diff --git a/hsfm.cabal b/hsfm.cabal
index a9d21ff..ccdc4b4 100644
--- a/hsfm.cabal
+++ b/hsfm.cabal
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ executable hsfm-gtk
                        HSFM.GUI.Gtk.Icons
                        HSFM.GUI.Gtk.MyGUI
                        HSFM.GUI.Gtk.MyView
+                       HSFM.GUI.Gtk.Plugins
                        HSFM.GUI.Gtk.Settings
                        HSFM.GUI.Gtk.Utils
                        HSFM.Utils.MyPrelude
diff --git a/src/HSFM/GUI/Gtk/MyView.hs b/src/HSFM/GUI/Gtk/MyView.hs
index a4b2d35..257d86d 100644
--- a/src/HSFM/GUI/Gtk/MyView.hs
+++ b/src/HSFM/GUI/Gtk/MyView.hs
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ import HSFM.FileSystem.FileType
 import HSFM.GUI.Glib.GlibString()
 import HSFM.GUI.Gtk.Data
 import HSFM.GUI.Gtk.Icons
+import HSFM.GUI.Gtk.Plugins
 import HSFM.GUI.Gtk.Utils
 import HSFM.History
 import HSFM.Utils.IO
@@ -207,6 +208,8 @@ createMyView mygui iofmv = do
   let rcmenu = MkRightClickMenu {..}
   let myview = MkMyView {..}
 
+  addPlugins mygui myview
+
   -- set the bindings
   setViewCallbacks mygui myview
 
diff --git a/src/HSFM/GUI/Gtk/Plugins.hs b/src/HSFM/GUI/Gtk/Plugins.hs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6623b95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/HSFM/GUI/Gtk/Plugins.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+{--
+HSFM, a filemanager written in Haskell.
+Copyright (C) 2016 Julian Ospald
+
+This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
+--}
+
+
+{-# LANGUAGE TupleSections #-}
+{-# OPTIONS_HADDOCK ignore-exports #-}
+
+
+module HSFM.GUI.Gtk.Plugins where
+
+
+import Graphics.UI.Gtk
+import HPath
+import HSFM.FileSystem.FileType
+import HSFM.GUI.Gtk.Data
+import HSFM.GUI.Gtk.Settings
+import HSFM.GUI.Gtk.Utils
+import HSFM.Settings
+import Control.Monad
+  (
+    forM
+  , forM_
+  , void
+  )
+import System.Posix.Process.ByteString
+  (
+    executeFile
+  , forkProcess
+  )
+import Data.ByteString.UTF8
+  (
+    fromString
+  )
+import qualified Data.ByteString as BS
+
+
+
+
+    ---------------
+    --[ Plugins ]--
+    ---------------
+
+
+
+---- Init functions ----
+
+
+-- |Usually, you don't want to overwrite this method. It
+-- adds plugins from `myplugins` and initializes the callbacks
+-- automatically.
+addPlugins :: MyGUI -> MyView -> IO ()
+addPlugins mygui myview
+  | null myplugins = return ()
+  | otherwise = do
+    -- add another plugin separator after the existing one
+    -- where we want to place our plugins
+    sep2 <- separatorMenuItemNew
+    widgetShow sep2
+
+    menuShellInsert (rcMenu . rcmenu $ myview) sep2 insertPos
+
+    plugins <- forM myplugins $ \(ma,mb) -> fmap (,mb) ma
+    -- need to reverse plugins list so the order is right
+    forM_ (reverse plugins) $ \(plugin, cb) -> do
+      menuShellInsert (rcMenu . rcmenu $ myview) plugin insertPos
+      widgetShow plugin
+      -- init callback
+      plugin `on` menuItemActivated $ withItems mygui myview cb
+
+    return ()
+
+
+
+
+
+---- Global settings ----
+
+
+
+-- |Where to start inserting plugins.
+insertPos :: Int
+insertPos = 4
+
+
+-- |A list of plugins to add to the right-click menu at position
+-- `insertPos`. The left part of the tuple is the menuitem, the right
+-- part the callback.
+-- Plugins are added in order of this list.
+myplugins :: [(IO MenuItem, [Item] -> MyGUI -> MyView -> IO ())]
+myplugins = [(diffPlugin, diffCallback)
+            ]
+
+
+
+
+
+---- The plugins ----
+
+
+
+diffPlugin :: IO MenuItem
+diffPlugin = menuItemNewWithLabel "diff"
+
+diffCallback :: [Item] -> MyGUI -> MyView -> IO ()
+diffCallback items _ _ = void $
+  forkProcess $
+    executeFile
+      (fromString "meld")
+      True
+      ([fromString "--diff"] ++ fmap (fromAbs . path) items)
+      Nothing
+