Added a plugin archive export for Linux

app/MindWork AI Studio/Pages/Plugins.razor

@@ -118,8 +118,8 @@
                             
                             @if (context is IAvailablePlugin shareablePlugin && CanSharePlugin(shareablePlugin))
                             {
-                                <MudTooltip Text="@T("Share plugin archive")">
+                                <MudTooltip Text="@this.SharePluginTooltip">
-                                    <MudIconButton Icon="@Icons.Material.Filled.IosShare" Size="Size.Medium" OnClick="@(() => this.SharePluginAsync(shareablePlugin))" Disabled="@(!CanSharePlugin(shareablePlugin))"/>
+                                    <MudIconButton Icon="@SharePluginIcon" Size="Size.Medium" OnClick="@(() => this.SharePluginAsync(shareablePlugin))" Disabled="@(!CanSharePlugin(shareablePlugin))"/>
                                 </MudTooltip>
                             }
 

app/MindWork AI Studio/Pages/Plugins.razor.cs

@@ -214,6 +214,14 @@ public partial class Plugins : MSGComponentBase
     
     private static bool CanSharePlugin(IAvailablePlugin plugin) => plugin is { IsInternal: false, IsManagedByConfigServer: false } && !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(plugin.LocalPath) && !IS_SHARING_PLUGIN;
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Linux has no native share sheet, hence the plugin archive is exported to a location of the
+    /// user's choice there. The action must be labeled accordingly.
+    /// </summary>
+    private static string SharePluginIcon => OperatingSystem.IsLinux() ? Icons.Material.Filled.FileDownload : Icons.Material.Filled.IosShare;
+
+    private string SharePluginTooltip => OperatingSystem.IsLinux() ? this.T("Export plugin archive") : this.T("Share plugin archive");
+
     private async Task OpenAssistantPluginEditorDialogAsync(IAvailablePlugin plugin)
     {
         var parameters = new DialogParameters<AssistantPluginEditorDialog>
@@ -265,12 +273,19 @@ public partial class Plugins : MSGComponentBase
         try
         {
             var shareResult = await this.PluginShareService.ShareAsync(plugin, CancellationToken.None);
+            if (shareResult.Cancelled)
+                return;
+
             if (!shareResult.Success)
             {
                 LOG.LogError($"Sharing the plugin '{shareResult.PluginName}' from archive '{shareResult.ArchivePath}' failed with Issue: '{shareResult.Issue}'.");
-                await this.MessageBus.SendError(new(Icons.Material.Filled.ReportProblem, T("An error occurred while sharing the plugin.")));
+                await this.MessageBus.SendError(new(Icons.Material.Filled.ReportProblem, OperatingSystem.IsLinux() ? T("An error occurred while exporting the plugin.") : T("An error occurred while sharing the plugin.")));
                 return;
             }
+
+            // On Linux, the user chose the target location, so we confirm where the archive was stored:
+            if (OperatingSystem.IsLinux())
+                await this.MessageBus.SendSuccess(new(Icons.Material.Filled.FileDownload, string.Format(T("The plugin archive was exported to '{0}'."), shareResult.ArchivePath)));
         }
         finally
         {

app/MindWork AI Studio/Tools/Services/PluginShareService.cs

@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 using System.IO.Compression;
 using AIStudio.Tools.PluginSystem;
+using AIStudio.Tools.Rust;
 
 namespace AIStudio.Tools.Services;
 
-public sealed record PluginShareResult(bool Success, string PluginName, string ArchivePath, string Issue);
+public sealed record PluginShareResult(bool Success, string PluginName, string ArchivePath, string Issue, bool Cancelled = false);
 
-public sealed class PluginShareService(NativeShareService nativeShareService, ILogger<PluginShareService> logger)
+public sealed class PluginShareService(NativeShareService nativeShareService, RustService rustService, ILogger<PluginShareService> logger)
 {
     private static PluginShareResult ShareError(IAvailablePlugin plugin, string issue) => new(false, plugin.Name, string.Empty, issue);
     private static string TB(string fallbackEN) => I18N.I.T(fallbackEN, typeof(PluginShareService).Namespace, nameof(PluginShareService));
@@ -19,12 +20,17 @@ public sealed class PluginShareService(NativeShareService nativeShareService, IL
 
 
     /// <summary>
-    /// Creates a shareable plugin archive from a local plugin and opens the native share sheet.
+    /// Creates a shareable plugin archive from a local plugin and hands it over to the user.
     /// The archive contains the plugin root contents, so <c>plugin.lua</c> is located at the archive root.
     /// </summary>
+    /// <remarks>
+    /// On Windows and macOS, the archive is created in a temporary directory and handed over to the
+    /// native share sheet. Linux has no such share sheet, since the XDG desktop portals do not provide
+    /// a share interface. Thus, the archive is exported to a location of the user's choice there.
+    /// </remarks>
     /// <param name="plugin">The local plugin to archive and share.</param>
     /// <param name="token">Cancellation token for archive creation.</param>
-    /// <returns>The share result, including the retained temporary archive path when successful.</returns>
+    /// <returns>The share result, including the archive path when successful.</returns>
     public async Task<PluginShareResult> ShareAsync(IAvailablePlugin plugin, CancellationToken token)
     {
         if (plugin.IsInternal)
@@ -36,6 +42,67 @@ public sealed class PluginShareService(NativeShareService nativeShareService, IL
         if (!TryGetPluginRoot(plugin, out var pluginRoot, out var issue))
             return ShareError(plugin, issue);
 
+        if (OperatingSystem.IsLinux())
+            return await this.ExportAsync(plugin, pluginRoot, token);
+
+        return await this.ShareViaNativeSheetAsync(plugin, pluginRoot, token);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Asks the user for a target location and writes the plugin archive to it.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="plugin">The local plugin to archive.</param>
+    /// <param name="pluginRoot">The validated plugin root directory.</param>
+    /// <param name="token">Cancellation token for archive creation.</param>
+    /// <returns>The share result, including the chosen archive path when successful.</returns>
+    private async Task<PluginShareResult> ExportAsync(IAvailablePlugin plugin, string pluginRoot, CancellationToken token)
+    {
+        var suggestedFileName = $"{CreateSafeFileNamePrefix(plugin.Name)}{PLUGIN_FILE_EXTENSION}";
+        var saveResponse = await rustService.SaveFile(TB("Export plugin archive"), [FileTypes.PLUGIN_ARCHIVE], suggestedFileName);
+        if (saveResponse.UserCancelled)
+            return new(false, plugin.Name, string.Empty, string.Empty, true);
+
+        var archivePath = saveResponse.SaveFilePath;
+        try
+        {
+            token.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
+            await Task.Run(() =>
+            {
+                token.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
+
+                // The save dialog already asked the user about overwriting an existing file.
+                // ZipFile.CreateFromDirectory would fail on an existing file, though:
+                if (File.Exists(archivePath))
+                    File.Delete(archivePath);
+
+                ZipFile.CreateFromDirectory(pluginRoot, archivePath, CompressionLevel.Optimal, false);
+            }, token);
+
+            logger.LogInformation("Exported plugin '{PluginName}' ({PluginId}) to the archive '{ArchivePath}'.", plugin.Name, plugin.Id, archivePath);
+            return new(true, plugin.Name, archivePath, string.Empty);
+        }
+        catch (OperationCanceledException)
+        {
+            this.TryDeleteArchive(archivePath);
+            throw;
+        }
+        catch (Exception exception)
+        {
+            this.TryDeleteArchive(archivePath);
+            logger.LogError(exception, "Failed to export plugin '{PluginName}' ({PluginId}).", plugin.Name, plugin.Id);
+            return ShareError(plugin, string.Format(TB("Unexpected error: {0}"), exception.Message));
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Creates the plugin archive in a temporary directory and opens the native share sheet for it.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="plugin">The local plugin to archive and share.</param>
+    /// <param name="pluginRoot">The validated plugin root directory.</param>
+    /// <param name="token">Cancellation token for archive creation.</param>
+    /// <returns>The share result, including the retained temporary archive path when successful.</returns>
+    private async Task<PluginShareResult> ShareViaNativeSheetAsync(IAvailablePlugin plugin, string pluginRoot, CancellationToken token)
+    {
         var archiveDirectory = Path.Join(Path.GetTempPath(), TEMPORARY_ARCHIVE_DIRECTORY);
         var archivePath = Path.Join(archiveDirectory, $"{CreateSafeFileNamePrefix(plugin.Name)}-{plugin.Id:N}-{Guid.NewGuid():N}{PLUGIN_FILE_EXTENSION}");
 

app/MindWork AI Studio/wwwroot/changelog/v26.8.1.md

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # v26.8.1, build 251 (2026-08-xx xx:xx UTC)
 - Added a prototype Visual Briefing Assistant that turns documents, data, images, audio, and video into self-contained interactive HTML briefings.
 - Added organization-configurable defaults and visibility controls for the Visual Briefing Assistant.
-- Added a share button for plugins, which uses the native share dialog on Windows and macOS.
+- Added a share button for plugins, which uses the native share dialog on Windows and macOS. For Linux, we added an export option for plugins, which stores the plugin archive at a location of your choice.
 - Added an import button on the plugins page to install plugin archives directly from your disk.
 - Added the dedicated file extension `.mwplugin` for plugin archives.
 - Upgraded dependencies to their latest versions to improve security and stability.

runtime/src/file_actions.rs

@@ -344,15 +344,6 @@ pub async fn open_path_in_file_manager(
     }
 }
 
-#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
-pub(crate) async fn open_existing_file_in_file_manager(path: PathBuf) -> Result<(), String> {
-    if !path.is_file() {
-        return Err(format!("The requested path is not an existing file: {}", path.to_string_lossy()));
-    }
-
-    open_file_manager_target(&path).await
-}
-
 async fn open_file_manager_target(requested_path: &Path) -> Result<(), String> {
     let Some(target) = resolve_file_manager_target(requested_path) else {
         let issue = format!(

runtime/src/share_sheet.rs

@@ -49,9 +49,11 @@ fn failure(issue: impl Into<String>) -> Json<ShareFileResponse> {
     })
 }
 
+// Linux has no native share sheet: the XDG desktop portals do not provide a share interface. The
+// app exports the file through the save dialog instead, hence this endpoint is not used on Linux:
 #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
-async fn share_file_on_platform(path: PathBuf) -> Result<(), String> {
+async fn share_file_on_platform(_path: PathBuf) -> Result<(), String> {
-    crate::file_actions::open_existing_file_in_file_manager(path).await
+    Err(String::from("The native share sheet is not available on Linux."))
 }
 
 #[cfg(windows)]