diff --git a/maintainers/scripts/pluginupdate.py b/maintainers/scripts/pluginupdate.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..79c79c0f093
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maintainers/scripts/pluginupdate.py
@@ -0,0 +1,526 @@
+# Used by pkgs/misc/vim-plugins/update.py and pkgs/applications/editors/kakoune/plugins/update.py
+
+# format:
+# $ nix run nixpkgs.python3Packages.black -c black update.py
+# type-check:
+# $ nix run nixpkgs.python3Packages.mypy -c mypy update.py
+# linted:
+# $ nix run nixpkgs.python3Packages.flake8 -c flake8 --ignore E501,E265 update.py
+
+import argparse
+import functools
+import http
+import json
+import os
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import time
+import traceback
+import urllib.error
+import urllib.parse
+import urllib.request
+import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
+from datetime import datetime
+from functools import wraps
+from multiprocessing.dummy import Pool
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Dict, List, Optional, Tuple, Union, Any, Callable
+from urllib.parse import urljoin, urlparse
+from tempfile import NamedTemporaryFile
+
+import git
+
+ATOM_ENTRY = "{http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom}entry"  # " vim gets confused here
+ATOM_LINK = "{http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom}link"  # "
+ATOM_UPDATED = "{http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom}updated"  # "
+
+
+def retry(ExceptionToCheck: Any, tries: int = 4, delay: float = 3, backoff: float = 2):
+    """Retry calling the decorated function using an exponential backoff.
+    http://www.saltycrane.com/blog/2009/11/trying-out-retry-decorator-python/
+    original from: http://wiki.python.org/moin/PythonDecoratorLibrary#Retry
+    (BSD licensed)
+    :param ExceptionToCheck: the exception on which to retry
+    :param tries: number of times to try (not retry) before giving up
+    :param delay: initial delay between retries in seconds
+    :param backoff: backoff multiplier e.g. value of 2 will double the delay
+        each retry
+    """
+
+    def deco_retry(f: Callable) -> Callable:
+        @wraps(f)
+        def f_retry(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> Any:
+            mtries, mdelay = tries, delay
+            while mtries > 1:
+                try:
+                    return f(*args, **kwargs)
+                except ExceptionToCheck as e:
+                    print(f"{str(e)}, Retrying in {mdelay} seconds...")
+                    time.sleep(mdelay)
+                    mtries -= 1
+                    mdelay *= backoff
+            return f(*args, **kwargs)
+
+        return f_retry  # true decorator
+
+    return deco_retry
+
+
+def make_request(url: str) -> urllib.request.Request:
+    token = os.getenv("GITHUB_API_TOKEN")
+    headers = {}
+    if token is not None:
+        headers["Authorization"] = f"token {token}"
+    return urllib.request.Request(url, headers=headers)
+
+
+class Repo:
+    def __init__(
+        self, owner: str, name: str, branch: str, alias: Optional[str]
+    ) -> None:
+        self.owner = owner
+        self.name = name
+        self.branch = branch
+        self.alias = alias
+        self.redirect: Dict[str, str] = {}
+
+    def url(self, path: str) -> str:
+        return urljoin(f"https://github.com/{self.owner}/{self.name}/", path)
+
+    def __repr__(self) -> str:
+        return f"Repo({self.owner}, {self.name})"
+
+    @retry(urllib.error.URLError, tries=4, delay=3, backoff=2)
+    def has_submodules(self) -> bool:
+        try:
+            req = make_request(self.url(f"blob/{self.branch}/.gitmodules"))
+            urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=10).close()
+        except urllib.error.HTTPError as e:
+            if e.code == 404:
+                return False
+            else:
+                raise
+        return True
+
+    @retry(urllib.error.URLError, tries=4, delay=3, backoff=2)
+    def latest_commit(self) -> Tuple[str, datetime]:
+        commit_url = self.url(f"commits/{self.branch}.atom")
+        commit_req = make_request(commit_url)
+        with urllib.request.urlopen(commit_req, timeout=10) as req:
+            self.check_for_redirect(commit_url, req)
+            xml = req.read()
+            root = ET.fromstring(xml)
+            latest_entry = root.find(ATOM_ENTRY)
+            assert latest_entry is not None, f"No commits found in repository {self}"
+            commit_link = latest_entry.find(ATOM_LINK)
+            assert commit_link is not None, f"No link tag found feed entry {xml}"
+            url = urlparse(commit_link.get("href"))
+            updated_tag = latest_entry.find(ATOM_UPDATED)
+            assert (
+                updated_tag is not None and updated_tag.text is not None
+            ), f"No updated tag found feed entry {xml}"
+            updated = datetime.strptime(updated_tag.text, "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ")
+            return Path(str(url.path)).name, updated
+
+    def check_for_redirect(self, url: str, req: http.client.HTTPResponse):
+        response_url = req.geturl()
+        if url != response_url:
+            new_owner, new_name = (
+                urllib.parse.urlsplit(response_url).path.strip("/").split("/")[:2]
+            )
+            end_line = "\n" if self.alias is None else f" as {self.alias}\n"
+            plugin_line = "{owner}/{name}" + end_line
+
+            old_plugin = plugin_line.format(owner=self.owner, name=self.name)
+            new_plugin = plugin_line.format(owner=new_owner, name=new_name)
+            self.redirect[old_plugin] = new_plugin
+
+    def prefetch_git(self, ref: str) -> str:
+        data = subprocess.check_output(
+            ["nix-prefetch-git", "--fetch-submodules", self.url(""), ref]
+        )
+        return json.loads(data)["sha256"]
+
+    def prefetch_github(self, ref: str) -> str:
+        data = subprocess.check_output(
+            ["nix-prefetch-url", "--unpack", self.url(f"archive/{ref}.tar.gz")]
+        )
+        return data.strip().decode("utf-8")
+
+
+class Plugin:
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        name: str,
+        commit: str,
+        has_submodules: bool,
+        sha256: str,
+        date: Optional[datetime] = None,
+    ) -> None:
+        self.name = name
+        self.commit = commit
+        self.has_submodules = has_submodules
+        self.sha256 = sha256
+        self.date = date
+
+    @property
+    def normalized_name(self) -> str:
+        return self.name.replace(".", "-")
+
+    @property
+    def version(self) -> str:
+        assert self.date is not None
+        return self.date.strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
+
+    def as_json(self) -> Dict[str, str]:
+        copy = self.__dict__.copy()
+        del copy["date"]
+        return copy
+
+
+class Editor:
+    """The configuration of the update script."""
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        name: str,
+        root: Path,
+        get_plugins: str,
+        generate_nix: Callable[[List[Tuple[str, str, Plugin]], str], None],
+        default_in: Optional[Path] = None,
+        default_out: Optional[Path] = None,
+        deprecated: Optional[Path] = None,
+        cache_file: Optional[str] = None,
+    ):
+        self.name = name
+        self.root = root
+        self.get_plugins = get_plugins
+        self.generate_nix = generate_nix
+        self.default_in = default_in or root.joinpath(f"{name}-plugin-names")
+        self.default_out = default_out or root.joinpath("generated.nix")
+        self.deprecated = deprecated or root.joinpath("deprecated.json")
+        self.cache_file = cache_file or f"{name}-plugin-cache.json"
+
+
+class CleanEnvironment(object):
+    def __enter__(self) -> None:
+        self.old_environ = os.environ.copy()
+        local_pkgs = str(Path(__file__).parent.parent.parent)
+        os.environ["NIX_PATH"] = f"localpkgs={local_pkgs}"
+        self.empty_config = NamedTemporaryFile()
+        self.empty_config.write(b"{}")
+        self.empty_config.flush()
+        os.environ["NIXPKGS_CONFIG"] = self.empty_config.name
+
+    def __exit__(self, exc_type: Any, exc_value: Any, traceback: Any) -> None:
+        os.environ.update(self.old_environ)
+        self.empty_config.close()
+
+
+def get_current_plugins(editor: Editor) -> List[Plugin]:
+    with CleanEnvironment():
+        out = subprocess.check_output(["nix", "eval", "--json", editor.get_plugins])
+    data = json.loads(out)
+    plugins = []
+    for name, attr in data.items():
+        p = Plugin(name, attr["rev"], attr["submodules"], attr["sha256"])
+        plugins.append(p)
+    return plugins
+
+
+def prefetch_plugin(
+    user: str,
+    repo_name: str,
+    branch: str,
+    alias: Optional[str],
+    cache: "Optional[Cache]" = None,
+) -> Tuple[Plugin, Dict[str, str]]:
+    repo = Repo(user, repo_name, branch, alias)
+    commit, date = repo.latest_commit()
+    has_submodules = repo.has_submodules()
+    cached_plugin = cache[commit] if cache else None
+    if cached_plugin is not None:
+        cached_plugin.name = alias or repo_name
+        cached_plugin.date = date
+        return cached_plugin, repo.redirect
+
+    print(f"prefetch {user}/{repo_name}")
+    if has_submodules:
+        sha256 = repo.prefetch_git(commit)
+    else:
+        sha256 = repo.prefetch_github(commit)
+
+    return (
+        Plugin(alias or repo_name, commit, has_submodules, sha256, date=date),
+        repo.redirect,
+    )
+
+
+def fetch_plugin_from_pluginline(plugin_line: str) -> Plugin:
+    plugin, _ = prefetch_plugin(*parse_plugin_line(plugin_line))
+    return plugin
+
+
+def print_download_error(plugin: str, ex: Exception):
+    print(f"{plugin}: {ex}", file=sys.stderr)
+    ex_traceback = ex.__traceback__
+    tb_lines = [
+        line.rstrip("\n")
+        for line in traceback.format_exception(ex.__class__, ex, ex_traceback)
+    ]
+    print("\n".join(tb_lines))
+
+
+def check_results(
+    results: List[Tuple[str, str, Union[Exception, Plugin], Dict[str, str]]]
+) -> Tuple[List[Tuple[str, str, Plugin]], Dict[str, str]]:
+    failures: List[Tuple[str, Exception]] = []
+    plugins = []
+    redirects: Dict[str, str] = {}
+    for (owner, name, result, redirect) in results:
+        if isinstance(result, Exception):
+            failures.append((name, result))
+        else:
+            plugins.append((owner, name, result))
+            redirects.update(redirect)
+
+    print(f"{len(results) - len(failures)} plugins were checked", end="")
+    if len(failures) == 0:
+        print()
+        return plugins, redirects
+    else:
+        print(f", {len(failures)} plugin(s) could not be downloaded:\n")
+
+        for (plugin, exception) in failures:
+            print_download_error(plugin, exception)
+
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+
+def parse_plugin_line(line: str) -> Tuple[str, str, str, Optional[str]]:
+    branch = "master"
+    alias = None
+    name, repo = line.split("/")
+    if " as " in repo:
+        repo, alias = repo.split(" as ")
+        alias = alias.strip()
+    if "@" in repo:
+        repo, branch = repo.split("@")
+
+    return (name.strip(), repo.strip(), branch.strip(), alias)
+
+
+def load_plugin_spec(plugin_file: str) -> List[Tuple[str, str, str, Optional[str]]]:
+    plugins = []
+    with open(plugin_file) as f:
+        for line in f:
+            plugin = parse_plugin_line(line)
+            if not plugin[0]:
+                msg = f"Invalid repository {line}, must be in the format owner/repo[ as alias]"
+                print(msg, file=sys.stderr)
+                sys.exit(1)
+            plugins.append(plugin)
+    return plugins
+
+
+def get_cache_path(cache_file_name: str) -> Optional[Path]:
+    xdg_cache = os.environ.get("XDG_CACHE_HOME", None)
+    if xdg_cache is None:
+        home = os.environ.get("HOME", None)
+        if home is None:
+            return None
+        xdg_cache = str(Path(home, ".cache"))
+
+    return Path(xdg_cache, cache_file_name)
+
+
+class Cache:
+    def __init__(self, initial_plugins: List[Plugin], cache_file_name: str) -> None:
+        self.cache_file = get_cache_path(cache_file_name)
+
+        downloads = {}
+        for plugin in initial_plugins:
+            downloads[plugin.commit] = plugin
+        downloads.update(self.load())
+        self.downloads = downloads
+
+    def load(self) -> Dict[str, Plugin]:
+        if self.cache_file is None or not self.cache_file.exists():
+            return {}
+
+        downloads: Dict[str, Plugin] = {}
+        with open(self.cache_file) as f:
+            data = json.load(f)
+            for attr in data.values():
+                p = Plugin(
+                    attr["name"], attr["commit"], attr["has_submodules"], attr["sha256"]
+                )
+                downloads[attr["commit"]] = p
+        return downloads
+
+    def store(self) -> None:
+        if self.cache_file is None:
+            return
+
+        os.makedirs(self.cache_file.parent, exist_ok=True)
+        with open(self.cache_file, "w+") as f:
+            data = {}
+            for name, attr in self.downloads.items():
+                data[name] = attr.as_json()
+            json.dump(data, f, indent=4, sort_keys=True)
+
+    def __getitem__(self, key: str) -> Optional[Plugin]:
+        return self.downloads.get(key, None)
+
+    def __setitem__(self, key: str, value: Plugin) -> None:
+        self.downloads[key] = value
+
+
+def prefetch(
+    args: Tuple[str, str, str, Optional[str]], cache: Cache
+) -> Tuple[str, str, Union[Exception, Plugin], dict]:
+    assert len(args) == 4
+    owner, repo, branch, alias = args
+    try:
+        plugin, redirect = prefetch_plugin(owner, repo, branch, alias, cache)
+        cache[plugin.commit] = plugin
+        return (owner, repo, plugin, redirect)
+    except Exception as e:
+        return (owner, repo, e, {})
+
+
+def rewrite_input(
+    input_file: Path,
+    deprecated: Path,
+    redirects: Dict[str, str] = None,
+    append: Tuple = (),
+):
+    with open(input_file, "r") as f:
+        lines = f.readlines()
+
+    lines.extend(append)
+
+    if redirects:
+        lines = [redirects.get(line, line) for line in lines]
+
+        cur_date_iso = datetime.now().strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
+        with open(deprecated, "r") as f:
+            deprecations = json.load(f)
+        for old, new in redirects.items():
+            old_plugin = fetch_plugin_from_pluginline(old)
+            new_plugin = fetch_plugin_from_pluginline(new)
+            if old_plugin.normalized_name != new_plugin.normalized_name:
+                deprecations[old_plugin.normalized_name] = {
+                    "new": new_plugin.normalized_name,
+                    "date": cur_date_iso,
+                }
+        with open(deprecated, "w") as f:
+            json.dump(deprecations, f, indent=4, sort_keys=True)
+
+    lines = sorted(lines, key=str.casefold)
+
+    with open(input_file, "w") as f:
+        f.writelines(lines)
+
+
+def parse_args(editor: Editor):
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        description=(
+            f"Updates nix derivations for {editor.name} plugins"
+            f"By default from {editor.default_in} to {editor.default_out}"
+        )
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--add",
+        dest="add_plugins",
+        default=[],
+        action="append",
+        help=f"Plugin to add to {editor.name}Plugins from Github in the form owner/repo",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--input-names",
+        "-i",
+        dest="input_file",
+        default=editor.default_in,
+        help="A list of plugins in the form owner/repo",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--out",
+        "-o",
+        dest="outfile",
+        default=editor.default_out,
+        help="Filename to save generated nix code",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--proc",
+        "-p",
+        dest="proc",
+        type=int,
+        default=30,
+        help="Number of concurrent processes to spawn.",
+    )
+    return parser.parse_args()
+
+
+def commit(repo: git.Repo, message: str, files: List[Path]) -> None:
+    repo.index.add([str(f.resolve()) for f in files])
+
+    if repo.index.diff("HEAD"):
+        print(f'committing to nixpkgs "{message}"')
+        repo.index.commit(message)
+    else:
+        print("no changes in working tree to commit")
+
+
+def get_update(input_file: str, outfile: str, proc: int, editor: Editor):
+    cache: Cache = Cache(get_current_plugins(editor), editor.cache_file)
+    _prefetch = functools.partial(prefetch, cache=cache)
+
+    def update() -> dict:
+        plugin_names = load_plugin_spec(input_file)
+
+        try:
+            pool = Pool(processes=proc)
+            results = pool.map(_prefetch, plugin_names)
+        finally:
+            cache.store()
+
+        plugins, redirects = check_results(results)
+
+        editor.generate_nix(plugins, outfile)
+
+        return redirects
+
+    return update
+
+
+def update_plugins(editor: Editor):
+    """The main entry function of this module. All input arguments are grouped in the `Editor`."""
+
+    args = parse_args(editor)
+    nixpkgs_repo = git.Repo(editor.root, search_parent_directories=True)
+    update = get_update(args.input_file, args.outfile, args.proc, editor)
+
+    redirects = update()
+    rewrite_input(args.input_file, editor.deprecated, redirects)
+    commit(nixpkgs_repo, f"{editor.name}Plugins: update", [args.outfile])
+
+    if redirects:
+        update()
+        commit(
+            nixpkgs_repo,
+            f"{editor.name}Plugins: resolve github repository redirects",
+            [args.outfile, args.input_file, editor.deprecated],
+        )
+
+    for plugin_line in args.add_plugins:
+        rewrite_input(args.input_fil, editor.deprecated, append=(plugin_line + "\n",))
+        update()
+        plugin = fetch_plugin_from_pluginline(plugin_line)
+        commit(
+            nixpkgs_repo,
+            "{editor}Plugins.{name}: init at {version}".format(
+                editor=editor.name, name=plugin.normalized_name, version=plugin.version
+            ),
+            [args.outfile, args.input_file],
+        )
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/kakoune/plugins/aliases.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/kakoune/plugins/aliases.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5ff2a03441d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/kakoune/plugins/aliases.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+# Deprecated aliases - for backward compatibility
+
+lib: overriden:
+
+with overriden;
+
+let
+  # Removing recurseForDerivation prevents derivations of aliased attribute
+  # set to appear while listing all the packages available.
+  removeRecurseForDerivations = alias: with lib;
+    if alias.recurseForDerivations or false then
+      removeAttrs alias ["recurseForDerivations"]
+    else alias;
+
+  # Disabling distribution prevents top-level aliases for non-recursed package
+  # sets from building on Hydra.
+  removeDistribute = alias: with lib;
+    if isDerivation alias then
+      dontDistribute alias
+    else alias;
+
+  # Make sure that we are not shadowing something from
+  # all-packages.nix.
+  checkInPkgs = n: alias: if builtins.hasAttr n overriden
+                          then throw "Alias ${n} is still in kakounePlugins"
+                          else alias;
+
+  mapAliases = aliases:
+     lib.mapAttrs (n: alias: removeDistribute
+                             (removeRecurseForDerivations
+                              (checkInPkgs n alias)))
+                     aliases;
+
+  deprecations = lib.mapAttrs (old: info:
+    throw "${old} was renamed to ${info.new} on ${info.date}. Please update to ${info.new}."
+  ) (builtins.fromJSON (builtins.readFile ./deprecated.json));
+
+in
+mapAliases ({
+  kak-auto-pairs         = auto-pairs-kak; # backwards compat, added 2021-01-04
+  kak-buffers            = kakoune-buffers; # backwards compat, added 2021-01-04
+  kak-fzf                = fzf-kak; # backwards compat, added 2021-01-04
+  kak-powerline          = powerline-kak; # backwards compat, added 2021-01-04
+  kak-prelude            = prelude-kak; # backwards compat, added 2021-01-04
+  kak-vertical-selection = kakoune-vertical-selection; # backwards compat, added 2021-01-04
+} // deprecations)
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/kakoune/plugins/build-kakoune-plugin.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/kakoune/plugins/build-kakoune-plugin.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f35a175312c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/kakoune/plugins/build-kakoune-plugin.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+{ lib, stdenv, rtpPath ? "share/kak/autoload/plugins" }:
+rec {
+  buildKakounePlugin = attrs@{
+    name ? "${attrs.pname}-${attrs.version}",
+    namePrefix ? "kakplugin-",
+    src,
+    unpackPhase ? "",
+    configurePhase ? "",
+    buildPhase ? "",
+    preInstall ? "",
+    postInstall ? "",
+    path ? lib.getName name,
+    ...
+  }:
+    stdenv.mkDerivation ((builtins.removeAttrs attrs [ "namePrefix" "path" ]) // {
+      name = namePrefix + name;
+
+      installPhase = ''
+        runHook preInstall
+
+        target=$out/${rtpPath}/${path}
+        mkdir -p $out/${rtpPath}
+        cp -r . $target
+
+        runHook postInstall
+      '';
+    });
+
+  buildKakounePluginFrom2Nix = attrs: buildKakounePlugin ({
+    buildPhase = ":";
+    configurePhase = ":";
+  } // attrs);
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/kakoune/plugins/case.kak.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/kakoune/plugins/case.kak.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 3fa91113bba..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/kakoune/plugins/case.kak.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitLab }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "case.kak";
-  version = "unstable-2020-04-06";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitLab {
-    owner = "FlyingWombat";
-    repo = "case.kak";
-    rev = "6f1511820aa3abfa118e0f856118adc8113e2185";
-    sha256 = "002njrlwgakqgp74wivbppr9qyn57dn4n5bxkr6k6nglk9qndwdp";
-  };
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/share/kak/autoload/plugins
-    cp -r rc/case.kak $out/share/kak/autoload/plugins
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Case convention conversion for Kakoune";
-    homepage = "https://gitlab.com/FlyingWombat/case.kak";
-    license = licenses.unlicense;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ eraserhd ];
-    platform = platforms.all;
-  };
-}
-
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/kakoune/plugins/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/kakoune/plugins/default.nix
index 98b77338b9b..1fe16a4e60c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/kakoune/plugins/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/kakoune/plugins/default.nix
@@ -1,17 +1,25 @@
-{ pkgs, parinfer-rust, rep, kak-lsp }:
+{ callPackage, config, kakouneUtils, lib }:
 
-{
-  inherit parinfer-rust rep kak-lsp;
+let
 
-  case-kak = pkgs.callPackage ./case.kak.nix { };
-  kak-ansi = pkgs.callPackage ./kak-ansi.nix { };
-  kak-auto-pairs = pkgs.callPackage ./kak-auto-pairs.nix { };
-  kak-buffers = pkgs.callPackage ./kak-buffers.nix { };
-  kak-fzf = pkgs.callPackage ./kak-fzf.nix { };
-  kak-plumb = pkgs.callPackage ./kak-plumb.nix { };
-  kak-powerline = pkgs.callPackage ./kak-powerline.nix { };
-  kak-prelude = pkgs.callPackage ./kak-prelude.nix { };
-  kak-vertical-selection = pkgs.callPackage ./kak-vertical-selection.nix { };
-  openscad-kak = pkgs.callPackage ./openscad.kak.nix { };
-  quickscope-kak = pkgs.callPackage ./quickscope.kak.nix { };
-}
+  inherit (kakouneUtils.override {}) buildKakounePluginFrom2Nix;
+
+  plugins = callPackage ./generated.nix {
+    inherit buildKakounePluginFrom2Nix overrides;
+  };
+
+  # TL;DR
+  # * Add your plugin to ./kakoune-plugin-names
+  # * run ./update.py
+  #
+  # If additional modifications to the build process are required,
+  # add to ./overrides.nix.
+  overrides = callPackage ./overrides.nix {
+    inherit buildKakounePluginFrom2Nix;
+  };
+
+  aliases = lib.optionalAttrs (config.allowAliases or true) (import ./aliases.nix lib plugins);
+
+in
+
+plugins // aliases
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/kakoune/plugins/deprecated.json b/pkgs/applications/editors/kakoune/plugins/deprecated.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0967ef424bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/kakoune/plugins/deprecated.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/kakoune/plugins/generated.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/kakoune/plugins/generated.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3ea3ea51478
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/kakoune/plugins/generated.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,211 @@
+# This file has been generated by ./pkgs/applications/editors/kakoune/plugins/update.py. Do not edit!
+{ lib, buildKakounePluginFrom2Nix, fetchFromGitHub, overrides ? (self: super: {}) }:
+let
+  packages = ( self:
+{
+  active-window-kak = buildKakounePluginFrom2Nix {
+    pname = "active-window-kak";
+    version = "2020-05-13";
+    src = fetchFromGitHub {
+      owner = "greenfork";
+      repo = "active-window.kak";
+      rev = "988db69cfbb88bd741d089bb43b0be551693e7c1";
+      sha256 = "1fv1cp9q212gamf9z2papl5xcl2w31fpcmbgdzbxcxdl1pvfsqp8";
+    };
+    meta.homepage = "https://github.com/greenfork/active-window.kak/";
+  };
+
+  auto-pairs-kak = buildKakounePluginFrom2Nix {
+    pname = "auto-pairs-kak";
+    version = "2020-10-04";
+    src = fetchFromGitHub {
+      owner = "alexherbo2";
+      repo = "auto-pairs.kak";
+      rev = "fd735ec149ef0d9ca5f628a95b1e52858b5afbdc";
+      sha256 = "07795kv9njlnp6mckwv141ny2ns6wyf5r0dfjaxh9ngd105zgif1";
+    };
+    meta.homepage = "https://github.com/alexherbo2/auto-pairs.kak/";
+  };
+
+  connect-kak = buildKakounePluginFrom2Nix {
+    pname = "connect-kak";
+    version = "2021-02-13";
+    src = fetchFromGitHub {
+      owner = "alexherbo2";
+      repo = "connect.kak";
+      rev = "0858c0e50c6ca6d214fb088f052385a242548e83";
+      sha256 = "1w4pwybg3v916hcyc49gz0blygv54ivv81x8fxp44ck0sy98idr3";
+    };
+    meta.homepage = "https://github.com/alexherbo2/connect.kak/";
+  };
+
+  fzf-kak = buildKakounePluginFrom2Nix {
+    pname = "fzf-kak";
+    version = "2021-01-27";
+    src = fetchFromGitHub {
+      owner = "andreyorst";
+      repo = "fzf.kak";
+      rev = "e10de405e2a98e910d0808059200d206ba80f865";
+      sha256 = "1hbsm1k8k0cgv7gxqicvnl22n2lb1plhkanniggk694gll22lq68";
+    };
+    meta.homepage = "https://github.com/andreyorst/fzf.kak/";
+  };
+
+  kakoune-buffer-switcher = buildKakounePluginFrom2Nix {
+    pname = "kakoune-buffer-switcher";
+    version = "2020-12-27";
+    src = fetchFromGitHub {
+      owner = "occivink";
+      repo = "kakoune-buffer-switcher";
+      rev = "6a27c45db87a23070c34fab36d2f8d812cd002a6";
+      sha256 = "1rmwy317908v8p54806m721bpzm8sgygb9abri34537ka6r05y5j";
+    };
+    meta.homepage = "https://github.com/occivink/kakoune-buffer-switcher/";
+  };
+
+  kakoune-buffers = buildKakounePluginFrom2Nix {
+    pname = "kakoune-buffers";
+    version = "2020-06-11";
+    src = fetchFromGitHub {
+      owner = "Delapouite";
+      repo = "kakoune-buffers";
+      rev = "67959fbad727ba8470fe8cd6361169560f4fb532";
+      sha256 = "09prhzz4yzf6ryw0npd1gpcfp77681vgawpp1ilfvbf25xgbbz33";
+    };
+    meta.homepage = "https://github.com/Delapouite/kakoune-buffers/";
+  };
+
+  kakoune-easymotion = buildKakounePluginFrom2Nix {
+    pname = "kakoune-easymotion";
+    version = "2020-03-09";
+    src = fetchFromGitHub {
+      owner = "danr";
+      repo = "kakoune-easymotion";
+      rev = "0ca75450023a149efc70e8e383e459b571355c70";
+      sha256 = "15czvl0qj2k767pysr6xk2v31mkhvcbmv76xs2a8yrslchms70b5";
+    };
+    meta.homepage = "https://github.com/danr/kakoune-easymotion/";
+  };
+
+  kakoune-extra-filetypes = buildKakounePluginFrom2Nix {
+    pname = "kakoune-extra-filetypes";
+    version = "2021-01-15";
+    src = fetchFromGitHub {
+      owner = "kakoune-editor";
+      repo = "kakoune-extra-filetypes";
+      rev = "c6f8aaccd8c9cd6b487964c8943416e21fbe7c18";
+      sha256 = "1vkff8xbycfgxv8x09cvc79qcg5fdzn2x77mbmifmkq236khrwrg";
+    };
+    meta.homepage = "https://github.com/kakoune-editor/kakoune-extra-filetypes/";
+  };
+
+  kakoune-rainbow = buildKakounePluginFrom2Nix {
+    pname = "kakoune-rainbow";
+    version = "2020-09-01";
+    src = fetchFromGitHub {
+      owner = "listentolist";
+      repo = "kakoune-rainbow";
+      rev = "d09103e8d268cf4621215bf162a0244c9482be3c";
+      sha256 = "1i3id7xw0j4z1a14mscr68ckpgvcwsjpl86lr864wy7w7qcmblx6";
+    };
+    meta.homepage = "https://github.com/listentolist/kakoune-rainbow/";
+  };
+
+  kakoune-registers = buildKakounePluginFrom2Nix {
+    pname = "kakoune-registers";
+    version = "2020-06-19";
+    src = fetchFromGitHub {
+      owner = "Delapouite";
+      repo = "kakoune-registers";
+      rev = "9531947baecd83c1d4c3bea0adf10f4462f1e120";
+      sha256 = "08v9ndghh7wvr8rsrqm05gksk9ai5vnwvw9gwqasbppb48cv4a8c";
+    };
+    meta.homepage = "https://github.com/Delapouite/kakoune-registers/";
+  };
+
+  kakoune-vertical-selection = buildKakounePluginFrom2Nix {
+    pname = "kakoune-vertical-selection";
+    version = "2019-04-11";
+    src = fetchFromGitHub {
+      owner = "occivink";
+      repo = "kakoune-vertical-selection";
+      rev = "c420f8b867ce47375fac303886e31623669a42b7";
+      sha256 = "13jdyd2j45wvgqvxdzw9zww14ly93bqjb6700zzxj7mkbiff6wsb";
+    };
+    meta.homepage = "https://github.com/occivink/kakoune-vertical-selection/";
+  };
+
+  openscad-kak = buildKakounePluginFrom2Nix {
+    pname = "openscad-kak";
+    version = "2020-12-10";
+    src = fetchFromGitHub {
+      owner = "mayjs";
+      repo = "openscad.kak";
+      rev = "ba51bbdcd96ccf94bb9239bef1481b6f37125849";
+      sha256 = "15dybd6dnnwla6mj8sw83nwd62para1syxzifznl6rz6kp8vqjjj";
+    };
+    meta.homepage = "https://github.com/mayjs/openscad.kak/";
+  };
+
+  powerline-kak = buildKakounePluginFrom2Nix {
+    pname = "powerline-kak";
+    version = "2021-02-15";
+    src = fetchFromGitHub {
+      owner = "jdugan6240";
+      repo = "powerline.kak";
+      rev = "322a760daa099d519ff50d14c29b27f3e2af00d1";
+      sha256 = "0mb8f8p6g75p05ifp45i0gbq2mib8c8giz7r1xfd0yrwspp4aksc";
+    };
+    meta.homepage = "https://github.com/jdugan6240/powerline.kak/";
+  };
+
+  prelude-kak = buildKakounePluginFrom2Nix {
+    pname = "prelude-kak";
+    version = "2020-09-06";
+    src = fetchFromGitHub {
+      owner = "alexherbo2";
+      repo = "prelude.kak";
+      rev = "f1e0f4d5cb62a36924e3f8ba6824d6aed8c19d23";
+      sha256 = "1pncr8azqvl2z9yvzhc68p1s9fld8cvak8yz88zgrp5ypx2cxl8c";
+    };
+    meta.homepage = "https://github.com/alexherbo2/prelude.kak/";
+  };
+
+  replace-mode-kak = buildKakounePluginFrom2Nix {
+    pname = "replace-mode-kak";
+    version = "2020-10-07";
+    src = fetchFromGitHub {
+      owner = "alexherbo2";
+      repo = "replace-mode.kak";
+      rev = "5f4c73cdbaf5aeb964ee35ad4b9081b233af90c0";
+      sha256 = "1cmylx99bm7jwfb4hclb69sdc4n8f29ssyy2byjiw53ni9rnc8q0";
+    };
+    meta.homepage = "https://github.com/alexherbo2/replace-mode.kak/";
+  };
+
+  sleuth-kak = buildKakounePluginFrom2Nix {
+    pname = "sleuth-kak";
+    version = "2020-11-06";
+    src = fetchFromGitHub {
+      owner = "alexherbo2";
+      repo = "sleuth.kak";
+      rev = "911db8bd208ad0d289b8fa15a2ac665ff39bd6bd";
+      sha256 = "0g41c0038fpmihqva71xl4vfbmvsp13i47gp6fnmaikajpynzc51";
+    };
+    meta.homepage = "https://github.com/alexherbo2/sleuth.kak/";
+  };
+
+  tabs-kak = buildKakounePluginFrom2Nix {
+    pname = "tabs-kak";
+    version = "2021-02-16";
+    src = fetchFromGitHub {
+      owner = "enricozb";
+      repo = "tabs.kak";
+      rev = "1aaa8cd89e404cbbd76d44ff8089de0951612fbf";
+      sha256 = "0dfz6j6yxl65jbh4xvpiy2abr2sdjyalynzhl28y7l1gzqv4ni3j";
+    };
+    meta.homepage = "https://github.com/enricozb/tabs.kak/";
+  };
+
+});
+in lib.fix' (lib.extends overrides packages)
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/kakoune/plugins/kak-ansi.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/kakoune/plugins/kak-ansi.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index f34ee6d2999..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/kakoune/plugins/kak-ansi.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "kak-ansi";
-  version = "0.2.1";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "eraserhd";
-    repo = "kak-ansi";
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "0ddjih8hfyf6s4g7y46p1355kklaw1ydzzh61141i0r45wyb2d0d";
-  };
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/bin $out/share/kak/autoload/plugins/
-    cp kak-ansi-filter $out/bin/
-    # Hard-code path of filter and don't try to build when Kakoune boots
-    sed '
-      /^declare-option.* ansi_filter /i\
-declare-option -hidden str ansi_filter %{'"$out"'/bin/kak-ansi-filter}
-      /^declare-option.* ansi_filter /,/^}/d
-    ' rc/ansi.kak >$out/share/kak/autoload/plugins/ansi.kak
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Kakoune support for rendering ANSI code";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/eraserhd/kak-ansi";
-    license = licenses.unlicense;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ eraserhd ];
-    platforms = platforms.all;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/kakoune/plugins/kak-auto-pairs.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/kakoune/plugins/kak-auto-pairs.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 36842f999a5..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/kakoune/plugins/kak-auto-pairs.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub }:
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "kak-auto-pairs";
-  version = "2020-07-14";
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "alexherbo2";
-    repo = "auto-pairs.kak";
-    rev = "5b4b3b723c34c8b7f40cee60868204974349bf9f";
-    sha256 = "1wgrv03f1lkzflbbaz8n23glij5rvfxf8pcqysd668mbx1hcrk9i";
-  };
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/share/kak/autoload/plugins
-    cp -r rc $out/share/kak/autoload/plugins/auto-pairs
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib;
-  { description = "Kakoune extension to enable automatic closing of pairs";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/alexherbo2/auto-pairs.kak";
-    license = licenses.unlicense;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ nrdxp ];
-    platform = platforms.all;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/kakoune/plugins/kak-buffers.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/kakoune/plugins/kak-buffers.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 7075ae3ef0a..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/kakoune/plugins/kak-buffers.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, lib }:
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "kak-buffers";
-  version = "2019-04-03";
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "Delapouite";
-    repo = "kakoune-buffers";
-    rev = "3b35b23ac2be661a37c085d34dd04d066450f757";
-    sha256 = "0f3g0v1sjinii3ig9753jjj35v2km4h9bcfw9xgzwz8b10d75bax";
-  };
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/share/kak/autoload/plugins
-    cp -r buffers.kak $out/share/kak/autoload/plugins
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib;
-  { description = "Ease navigation between opened buffers in Kakoune";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/Delapouite/kakoune-buffers";
-    license = licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ nrdxp ];
-    platform = platforms.all;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/kakoune/plugins/kak-fzf.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/kakoune/plugins/kak-fzf.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index b52584b4456..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/kakoune/plugins/kak-fzf.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fzf }:
-
-assert lib.asserts.assertOneOf "fzf" fzf.pname [ "fzf" "skim" ];
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "kak-fzf";
-  version = "2020-07-26";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "andreyorst";
-    repo = "fzf.kak";
-    rev = "f23daa698ad95493fbd675ae153e3cac13ef34e9";
-    hash = "sha256-BfXHTJ371ThOizMI/4BAbdJoaltGSP586hz4HqX1KWA=";
-  };
-
-  configurePhase = ''
-    if [[ -x "${fzf}/bin/fzf" ]]; then
-      fzfImpl='${fzf}/bin/fzf'
-    else
-      fzfImpl='${fzf}/bin/sk'
-    fi
-
-    substituteInPlace rc/fzf.kak \
-      --replace \'fzf\' \'"$fzfImpl"\'
-  '';
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/share/kak/autoload/plugins
-    cp -r rc $out/share/kak/autoload/plugins/fzf
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib;
-  { description = "Kakoune plugin that brings integration with fzf";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/andreyorst/fzf.kak";
-    license = licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ nrdxp ];
-    platform = platforms.all;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/kakoune/plugins/kak-plumb.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/kakoune/plugins/kak-plumb.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 0c59ca9a08f..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/kakoune/plugins/kak-plumb.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, kakoune-unwrapped, plan9port, ... }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "kak-plumb";
-  version = "0.1.1";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "eraserhd";
-    repo = "kak-plumb";
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "1rz6pr786slnf1a78m3sj09axr4d2lb5rg7sfa4mfg1zcjh06ps6";
-  };
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/bin $out/share/kak/autoload/plugins/
-    substitute rc/plumb.kak $out/share/kak/autoload/plugins/plumb.kak \
-      --replace '9 plumb' '${plan9port}/bin/9 plumb'
-    substitute edit-client $out/bin/edit-client \
-      --replace '9 9p' '${plan9port}/bin/9 9p' \
-      --replace 'kak -p' '${kakoune-unwrapped}/bin/kak -p'
-    chmod +x $out/bin/edit-client
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Kakoune integration with the Plan 9 plumber";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/eraserhd/kak-plumb";
-    license = licenses.unlicense;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ eraserhd ];
-    platforms = platforms.all;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/kakoune/plugins/kak-powerline.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/kakoune/plugins/kak-powerline.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 318ae2958b6..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/kakoune/plugins/kak-powerline.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, git, fetchFromGitHub, lib }:
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "kak-powerline";
-  version = "2020-08-22";
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "jdugan6240";
-    repo = "powerline.kak";
-    rev = "d641b2cd8024f872bcda23f9256e7aff36da02ae";
-    sha256 = "65948f5ef3ab2f46f6d186ad752665c251d887631d439949decc2654a67958a4";
-  };
-
-  configurePhase = ''
-    substituteInPlace rc/modules/git.kak \
-      --replace \'git\' \'${git}/bin/git\'
-  '';
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/share/kak/autoload/plugins
-    cp -r rc $out/share/kak/autoload/plugins/powerline
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib;
-  { description = "Kakoune modeline, but with passion";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/jdugan6240/powerline.kak";
-    license = licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ nrdxp ];
-    platform = platforms.all;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/kakoune/plugins/kak-prelude.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/kakoune/plugins/kak-prelude.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index e6f06f4b8e6..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/kakoune/plugins/kak-prelude.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub }:
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "kak-prelude";
-  version = "2020-06-09";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "alexherbo2";
-    repo = "prelude.kak";
-    rev = "f1e0f4d5cb62a36924e3f8ba6824d6aed8c19d23";
-    sha256 = "1pncr8azqvl2z9yvzhc68p1s9fld8cvak8yz88zgrp5ypx2cxl8c";
-  };
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/share/kak/autoload/plugins
-    cp -r rc $out/share/kak/autoload/plugins/prelude
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib;
-  { description = "Prelude of shell blocks for Kakoune.";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/alexherbo2/prelude.kak";
-    license = licenses.unlicense;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ buffet ];
-    platform = platforms.all;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/kakoune/plugins/kak-vertical-selection.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/kakoune/plugins/kak-vertical-selection.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 2ef9d44854f..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/kakoune/plugins/kak-vertical-selection.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, lib }:
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "kak-vertical-selection";
-  version = "2019-04-11";
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "occivink";
-    repo = "kakoune-vertical-selection";
-    rev = "c420f8b867ce47375fac303886e31623669a42b7";
-    sha256 = "13jdyd2j45wvgqvxdzw9zww14ly93bqjb6700zzxj7mkbiff6wsb";
-  };
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/share/kak/autoload/plugins
-    cp -r vertical-selection.kak $out/share/kak/autoload/plugins
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib;
-  { description = "Select up and down lines that match the same pattern in Kakoune";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/occivink/kakoune-vertical-selection";
-    license = licenses.unlicense;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ nrdxp ];
-    platform = platforms.all;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/kakoune/plugins/kakoune-plugin-names b/pkgs/applications/editors/kakoune/plugins/kakoune-plugin-names
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6cd856cb6c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/kakoune/plugins/kakoune-plugin-names
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+alexherbo2/auto-pairs.kak
+alexherbo2/connect.kak
+alexherbo2/prelude.kak
+alexherbo2/replace-mode.kak
+alexherbo2/sleuth.kak
+andreyorst/fzf.kak
+danr/kakoune-easymotion
+Delapouite/kakoune-buffers
+Delapouite/kakoune-registers
+enricozb/tabs.kak@main
+greenfork/active-window.kak
+jdugan6240/powerline.kak
+kakoune-editor/kakoune-extra-filetypes
+listentolist/kakoune-rainbow
+mayjs/openscad.kak
+occivink/kakoune-buffer-switcher
+occivink/kakoune-vertical-selection
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/kakoune/plugins/kakoune-utils.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/kakoune/plugins/kakoune-utils.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..11a1cc130d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/kakoune/plugins/kakoune-utils.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{ lib, stdenv }:
+{
+  inherit (import ./build-kakoune-plugin.nix { inherit lib stdenv; }) buildKakounePlugin buildKakounePluginFrom2Nix;
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/kakoune/plugins/openscad.kak.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/kakoune/plugins/openscad.kak.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 57c1033ebbd..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/kakoune/plugins/openscad.kak.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  pname = "openscad.kak";
-  version = "unstable-2019-11-08";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "mayjs";
-    repo = "openscad.kak";
-    rev = "d9143d5e7834e3356b49720664d5647cab9db7cc";
-    sha256 = "0j4dqhrn56z77hdalfdxagwz8h6nwr8s9i4w0bs2644k72lsm2ix";
-  };
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    install -Dm644 rc/openscad.kak -t $out/share/kak/autoload/plugins/
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Syntax highlighting for OpenSCAD files";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/mayjs/openscad.kak";
-    license = licenses.unlicense;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ eraserhd ];
-    platforms = platforms.all;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/kakoune/plugins/overrides.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/kakoune/plugins/overrides.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d75dcc9ac90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/kakoune/plugins/overrides.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,161 @@
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fetchFromGitLab, fetchgit
+, buildKakounePluginFrom2Nix
+, kak-lsp, parinfer-rust, rep
+, fzf, git, guile, kakoune-unwrapped, lua5_3, plan9port
+}:
+
+self: super: {
+  inherit kak-lsp parinfer-rust rep;
+
+  case-kak = buildKakounePluginFrom2Nix {
+    pname = "case-kak";
+    version = "2020-04-06";
+    src = fetchFromGitLab {
+      owner = "FlyingWombat";
+      repo = "case.kak";
+      rev = "6f1511820aa3abfa118e0f856118adc8113e2185";
+      sha256 = "002njrlwgakqgp74wivbppr9qyn57dn4n5bxkr6k6nglk9qndwdp";
+    };
+    meta.homepage = "https://gitlab.com/FlyingWombat/case.kak";
+  };
+
+  fzf-kak = super.fzf-kak.overrideAttrs(oldAttrs: rec {
+    preFixup = ''
+      if [[ -x "${fzf}/bin/fzf" ]]; then
+        fzfImpl='${fzf}/bin/fzf'
+      else
+        fzfImpl='${fzf}/bin/sk'
+      fi
+
+      substituteInPlace $out/share/kak/autoload/plugins/fzf-kak/rc/fzf.kak \
+        --replace \'fzf\' \'"$fzfImpl"\'
+    '';
+  });
+
+  kak-ansi = stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+    pname = "kak-ansi";
+    version = "0.2.1";
+
+    src = fetchFromGitHub {
+      owner = "eraserhd";
+      repo = "kak-ansi";
+      rev = "v${version}";
+      sha256 = "0ddjih8hfyf6s4g7y46p1355kklaw1ydzzh61141i0r45wyb2d0d";
+    };
+
+    installPhase = ''
+      mkdir -p $out/bin $out/share/kak/autoload/plugins/
+      cp kak-ansi-filter $out/bin/
+      # Hard-code path of filter and don't try to build when Kakoune boots
+      sed '
+        /^declare-option.* ansi_filter /i\
+declare-option -hidden str ansi_filter %{'"$out"'/bin/kak-ansi-filter}
+        /^declare-option.* ansi_filter /,/^}/d
+      ' rc/ansi.kak >$out/share/kak/autoload/plugins/ansi.kak
+    '';
+
+    meta = with lib; {
+      description = "Kakoune support for rendering ANSI code";
+      homepage = "https://github.com/eraserhd/kak-ansi";
+      license = licenses.unlicense;
+      maintainers = with maintainers; [ eraserhd ];
+      platforms = platforms.all;
+    };
+  };
+
+  kak-plumb = stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+    pname = "kak-plumb";
+    version = "0.1.1";
+
+    src = fetchFromGitHub {
+      owner = "eraserhd";
+      repo = "kak-plumb";
+      rev = "v${version}";
+      sha256 = "1rz6pr786slnf1a78m3sj09axr4d2lb5rg7sfa4mfg1zcjh06ps6";
+    };
+
+    installPhase = ''
+      mkdir -p $out/bin $out/share/kak/autoload/plugins/
+      substitute rc/plumb.kak $out/share/kak/autoload/plugins/plumb.kak \
+        --replace '9 plumb' '${plan9port}/bin/9 plumb'
+      substitute edit-client $out/bin/edit-client \
+        --replace '9 9p' '${plan9port}/bin/9 9p' \
+        --replace 'kak -p' '${kakoune-unwrapped}/bin/kak -p'
+      chmod +x $out/bin/edit-client
+    '';
+
+    meta = with lib; {
+      description = "Kakoune integration with the Plan 9 plumber";
+      homepage = "https://github.com/eraserhd/kak-plumb";
+      license = licenses.unlicense;
+      maintainers = with maintainers; [ eraserhd ];
+      platforms = platforms.all;
+    };
+  };
+
+  kakoune-rainbow = super.kakoune-rainbow.overrideAttrs(oldAttrs: rec {
+    preFixup = ''
+      mkdir -p $out/bin
+      mv $out/share/kak/autoload/plugins/kakoune-rainbow/bin/kak-rainbow.scm $out/bin
+      substituteInPlace $out/bin/kak-rainbow.scm \
+        --replace '/usr/bin/env -S guile' '${guile}/bin/guile'
+      substituteInPlace $out/share/kak/autoload/plugins/kakoune-rainbow/rainbow.kak \
+        --replace '%sh{dirname "$kak_source"}' "'$out'"
+    '';
+  });
+
+  kakoune-state-save = buildKakounePluginFrom2Nix {
+    pname = "kakoune-state-save";
+    version = "2020-02-09";
+
+    src = fetchFromGitLab {
+      owner = "Screwtapello";
+      repo = "kakoune-state-save";
+      rev = "ab7c0c765326a4a80af78857469ee8c80814c52a";
+      sha256 = "AAOCG0TY3G188NnkkwMCSbkkNe487F4gwiFWwG9Yo+A=";
+    };
+
+    meta = with lib; {
+      description = "Help Kakoune save and restore state between sessions";
+      homepage = "https://gitlab.com/Screwtapello/kakoune-state-save";
+      license = licenses.mit;
+      maintainers = with maintainers; [ Flakebi ];
+      platforms = platforms.all;
+    };
+  };
+
+  powerline-kak = super.powerline-kak.overrideAttrs(oldAttrs: rec {
+    preFixup = ''
+      substituteInPlace $out/share/kak/autoload/plugins/powerline-kak/rc/modules/git.kak \
+        --replace ' git ' ' ${git}/bin/git '
+    '';
+  });
+
+  quickscope-kak = buildKakounePluginFrom2Nix rec {
+    pname = "quickscope-kak";
+    version = "1.0.0";
+
+    src = fetchgit {
+      url = "https://git.sr.ht/~voroskoi/quickscope.kak";
+      rev = "v${version}";
+      sha256 = "0y1g3zpa2ql8l9rl5i2w84bka8a09kig9nq9zdchaff5pw660mcx";
+    };
+
+    buildInputs = [ lua5_3 ];
+
+    installPhase = ''
+      mkdir -p $out/share/kak/autoload/plugins/
+      cp quickscope.* $out/share/kak/autoload/plugins/
+      # substituteInPlace does not like the pipe
+      sed -e 's,[|] *lua,|${lua5_3}/bin/lua,' quickscope.kak >$out/share/kak/autoload/plugins/quickscope.kak
+    '';
+
+    meta = with lib; {
+      description = "Highlight f and t jump positions";
+      homepage = "https://sr.ht/~voroskoi/quickscope.kak/";
+      license = licenses.unlicense;
+      maintainers = with maintainers; [ eraserhd ];
+      platforms = platforms.all;
+    };
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/kakoune/plugins/quickscope.kak.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/kakoune/plugins/quickscope.kak.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 8e60e17e792..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/kakoune/plugins/quickscope.kak.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchgit, lua5_3 }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "quickscope-kak";
-  version = "1.0.0";
-
-  src = fetchgit {
-    url = "https://git.sr.ht/~voroskoi/quickscope.kak";
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "0y1g3zpa2ql8l9rl5i2w84bka8a09kig9nq9zdchaff5pw660mcx";
-  };
-
-  buildInputs = [ lua5_3 ];
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p $out/share/kak/autoload/plugins/
-    cp quickscope.* $out/share/kak/autoload/plugins/
-    # substituteInPlace does not like the pipe
-    sed -e 's,[|] *lua,|${lua5_3}/bin/lua,' quickscope.kak >$out/share/kak/autoload/plugins/quickscope.kak
-  '';
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Highlight f and t jump positions";
-    homepage = "https://sr.ht/~voroskoi/quickscope.kak/";
-    license = licenses.unlicense;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ eraserhd ];
-    platforms = platforms.all;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/kakoune/plugins/update.py b/pkgs/applications/editors/kakoune/plugins/update.py
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..b6a4bfe4f41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/kakoune/plugins/update.py
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env nix-shell
+#!nix-shell -p nix-prefetch-git -p python3 -p python3Packages.GitPython nix -i python3
+
+# format:
+# $ nix run nixpkgs.python3Packages.black -c black update.py
+# type-check:
+# $ nix run nixpkgs.python3Packages.mypy -c mypy update.py
+# linted:
+# $ nix run nixpkgs.python3Packages.flake8 -c flake8 --ignore E501,E265,E402 update.py
+
+import inspect
+import os
+import sys
+from typing import List, Tuple
+from pathlib import Path
+
+# Import plugin update library from maintainers/scripts/pluginupdate.py
+ROOT = Path(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(inspect.getfile(inspect.currentframe()))))
+sys.path.insert(
+    0, os.path.join(ROOT.parent.parent.parent.parent.parent, "maintainers", "scripts")
+)
+import pluginupdate
+
+GET_PLUGINS = f"""(with import <localpkgs> {{}};
+let
+  inherit (kakouneUtils.override {{}}) buildKakounePluginFrom2Nix;
+  generated = callPackage {ROOT}/generated.nix {{
+    inherit buildKakounePluginFrom2Nix;
+  }};
+  hasChecksum = value: lib.isAttrs value && lib.hasAttrByPath ["src" "outputHash"] value;
+  getChecksum = name: value:
+    if hasChecksum value then {{
+      submodules = value.src.fetchSubmodules or false;
+      sha256 = value.src.outputHash;
+      rev = value.src.rev;
+    }} else null;
+  checksums = lib.mapAttrs getChecksum generated;
+in lib.filterAttrs (n: v: v != null) checksums)"""
+
+HEADER = "# This file has been generated by ./pkgs/applications/editors/kakoune/plugins/update.py. Do not edit!"
+
+
+def generate_nix(plugins: List[Tuple[str, str, pluginupdate.Plugin]], outfile: str):
+    sorted_plugins = sorted(plugins, key=lambda v: v[2].name.lower())
+
+    with open(outfile, "w+") as f:
+        f.write(HEADER)
+        f.write(
+            """
+{ lib, buildKakounePluginFrom2Nix, fetchFromGitHub, overrides ? (self: super: {}) }:
+let
+  packages = ( self:
+{"""
+        )
+        for owner, repo, plugin in sorted_plugins:
+            if plugin.has_submodules:
+                submodule_attr = "\n      fetchSubmodules = true;"
+            else:
+                submodule_attr = ""
+
+            f.write(
+                f"""
+  {plugin.normalized_name} = buildKakounePluginFrom2Nix {{
+    pname = "{plugin.normalized_name}";
+    version = "{plugin.version}";
+    src = fetchFromGitHub {{
+      owner = "{owner}";
+      repo = "{repo}";
+      rev = "{plugin.commit}";
+      sha256 = "{plugin.sha256}";{submodule_attr}
+    }};
+    meta.homepage = "https://github.com/{owner}/{repo}/";
+  }};
+"""
+            )
+        f.write(
+            """
+});
+in lib.fix' (lib.extends overrides packages)
+"""
+        )
+    print(f"updated {outfile}")
+
+
+def main():
+    editor = pluginupdate.Editor("kakoune", ROOT, GET_PLUGINS, generate_nix)
+    pluginupdate.update_plugins(editor)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/pkgs/misc/vim-plugins/update.py b/pkgs/misc/vim-plugins/update.py
index f5d7434fe27..1180b4572d2 100755
--- a/pkgs/misc/vim-plugins/update.py
+++ b/pkgs/misc/vim-plugins/update.py
@@ -6,180 +6,18 @@
 # type-check:
 # $ nix run nixpkgs.python3Packages.mypy -c mypy update.py
 # linted:
-# $ nix run nixpkgs.python3Packages.flake8 -c flake8 --ignore E501,E265 update.py
+# $ nix run nixpkgs.python3Packages.flake8 -c flake8 --ignore E501,E265,E402 update.py
 
-import argparse
-import functools
-import http
-import json
+import inspect
 import os
-import subprocess
 import sys
-import time
-import traceback
-import urllib.error
-import urllib.parse
-import urllib.request
-import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
-from datetime import datetime
-from functools import wraps
-from multiprocessing.dummy import Pool
+from typing import List, Tuple
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Dict, List, Optional, Tuple, Union, Any, Callable
-from urllib.parse import urljoin, urlparse
-from tempfile import NamedTemporaryFile
-
-import git
-
-ATOM_ENTRY = "{http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom}entry"  # " vim gets confused here
-ATOM_LINK = "{http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom}link"  # "
-ATOM_UPDATED = "{http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom}updated"  # "
-
-ROOT = Path(__file__).parent
-DEFAULT_IN = ROOT.joinpath("vim-plugin-names")
-DEFAULT_OUT = ROOT.joinpath("generated.nix")
-DEPRECATED = ROOT.joinpath("deprecated.json")
-
-def retry(ExceptionToCheck: Any, tries: int = 4, delay: float = 3, backoff: float = 2):
-    """Retry calling the decorated function using an exponential backoff.
-    http://www.saltycrane.com/blog/2009/11/trying-out-retry-decorator-python/
-    original from: http://wiki.python.org/moin/PythonDecoratorLibrary#Retry
-    (BSD licensed)
-    :param ExceptionToCheck: the exception on which to retry
-    :param tries: number of times to try (not retry) before giving up
-    :param delay: initial delay between retries in seconds
-    :param backoff: backoff multiplier e.g. value of 2 will double the delay
-        each retry
-    """
-
-    def deco_retry(f: Callable) -> Callable:
-        @wraps(f)
-        def f_retry(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> Any:
-            mtries, mdelay = tries, delay
-            while mtries > 1:
-                try:
-                    return f(*args, **kwargs)
-                except ExceptionToCheck as e:
-                    print(f"{str(e)}, Retrying in {mdelay} seconds...")
-                    time.sleep(mdelay)
-                    mtries -= 1
-                    mdelay *= backoff
-            return f(*args, **kwargs)
-
-        return f_retry  # true decorator
-
-    return deco_retry
-
-def make_request(url: str) -> urllib.request.Request:
-    token = os.getenv("GITHUB_API_TOKEN")
-    headers = {}
-    if token is not None:
-       headers["Authorization"] = f"token {token}"
-    return urllib.request.Request(url, headers=headers)
-
-class Repo:
-    def __init__(
-        self, owner: str, name: str, branch: str, alias: Optional[str]
-    ) -> None:
-        self.owner = owner
-        self.name = name
-        self.branch = branch
-        self.alias = alias
-        self.redirect: Dict[str, str] = {}
-
-    def url(self, path: str) -> str:
-        return urljoin(f"https://github.com/{self.owner}/{self.name}/", path)
-
-    def __repr__(self) -> str:
-        return f"Repo({self.owner}, {self.name})"
-
-    @retry(urllib.error.URLError, tries=4, delay=3, backoff=2)
-    def has_submodules(self) -> bool:
-        try:
-            req = make_request(self.url(f"blob/{self.branch}/.gitmodules"))
-            urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=10).close()
-        except urllib.error.HTTPError as e:
-            if e.code == 404:
-                return False
-            else:
-                raise
-        return True
-
-    @retry(urllib.error.URLError, tries=4, delay=3, backoff=2)
-    def latest_commit(self) -> Tuple[str, datetime]:
-        commit_url = self.url(f"commits/{self.branch}.atom")
-        commit_req = make_request(commit_url)
-        with urllib.request.urlopen(commit_req, timeout=10) as req:
-            self.check_for_redirect(commit_url, req)
-            xml = req.read()
-            root = ET.fromstring(xml)
-            latest_entry = root.find(ATOM_ENTRY)
-            assert latest_entry is not None, f"No commits found in repository {self}"
-            commit_link = latest_entry.find(ATOM_LINK)
-            assert commit_link is not None, f"No link tag found feed entry {xml}"
-            url = urlparse(commit_link.get("href"))
-            updated_tag = latest_entry.find(ATOM_UPDATED)
-            assert (
-                updated_tag is not None and updated_tag.text is not None
-            ), f"No updated tag found feed entry {xml}"
-            updated = datetime.strptime(updated_tag.text, "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ")
-            return Path(str(url.path)).name, updated
-
-    def check_for_redirect(self, url: str, req: http.client.HTTPResponse):
-        response_url = req.geturl()
-        if url != response_url:
-            new_owner, new_name = (
-                urllib.parse.urlsplit(response_url).path.strip("/").split("/")[:2]
-            )
-            end_line = "\n" if self.alias is None else f" as {self.alias}\n"
-            plugin_line = "{owner}/{name}" + end_line
-
-            old_plugin = plugin_line.format(owner=self.owner, name=self.name)
-            new_plugin = plugin_line.format(owner=new_owner, name=new_name)
-            self.redirect[old_plugin] = new_plugin
-
-    def prefetch_git(self, ref: str) -> str:
-        data = subprocess.check_output(
-            ["nix-prefetch-git", "--fetch-submodules", self.url(""), ref]
-        )
-        return json.loads(data)["sha256"]
-
-    def prefetch_github(self, ref: str) -> str:
-        data = subprocess.check_output(
-            ["nix-prefetch-url", "--unpack", self.url(f"archive/{ref}.tar.gz")]
-        )
-        return data.strip().decode("utf-8")
-
-
-class Plugin:
-    def __init__(
-        self,
-        name: str,
-        commit: str,
-        has_submodules: bool,
-        sha256: str,
-        date: Optional[datetime] = None,
-    ) -> None:
-        self.name = name
-        self.commit = commit
-        self.has_submodules = has_submodules
-        self.sha256 = sha256
-        self.date = date
-
-    @property
-    def normalized_name(self) -> str:
-        return self.name.replace(".", "-")
-
-    @property
-    def version(self) -> str:
-        assert self.date is not None
-        return self.date.strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
-
-    def as_json(self) -> Dict[str, str]:
-        copy = self.__dict__.copy()
-        del copy["date"]
-        return copy
 
+# Import plugin update library from maintainers/scripts/pluginupdate.py
+ROOT = Path(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(inspect.getfile(inspect.currentframe()))))
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(ROOT.parent.parent.parent, "maintainers", "scripts"))
+import pluginupdate
 
 GET_PLUGINS = f"""(with import <localpkgs> {{}};
 let
@@ -197,204 +35,16 @@ let
   checksums = lib.mapAttrs getChecksum generated;
 in lib.filterAttrs (n: v: v != null) checksums)"""
 
-
-class CleanEnvironment(object):
-    def __enter__(self) -> None:
-        self.old_environ = os.environ.copy()
-        local_pkgs = str(ROOT.joinpath("../../.."))
-        os.environ["NIX_PATH"] = f"localpkgs={local_pkgs}"
-        self.empty_config = NamedTemporaryFile()
-        self.empty_config.write(b"{}")
-        self.empty_config.flush()
-        os.environ["NIXPKGS_CONFIG"] = self.empty_config.name
-
-    def __exit__(self, exc_type: Any, exc_value: Any, traceback: Any) -> None:
-        os.environ.update(self.old_environ)
-        self.empty_config.close()
-
-
-def get_current_plugins() -> List[Plugin]:
-    with CleanEnvironment():
-        out = subprocess.check_output(["nix", "eval", "--json", GET_PLUGINS])
-    data = json.loads(out)
-    plugins = []
-    for name, attr in data.items():
-        p = Plugin(name, attr["rev"], attr["submodules"], attr["sha256"])
-        plugins.append(p)
-    return plugins
-
-
-def prefetch_plugin(
-    user: str,
-    repo_name: str,
-    branch: str,
-    alias: Optional[str],
-    cache: "Optional[Cache]" = None,
-) -> Tuple[Plugin, Dict[str, str]]:
-    repo = Repo(user, repo_name, branch, alias)
-    commit, date = repo.latest_commit()
-    has_submodules = repo.has_submodules()
-    cached_plugin = cache[commit] if cache else None
-    if cached_plugin is not None:
-        cached_plugin.name = alias or repo_name
-        cached_plugin.date = date
-        return cached_plugin, repo.redirect
-
-    print(f"prefetch {user}/{repo_name}")
-    if has_submodules:
-        sha256 = repo.prefetch_git(commit)
-    else:
-        sha256 = repo.prefetch_github(commit)
-
-    return (
-        Plugin(alias or repo_name, commit, has_submodules, sha256, date=date),
-        repo.redirect,
-    )
-
-
-def fetch_plugin_from_pluginline(plugin_line: str) -> Plugin:
-    plugin, _ = prefetch_plugin(*parse_plugin_line(plugin_line))
-    return plugin
-
-
-def print_download_error(plugin: str, ex: Exception):
-    print(f"{plugin}: {ex}", file=sys.stderr)
-    ex_traceback = ex.__traceback__
-    tb_lines = [
-        line.rstrip("\n")
-        for line in traceback.format_exception(ex.__class__, ex, ex_traceback)
-    ]
-    print("\n".join(tb_lines))
-
-
-def check_results(
-    results: List[Tuple[str, str, Union[Exception, Plugin], Dict[str, str]]]
-) -> Tuple[List[Tuple[str, str, Plugin]], Dict[str, str]]:
-    failures: List[Tuple[str, Exception]] = []
-    plugins = []
-    redirects: Dict[str, str] = {}
-    for (owner, name, result, redirect) in results:
-        if isinstance(result, Exception):
-            failures.append((name, result))
-        else:
-            plugins.append((owner, name, result))
-            redirects.update(redirect)
-
-    print(f"{len(results) - len(failures)} plugins were checked", end="")
-    if len(failures) == 0:
-        print()
-        return plugins, redirects
-    else:
-        print(f", {len(failures)} plugin(s) could not be downloaded:\n")
-
-        for (plugin, exception) in failures:
-            print_download_error(plugin, exception)
-
-        sys.exit(1)
-
-
-def parse_plugin_line(line: str) -> Tuple[str, str, str, Optional[str]]:
-    branch = "master"
-    alias = None
-    name, repo = line.split("/")
-    if " as " in repo:
-        repo, alias = repo.split(" as ")
-        alias = alias.strip()
-    if "@" in repo:
-        repo, branch = repo.split("@")
-
-    return (name.strip(), repo.strip(), branch.strip(), alias)
-
-
-def load_plugin_spec(plugin_file: str) -> List[Tuple[str, str, str, Optional[str]]]:
-    plugins = []
-    with open(plugin_file) as f:
-        for line in f:
-            plugin = parse_plugin_line(line)
-            if not plugin[0]:
-                msg = f"Invalid repository {line}, must be in the format owner/repo[ as alias]"
-                print(msg, file=sys.stderr)
-                sys.exit(1)
-            plugins.append(plugin)
-    return plugins
-
-
-def get_cache_path() -> Optional[Path]:
-    xdg_cache = os.environ.get("XDG_CACHE_HOME", None)
-    if xdg_cache is None:
-        home = os.environ.get("HOME", None)
-        if home is None:
-            return None
-        xdg_cache = str(Path(home, ".cache"))
-
-    return Path(xdg_cache, "vim-plugin-cache.json")
-
-
-class Cache:
-    def __init__(self, initial_plugins: List[Plugin]) -> None:
-        self.cache_file = get_cache_path()
-
-        downloads = {}
-        for plugin in initial_plugins:
-            downloads[plugin.commit] = plugin
-        downloads.update(self.load())
-        self.downloads = downloads
-
-    def load(self) -> Dict[str, Plugin]:
-        if self.cache_file is None or not self.cache_file.exists():
-            return {}
-
-        downloads: Dict[str, Plugin] = {}
-        with open(self.cache_file) as f:
-            data = json.load(f)
-            for attr in data.values():
-                p = Plugin(
-                    attr["name"], attr["commit"], attr["has_submodules"], attr["sha256"]
-                )
-                downloads[attr["commit"]] = p
-        return downloads
-
-    def store(self) -> None:
-        if self.cache_file is None:
-            return
-
-        os.makedirs(self.cache_file.parent, exist_ok=True)
-        with open(self.cache_file, "w+") as f:
-            data = {}
-            for name, attr in self.downloads.items():
-                data[name] = attr.as_json()
-            json.dump(data, f, indent=4, sort_keys=True)
-
-    def __getitem__(self, key: str) -> Optional[Plugin]:
-        return self.downloads.get(key, None)
-
-    def __setitem__(self, key: str, value: Plugin) -> None:
-        self.downloads[key] = value
-
-
-def prefetch(
-    args: Tuple[str, str, str, Optional[str]], cache: Cache
-) -> Tuple[str, str, Union[Exception, Plugin], dict]:
-    assert len(args) == 4
-    owner, repo, branch, alias = args
-    try:
-        plugin, redirect = prefetch_plugin(owner, repo, branch, alias, cache)
-        cache[plugin.commit] = plugin
-        return (owner, repo, plugin, redirect)
-    except Exception as e:
-        return (owner, repo, e, {})
-
-
-header = (
+HEADER = (
     "# This file has been generated by ./pkgs/misc/vim-plugins/update.py. Do not edit!"
 )
 
 
-def generate_nix(plugins: List[Tuple[str, str, Plugin]], outfile: str):
+def generate_nix(plugins: List[Tuple[str, str, pluginupdate.Plugin]], outfile: str):
     sorted_plugins = sorted(plugins, key=lambda v: v[2].name.lower())
 
     with open(outfile, "w+") as f:
-        f.write(header)
+        f.write(HEADER)
         f.write(
             """
 { lib, buildVimPluginFrom2Nix, fetchFromGitHub, overrides ? (self: super: {}) }:
@@ -432,136 +82,9 @@ in lib.fix' (lib.extends overrides packages)
     print(f"updated {outfile}")
 
 
-def rewrite_input(
-    input_file: Path, redirects: Dict[str, str] = None, append: Tuple = ()
-):
-    with open(input_file, "r") as f:
-        lines = f.readlines()
-
-    lines.extend(append)
-
-    if redirects:
-        lines = [redirects.get(line, line) for line in lines]
-
-        cur_date_iso = datetime.now().strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
-        with open(DEPRECATED, "r") as f:
-            deprecations = json.load(f)
-        for old, new in redirects.items():
-            old_plugin = fetch_plugin_from_pluginline(old)
-            new_plugin = fetch_plugin_from_pluginline(new)
-            if old_plugin.normalized_name != new_plugin.normalized_name:
-                deprecations[old_plugin.normalized_name] = {
-                    "new": new_plugin.normalized_name,
-                    "date": cur_date_iso,
-                }
-        with open(DEPRECATED, "w") as f:
-            json.dump(deprecations, f, indent=4, sort_keys=True)
-
-    lines = sorted(lines, key=str.casefold)
-
-    with open(input_file, "w") as f:
-        f.writelines(lines)
-
-
-def parse_args():
-    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
-        description=(
-            "Updates nix derivations for vim plugins"
-            f"By default from {DEFAULT_IN} to {DEFAULT_OUT}"
-        )
-    )
-    parser.add_argument(
-        "--add",
-        dest="add_plugins",
-        default=[],
-        action="append",
-        help="Plugin to add to vimPlugins from Github in the form owner/repo",
-    )
-    parser.add_argument(
-        "--input-names",
-        "-i",
-        dest="input_file",
-        default=DEFAULT_IN,
-        help="A list of plugins in the form owner/repo",
-    )
-    parser.add_argument(
-        "--out",
-        "-o",
-        dest="outfile",
-        default=DEFAULT_OUT,
-        help="Filename to save generated nix code",
-    )
-    parser.add_argument(
-        "--proc",
-        "-p",
-        dest="proc",
-        type=int,
-        default=30,
-        help="Number of concurrent processes to spawn.",
-    )
-    return parser.parse_args()
-
-
-def commit(repo: git.Repo, message: str, files: List[Path]) -> None:
-    repo.index.add([str(f.resolve()) for f in files])
-
-    if repo.index.diff("HEAD"):
-        print(f'committing to nixpkgs "{message}"')
-        repo.index.commit(message)
-    else:
-        print("no changes in working tree to commit")
-
-
-def get_update(input_file: str, outfile: str, proc: int):
-    cache: Cache = Cache(get_current_plugins())
-    _prefetch = functools.partial(prefetch, cache=cache)
-
-    def update() -> dict:
-        plugin_names = load_plugin_spec(input_file)
-
-        try:
-            pool = Pool(processes=proc)
-            results = pool.map(_prefetch, plugin_names)
-        finally:
-            cache.store()
-
-        plugins, redirects = check_results(results)
-
-        generate_nix(plugins, outfile)
-
-        return redirects
-
-    return update
-
-
 def main():
-    args = parse_args()
-    nixpkgs_repo = git.Repo(ROOT, search_parent_directories=True)
-    update = get_update(args.input_file, args.outfile, args.proc)
-
-    redirects = update()
-    rewrite_input(args.input_file, redirects)
-    commit(nixpkgs_repo, "vimPlugins: update", [args.outfile])
-
-    if redirects:
-        update()
-        commit(
-            nixpkgs_repo,
-            "vimPlugins: resolve github repository redirects",
-            [args.outfile, args.input_file, DEPRECATED],
-        )
-
-    for plugin_line in args.add_plugins:
-        rewrite_input(args.input_file, append=(plugin_line + "\n",))
-        update()
-        plugin = fetch_plugin_from_pluginline(plugin_line)
-        commit(
-            nixpkgs_repo,
-            "vimPlugins.{name}: init at {version}".format(
-                name=plugin.normalized_name, version=plugin.version
-            ),
-            [args.outfile, args.input_file],
-        )
+    editor = pluginupdate.Editor("vim", ROOT, GET_PLUGINS, generate_nix)
+    pluginupdate.update_plugins(editor)
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f05caaae535..b9f8e3e6ab4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5583,11 +5583,13 @@ in
   kalibrate-hackrf = callPackage ../applications/radio/kalibrate-hackrf { };
 
   wrapKakoune = kakoune: attrs: callPackage ../applications/editors/kakoune/wrapper.nix (attrs // { inherit kakoune; });
-  kakounePlugins = callPackage ../applications/editors/kakoune/plugins { };
+  kakounePlugins = recurseIntoAttrs (callPackage ../applications/editors/kakoune/plugins { });
+
   kakoune-unwrapped = callPackage ../applications/editors/kakoune { };
   kakoune = wrapKakoune kakoune-unwrapped {
     plugins = [ ];  # override with the list of desired plugins
   };
+  kakouneUtils = callPackage ../applications/editors/kakoune/plugins/kakoune-utils.nix { };
 
   kak-lsp = callPackage ../tools/misc/kak-lsp {
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Security;