dump(include=set(self.model_fields.keys()), warnings=False))
             value = getattr(self, key)
             if isinstance(value, Callable):
                 # if value is a function, execute it to get the actual value, passing existing config as a dict arg
diff --git a/archivebox/plugantic/base_hook.py b/archivebox/plugantic/base_hook.py
index 2aaae2ba..aab612ae 100644
--- a/archivebox/plugantic/base_hook.py
+++ b/archivebox/plugantic/base_hook.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from huey.api import TaskWrapper
 
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import List, Literal, ClassVar
-from pydantic import BaseModel, ConfigDict, Field, computed_field
+from pydantic import BaseModel, ConfigDict
 
 
 HookType = Literal['CONFIG', 'BINPROVIDER', 'BINARY', 'EXTRACTOR', 'REPLAYER', 'CHECK', 'ADMINDATAVIEW', 'QUEUE']
@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@ class BaseHook(BaseModel):
         # django imports AppConfig, models, migrations, admins, etc. for all installed apps
         # django then calls AppConfig.ready() on each installed app...
 
-        builtin_plugins.npm.NpmPlugin().AppConfig.ready()                    # called by django
-            builtin_plugins.npm.NpmPlugin().register(settings) ->
-                builtin_plugins.npm.NpmConfigSet().register(settings)
+        pkg_plugins.npm.NpmPlugin().AppConfig.ready()                    # called by django
+            pkg_plugins.npm.NpmPlugin().register(settings) ->
+                pkg_plugins.npm.NpmConfigSet().register(settings)
                     plugantic.base_configset.BaseConfigSet().register(settings)
-                        plugantic.base_hook.BaseHook().register(settings, parent_plugin=builtin_plugins.npm.NpmPlugin())
+                        plugantic.base_hook.BaseHook().register(settings, parent_plugin=pkg_plugins.npm.NpmPlugin())
 
                 ...
         ...
@@ -74,22 +74,27 @@ class BaseHook(BaseModel):
 
     @property
     def hook_module(self) -> str:
-        """e.g. builtin_plugins.singlefile.apps.SinglefileConfigSet"""
+        """e.g. extractor_plugins.singlefile.apps.SinglefileConfigSet"""
         return f'{self.__module__}.{self.__class__.__name__}'
 
     @property
     def hook_file(self) -> Path:
-        """e.g. builtin_plugins.singlefile.apps.SinglefileConfigSet"""
+        """e.g. extractor_plugins.singlefile.apps.SinglefileConfigSet"""
         return Path(inspect.getfile(self.__class__))
 
     @property
     def plugin_module(self) -> str:
-        """e.g. builtin_plugins.singlefile"""
+        """e.g. extractor_plugins.singlefile"""
         return f"{self.__module__}.{self.__class__.__name__}".split("archivebox.", 1)[-1].rsplit(".apps.", 1)[0]
 
     @property
     def plugin_dir(self) -> Path:
         return Path(inspect.getfile(self.__class__)).parent.resolve()
+    
+    @property
+    def admin_url(self) -> str:
+        # e.g. /admin/environment/config/LdapConfig/
+        return f"/admin/environment/{self.hook_type.lower()}/{self.id}/"
 
 
     def register(self, settings, parent_plugin=None):
diff --git a/archivebox/plugantic/base_plugin.py b/archivebox/plugantic/base_plugin.py
index a78f5ffc..eb8e0161 100644
--- a/archivebox/plugantic/base_plugin.py
+++ b/archivebox/plugantic/base_plugin.py
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ class BasePlugin(BaseModel):
     # Required by AppConfig:
     app_label: str = Field()                      # e.g. 'singlefile'                  (one-word machine-readable representation, to use as url-safe id/db-table prefix_/attr name)
     verbose_name: str = Field()                   # e.g. 'SingleFile'                  (human-readable *short* label, for use in column names, form labels, etc.)
+    docs_url: str = Field(default=None)           # e.g. 'https://github.com/...'
     
     # All the hooks the plugin will install:
     hooks: List[InstanceOf[BaseHook]] = Field(default=[])
@@ -60,10 +61,16 @@ class BasePlugin(BaseModel):
     def plugin_module(self) -> str:  # DottedImportPath
         """ "
         Dotted import path of the plugin's module (after its loaded via settings.INSTALLED_APPS).
-        e.g. 'archivebox.builtin_plugins.npm.apps.NpmPlugin' -> 'builtin_plugins.npm'
+        e.g. 'archivebox.pkg_plugins.npm.apps.NpmPlugin' -> 'pkg_plugins.npm'
         """
         return f"{self.__module__}.{self.__class__.__name__}".split("archivebox.", 1)[-1].rsplit('.apps.', 1)[0]
 
+
+    @property
+    def plugin_module_full(self) -> str:  # DottedImportPath
+        """e.g. 'archivebox.pkg_plugins.npm.apps.NpmPlugin'"""
+        return f"{self.__module__}.{self.__class__.__name__}"
+    
     # @computed_field
     @property
     def plugin_dir(self) -> Path:
@@ -77,7 +84,7 @@ class BasePlugin(BaseModel):
         # preserve references to original default objects,
         # pydantic deepcopies them by default which breaks mutability
         # see https://github.com/pydantic/pydantic/issues/7608
-        # if we dont do this, then builtin_plugins.base.CORE_CONFIG != settings.CONFIGS.CoreConfig for example
+        # if we dont do this, then sys_plugins.base.CORE_CONFIG != settings.CONFIGS.CoreConfig for example
         # and calling .__init__() on one of them will not update the other
         self.hooks = self.model_fields['hooks'].default
         
diff --git a/archivebox/plugantic/views.py b/archivebox/plugantic/views.py
index 79146a88..20eebcc0 100644
--- a/archivebox/plugantic/views.py
+++ b/archivebox/plugantic/views.py
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ def binaries_list_view(request: HttpRequest, **kwargs) -> TableContext:
     }
 
     for plugin in settings.PLUGINS.values():
-        for binary in plugin.HOOKS_BY_TYPE.BINARY.values():
+        for binary in plugin.HOOKS_BY_TYPE.get('BINARY', {}).values():
             try:
                 binary = binary.load()
             except Exception as e:
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ def binary_detail_view(request: HttpRequest, key: str, **kwargs) -> ItemContext:
     binary = None
     plugin = None
     for loaded_plugin in settings.PLUGINS.values():
-        for loaded_binary in loaded_plugin.HOOKS_BY_TYPE.BINARY.values():
+        for loaded_binary in loaded_plugin.HOOKS_BY_TYPE.get('BINARY', {}).values():
             if loaded_binary.name == key:
                 binary = loaded_binary
                 plugin = loaded_plugin
@@ -175,17 +175,17 @@ def plugins_list_view(request: HttpRequest, **kwargs) -> TableContext:
 
 
     for plugin in settings.PLUGINS.values():
-        try:
-            plugin = plugin.load_binaries()
-        except Exception as e:
-            print(e)
+        # try:
+        #     plugin.load_binaries()
+        # except Exception as e:
+        #     print(e)
 
         rows['Name'].append(ItemLink(plugin.id, key=plugin.id))
-        rows['verbose_name'].append(str(plugin.verbose_name))
+        rows['verbose_name'].append(mark_safe(f'<a href="{plugin.docs_url}" target="_blank">{plugin.verbose_name}</a>'))
         rows['module'].append(str(plugin.plugin_module))
         rows['source_code'].append(str(plugin.plugin_dir))
         rows['hooks'].append(mark_safe(', '.join(
-            f'<a href="/admin/environment/hooks/{hook.id}/">{hook.id}</a>'
+            f'<a href="{hook.admin_url}">{hook.id}</a>'
             for hook in plugin.hooks
         )))
 
diff --git a/archivebox/sys_plugins/base/__init__.py b/archivebox/sys_plugins/base/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/archivebox/sys_plugins/base/apps.py b/archivebox/sys_plugins/base/apps.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3929b40f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/archivebox/sys_plugins/base/apps.py
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+import os
+import sys
+import platform
+
+from typing import List, ClassVar
+from pathlib import Path
+from pydantic import InstanceOf, Field
+
+from django.conf import settings
+
+from plugantic.base_plugin import BasePlugin
+from plugantic.base_configset import BaseConfigSet, ConfigSectionName
+from plugantic.base_hook import BaseHook
+
+
+###################### Config ##########################
+
+
+class ShellConfig(BaseConfigSet):
+    section: ClassVar[ConfigSectionName] = 'SHELL_CONFIG'
+
+    DEBUG: bool                         = Field(default=False)
+    
+    IS_TTY: bool                        = Field(default=sys.stdout.isatty())
+    USE_COLOR: bool                     = Field(default=lambda c: c.IS_TTY)
+    SHOW_PROGRESS: bool                 = Field(default=lambda c: (c.IS_TTY and platform.system() != 'darwin'))  # progress bars are buggy on mac, disable for now
+    
+    IN_DOCKER: bool                     = Field(default=False)
+    IN_QEMU: bool                       = Field(default=False)
+    
+    PUID: int                           = Field(default=os.getuid())
+    PGID: int                           = Field(default=os.getgid())
+
+SHELL_CONFIG = ShellConfig()
+
+
+class StorageConfig(BaseConfigSet):
+    section: ClassVar[ConfigSectionName] = 'STORAGE_CONFIG'
+
+    OUTPUT_PERMISSIONS: str             = Field(default='644')
+    RESTRICT_FILE_NAMES: str            = Field(default='windows')
+    ENFORCE_ATOMIC_WRITES: bool         = Field(default=True)
+
+STORAGE_CONFIG = StorageConfig()
+
+
+class GeneralConfig(BaseConfigSet):
+    section: ClassVar[ConfigSectionName] = 'GENERAL_CONFIG'
+        
+    TAG_SEPARATOR_PATTERN: str          = Field(default=r'[,]')
+
+
+GENERAL_CONFIG = GeneralConfig()
+
+
+class ServerConfig(BaseConfigSet):
+    section: ClassVar[ConfigSectionName] = 'SERVER_CONFIG'
+
+    SECRET_KEY: str                     = Field(default=None)
+    BIND_ADDR: str                      = Field(default=lambda: ['127.0.0.1:8000', '0.0.0.0:8000'][SHELL_CONFIG.IN_DOCKER])
+    ALLOWED_HOSTS: str                  = Field(default='*')
+    CSRF_TRUSTED_ORIGINS: str           = Field(default=lambda c: 'http://localhost:8000,http://127.0.0.1:8000,http://0.0.0.0:8000,http://{}'.format(c.BIND_ADDR))
+    
+    SNAPSHOTS_PER_PAGE: int             = Field(default=40)
+    FOOTER_INFO: str                    = Field(default='Content is hosted for personal archiving purposes only.  Contact server owner for any takedown requests.')
+    CUSTOM_TEMPLATES_DIR: Path          = Field(default=None)
+
+    PUBLIC_INDEX: bool                  = Field(default=True)
+    PUBLIC_SNAPSHOTS: bool              = Field(default=True)
+    PUBLIC_ADD_VIEW: bool               = Field(default=False)
+    
+    ADMIN_USERNAME: str                 = Field(default=None)
+    ADMIN_PASSWORD: str                 = Field(default=None)
+    REVERSE_PROXY_USER_HEADER: str      = Field(default='Remote-User')
+    REVERSE_PROXY_WHITELIST: str        = Field(default='')
+    LOGOUT_REDIRECT_URL: str            = Field(default='/')
+    PREVIEW_ORIGINALS: bool             = Field(default=True)
+    
+SERVER_CONFIG = ServerConfig()
+
+
+class ArchivingConfig(BaseConfigSet):
+    section: ClassVar[ConfigSectionName] = 'ARCHIVING_CONFIG'
+    
+    ONLY_NEW: bool                      = Field(default=True)
+    
+    TIMEOUT: int                        = Field(default=60)
+    MEDIA_TIMEOUT: int                  = Field(default=3600)
+
+    MEDIA_MAX_SIZE: str                 = Field(default='750m')
+    RESOLUTION: str                     = Field(default='1440,2000')
+    CHECK_SSL_VALIDITY: bool            = Field(default=True)
+    USER_AGENT: str                     = Field(default='Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/128.0.0.0 Safari/537.36 ArchiveBox/{VERSION} (+https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/)')
+    COOKIES_FILE: Path | None           = Field(default=None)
+    
+    URL_DENYLIST: str                   = Field(default=r'\.(css|js|otf|ttf|woff|woff2|gstatic\.com|googleapis\.com/css)(\?.*)?$', alias='URL_BLACKLIST')
+    URL_ALLOWLIST: str | None           = Field(default=None, alias='URL_WHITELIST')
+    
+    # GIT_DOMAINS: str                    = Field(default='github.com,bitbucket.org,gitlab.com,gist.github.com,codeberg.org,gitea.com,git.sr.ht')
+    # WGET_USER_AGENT: str                = Field(default=lambda c: c['USER_AGENT'] + ' wget/{WGET_VERSION}')
+    # CURL_USER_AGENT: str                = Field(default=lambda c: c['USER_AGENT'] + ' curl/{CURL_VERSION}')
+    # CHROME_USER_AGENT: str              = Field(default=lambda c: c['USER_AGENT'])
+    # CHROME_USER_DATA_DIR: str | None    = Field(default=None)
+    # CHROME_TIMEOUT: int                 = Field(default=0)
+    # CHROME_HEADLESS: bool               = Field(default=True)
+    # CHROME_SANDBOX: bool                = Field(default=lambda: not SHELL_CONFIG.IN_DOCKER)
+
+ARCHIVING_CONFIG = ArchivingConfig()
+
+
+class SearchBackendConfig(BaseConfigSet):
+    section: ClassVar[ConfigSectionName] = 'SEARCH_BACKEND_CONFIG'
+
+    USE_INDEXING_BACKEND: bool          = Field(default=True)
+    USE_SEARCHING_BACKEND: bool         = Field(default=True)
+    
+    SEARCH_BACKEND_ENGINE: str          = Field(default='ripgrep')
+    SEARCH_BACKEND_HOST_NAME: str       = Field(default='localhost')
+    SEARCH_BACKEND_PORT: int            = Field(default=1491)
+    SEARCH_BACKEND_PASSWORD: str        = Field(default='SecretPassword')
+    SEARCH_PROCESS_HTML: bool           = Field(default=True)
+
+SEARCH_BACKEND_CONFIG = SearchBackendConfig()
+
+
+class CorePlugin(BasePlugin):
+    app_label: str = 'core'
+    verbose_name: str = 'Core'
+
+    hooks: List[InstanceOf[BaseHook]] = [
+        SHELL_CONFIG,
+        GENERAL_CONFIG,
+        STORAGE_CONFIG,
+        SERVER_CONFIG,
+        ARCHIVING_CONFIG,
+        SEARCH_BACKEND_CONFIG,
+    ]
+
+
+PLUGIN = CorePlugin()
+PLUGIN.register(settings)
+DJANGO_APP = PLUGIN.AppConfig
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 42bd3256..db0ac368 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -242,9 +242,9 @@
       "license": "MIT"
     },
     "node_modules/@types/node": {
-      "version": "22.5.5",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/node/-/node-22.5.5.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-Xjs4y5UPO/CLdzpgR6GirZJx36yScjh73+2NlLlkFRSoQN8B0DpfXPdZGnvVmLRLOsqDpOfTNv7D9trgGhmOIA==",
+      "version": "22.6.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/node/-/node-22.6.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-V48tCfcKb/e6cVUigLAaJDAILdMP0fUW6BidkPK4GpGjXcfbnoHasCZDwz3N3yVt5we2RHm4XTQCpv0KJz9zqw==",
       "license": "MIT",
       "optional": true,
       "dependencies": {
diff --git a/pdm.lock b/pdm.lock
index ff81362e..46e09094 100644
--- a/pdm.lock
+++ b/pdm.lock
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 groups = ["default", "all", "ldap", "sonic"]
 strategy = ["inherit_metadata"]
 lock_version = "4.5.0"
-content_hash = "sha256:6b062624538c5dfe6b1bd5be32546fef02b70ee73c4a1710a8eea9764bdd21d8"
+content_hash = "sha256:c6898f1602f4760763b438a54b5a7e74833755c083718d56c27abcd765d7f0de"
 
 [[metadata.targets]]
 requires_python = "==3.11.*"
@@ -208,14 +208,14 @@ files = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bx-py-utils"
-version = "102"
+version = "103"
 requires_python = "<4,>=3.10"
 summary = "Various Python utility functions"
 groups = ["default"]
 marker = "python_version == \"3.11\""
 files = [
-    {file = "bx_py_utils-102-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:961a0abf31b512f72c1473a4d115096b0c5becd32d08338ac62adbf5b217b680"},
-    {file = "bx_py_utils-102.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:6d131d40394b477de715169e80067a0ab4891c8f04afd33fbd7ca00e2faf21ae"},
+    {file = "bx_py_utils-103-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:706291bdbc430655d78628ca3af037cff7dd5e2003136fd4ff4249adb3ab6228"},
+    {file = "bx_py_utils-103.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:9aa162f7a1b81430811f2e7ce1a76ba4562e47d472b0e13cb8c8e055076d45d5"},
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ files = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "django-stubs"
-version = "5.0.4"
+version = "5.1.0"
 requires_python = ">=3.8"
 summary = "Mypy stubs for Django"
 groups = ["default"]
@@ -601,19 +601,19 @@ marker = "python_version == \"3.11\""
 dependencies = [
     "asgiref",
     "django",
-    "django-stubs-ext>=5.0.4",
+    "django-stubs-ext>=5.1.0",
     "tomli; python_version < \"3.11\"",
     "types-PyYAML",
     "typing-extensions>=4.11.0",
 ]
 files = [
-    {file = "django_stubs-5.0.4-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:c2502f5ecbae50c68f9a86d52b5b2447d8648fd205036dad0ccb41e19a445927"},
-    {file = "django_stubs-5.0.4.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:78e3764488fdfd2695f12502136548ec22f8d4b1780541a835042b8238d11514"},
+    {file = "django_stubs-5.1.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:b98d49a80aa4adf1433a97407102d068de26c739c405431d93faad96dd282c40"},
+    {file = "django_stubs-5.1.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:86128c228b65e6c9a85e5dc56eb1c6f41125917dae0e21e6cfecdf1b27e630c5"},
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "django-stubs-ext"
-version = "5.0.4"
+version = "5.1.0"
 requires_python = ">=3.8"
 summary = "Monkey-patching and extensions for django-stubs"
 groups = ["default"]
@@ -623,8 +623,8 @@ dependencies = [
     "typing-extensions",
 ]
 files = [
-    {file = "django_stubs_ext-5.0.4-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:910cbaff3d1e8e806a5c27d5ddd4088535aae8371ea921b7fd680fdfa5f14e30"},
-    {file = "django_stubs_ext-5.0.4.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:85da065224204774208be29c7d02b4482d5a69218a728465c2fbe41725fdc819"},
+    {file = "django_stubs_ext-5.1.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:a455fc222c90b30b29ad8c53319559f5b54a99b4197205ddbb385aede03b395d"},
+    {file = "django_stubs_ext-5.1.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:ed7d51c0b731651879fc75f331fb0806d98b67bfab464e96e2724db6b46ef926"},
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 49cd31cc..b29555d0 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ test = [
     "bottle>=0.13.1",
 ]
 lint = [
+    "ruff>=0.6.6",
     "flake8>=7.1.1",
     "mypy>=1.11.2",
     "django-autotyping>=0.5.1",
@@ -158,7 +159,7 @@ exclude = ["*.pyi", "typings/", "migrations/", "vendor/"]
 
 # https://docs.astral.sh/ruff/rules/
 [tool.ruff.lint]
-ignore = ["E731", "E303", "E266"]
+ignore = ["E731", "E303", "E266", "E241", "E222"]
 
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
 testpaths = [ "tests" ]
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 27cba2b9..d37acbe8 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ beautifulsoup4==4.12.3; python_version == "3.11"
 brotli==1.1.0; implementation_name == "cpython" and python_version == "3.11"
 brotlicffi==1.1.0.0; implementation_name != "cpython" and python_version == "3.11"
 bx-django-utils==79; python_version == "3.11"
-bx-py-utils==102; python_version == "3.11"
+bx-py-utils==103; python_version == "3.11"
 certifi==2024.8.30; python_version == "3.11"
 cffi==1.17.1; platform_python_implementation != "PyPy" and python_version == "3.11" or implementation_name != "cpython" and python_version == "3.11"
 channels[daphne]==4.1.0; python_version == "3.11"
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ django-object-actions==4.3.0; python_version == "3.11"
 django-pydantic-field==0.3.10; python_version == "3.11"
 django-settings-holder==0.1.2; python_version == "3.11"
 django-signal-webhooks==0.3.0; python_version == "3.11"
-django-stubs==5.0.4; python_version == "3.11"
-django-stubs-ext==5.0.4; python_version == "3.11"
+django-stubs==5.1.0; python_version == "3.11"
+django-stubs-ext==5.1.0; python_version == "3.11"
 django-taggit==1.3.0; python_version == "3.11"
 et-xmlfile==1.1.0; python_version == "3.11"
 executing==2.1.0; python_version == "3.11"