diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4a1840d06..4f7ee9f05 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -234,6 +234,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "byte-tools",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "bstr"
+version = "0.2.17"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ba3569f383e8f1598449f1a423e72e99569137b47740b1da11ef19af3d5c3223"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bumpalo"
 version = "3.10.0"
@@ -639,6 +648,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "hyper",
  "indicatif",
  "log",
+ "mlua",
  "notify",
  "proc-macro2",
  "regex",
@@ -1522,6 +1532,24 @@ dependencies = [
  "linked-hash-map",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "lua-src"
+version = "544.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "708ba3c844d5e9d38def4a09dd871c17c370f519b3c4b7261fbabe4a613a814c"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "luajit-src"
+version = "210.4.0+resty124ff8d"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f76fb2e2c0c7192e18719d321c9a148f7625c4dcbe3df5f4c19e685e4c286f6c"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "maplit"
 version = "1.0.2"
@@ -1589,6 +1617,22 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "mlua"
+version = "0.8.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a82d0b12c7c8d3bdda5933d2aa322c76e4833d822796495f299990ca652bd1bf"
+dependencies = [
+ "bstr",
+ "cc",
+ "lua-src",
+ "luajit-src",
+ "num-traits",
+ "once_cell",
+ "pkg-config",
+ "rustc-hash",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "native-tls"
 version = "0.2.10"
@@ -2115,6 +2159,12 @@ version = "0.1.21"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7ef03e0a2b150c7a90d01faf6254c9c48a41e95fb2a8c2ac1c6f0d2b9aefc342"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rustc-hash"
+version = "1.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "08d43f7aa6b08d49f382cde6a7982047c3426db949b1424bc4b7ec9ae12c6ce2"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rustls"
 version = "0.20.6"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d0c0cb44c..31ac60386 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ dioxus-rsx-interpreter = { git = "https://github.com/dioxuslabs/dioxus/" }
 
 proc-macro2 = { version = "1.0", features = ["span-locations"] }
 
+# plugin packages
+mlua = { version = "0.8.1", features = ["lua54", "vendored"] }
 
 [[bin]]
 path = "src/main.rs"
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 1b651acee..e01786047 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -22,3 +22,4 @@ pub mod logging;
 pub use logging::*;
 
 pub mod hot_reload;
+pub mod plugin;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/plugin/mod.rs b/src/plugin/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb