The Droplet Marketplace

To understand what a droplet service needs to provide, let’s walk through how users discover and install droplets:

  1. Browse Marketplace: Users start by exploring available droplets in the marketplace
  2. View Details: When interested in a droplet, users click to see more information
  3. Review Details: Users can read about features, see screenshots, and learn more
  4. Install: If they want to use the droplet, users click the install button
  5. Access: After installation, users can access the droplet from their management page

The information users see comes from different parts of your droplet configuration:

  • Marketplace Listing: Uses settings.marketplace_page for the initial preview
  • Details Page: Uses settings.details_page for comprehensive information
  • Management Page: Uses embed_url to display your service in an iframe

When a user installs your droplet, Fluid sends a droplet_installed webhook event to notify your service.