Plugins are managed (quite nicely) via GitHub downloads. This includes official and third-party plugins. The official plugins can migrate elsewhere, but it will

Plugins are managed (quite nicely) via GitHub downloads. This includes official and third-party plugins. The official plugins can migrate elsewhere, but it will be difficult for the third-party plugins. http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/reference/modules/plugins.html http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/reference/modules/plugins... "The ability to install plugins from github allows to easily install site plugins hosted there"