diff --git a/desktop/package.json b/desktop/package.json
index cf2071bbe..25b8d570c 100644
--- a/desktop/package.json
+++ b/desktop/package.json
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@
       "pkg-lib",
       "static",
       "plugins/*",
-      "e2e"
+      "e2e",
+      "plugin-lib"
     ],
     "nohoist": [
       "flipper-plugin-kaios-big-allocations/firefox-client"
@@ -178,6 +179,7 @@
     "express": "^4.15.2",
     "flipper-babel-transformer": "0.45.0",
     "flipper-pkg-lib": "0.45.0",
+    "flipper-plugin-lib": "0.45.0",
     "flow-bin": "0.124.0",
     "fs-extra": "^9.0.0",
     "glob": "^7.1.2",
diff --git a/desktop/pkg-lib/src/index.ts b/desktop/pkg-lib/src/index.ts
index 87d8b505a..e5ab0987d 100644
--- a/desktop/pkg-lib/src/index.ts
+++ b/desktop/pkg-lib/src/index.ts
@@ -9,5 +9,3 @@
 
 export {default as runBuild} from './runBuild';
 export {default as getWatchFolders} from './getWatchFolders';
-export {default as PluginDetails} from './PluginDetails';
-export {default as getPluginDetails} from './getPluginDetails';
diff --git a/desktop/pkg/package.json b/desktop/pkg/package.json
index 89e73d5ba..545021a66 100644
--- a/desktop/pkg/package.json
+++ b/desktop/pkg/package.json
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
     "ajv-errors": "^1.0.1",
     "cli-ux": "^5.4.6",
     "flipper-pkg-lib": "0.45.0",
+    "flipper-plugin-lib": "0.45.0",
     "fs-extra": "^8.1.0",
     "inquirer": "^7.1.0",
     "lodash": "^4.17.15",
diff --git a/desktop/pkg/src/commands/bundle.ts b/desktop/pkg/src/commands/bundle.ts
index bff8e7dc0..2bb14d2d4 100644
--- a/desktop/pkg/src/commands/bundle.ts
+++ b/desktop/pkg/src/commands/bundle.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ import {Command, flags} from '@oclif/command';
 import {args} from '@oclif/parser';
 import fs from 'fs-extra';
 import path from 'path';
-import {runBuild, getPluginDetails} from 'flipper-pkg-lib';
+import {runBuild} from 'flipper-pkg-lib';
+import {getPluginDetails} from 'flipper-plugin-lib';
 
 export default class Bundle extends Command {
   public static description = 'transpiles and bundles plugin';
diff --git a/desktop/pkg/src/commands/pack.ts b/desktop/pkg/src/commands/pack.ts
index 77d15ff7c..d6a10663c 100644
--- a/desktop/pkg/src/commands/pack.ts
+++ b/desktop/pkg/src/commands/pack.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ import * as inquirer from 'inquirer';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import * as yarn from '../utils/yarn';
 import cli from 'cli-ux';
-import {runBuild, getPluginDetails} from 'flipper-pkg-lib';
+import {runBuild} from 'flipper-pkg-lib';
+import {getPluginDetails} from 'flipper-plugin-lib';
 
 async function deriveOutputFileName(inputDirectory: string): Promise<string> {
   const packageJson = await readJSON(path.join(inputDirectory, 'package.json'));
diff --git a/desktop/pkg/src/utils/runMigrate.ts b/desktop/pkg/src/utils/runMigrate.ts
index 419264af8..bd0624d0d 100644
--- a/desktop/pkg/src/utils/runMigrate.ts
+++ b/desktop/pkg/src/utils/runMigrate.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 import path from 'path';
 import fs from 'fs-extra';
-import {getPluginDetails} from 'flipper-pkg-lib';
+import {getPluginDetails} from 'flipper-plugin-lib';
 import {kebabCase} from 'lodash';
 
 export default async function (
diff --git a/desktop/pkg/tsconfig.json b/desktop/pkg/tsconfig.json
index 5351f2720..6a376a67e 100644
--- a/desktop/pkg/tsconfig.json
+++ b/desktop/pkg/tsconfig.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     "esModuleInterop": true,
     "incremental": true
   },
-  "references": [{"path": "../pkg-lib"}],
+  "references": [{"path": "../pkg-lib"}, {"path": "../plugin-lib"}],
   "include": ["src"],
   "exclude": ["node_modules", "**/__tests__/*"]
 }
diff --git a/desktop/plugin-lib/LICENSE b/desktop/plugin-lib/LICENSE
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b96dcb048
--- /dev/null
+++ b/desktop/plugin-lib/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) Facebook, Inc. and its affiliates.
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/desktop/plugin-lib/README.md b/desktop/plugin-lib/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..545fd8250
--- /dev/null
+++ b/desktop/plugin-lib/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# flipper-plugin-lib
+
+`flipper-plugin-lib` is a library containing common Flipper plugin installation utilities.
diff --git a/desktop/plugin-lib/jestconfig.json b/desktop/plugin-lib/jestconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bab48ba29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/desktop/plugin-lib/jestconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "transform": {
+    "^.+\\.tsx?$": "ts-jest"
+  },
+  "testRegex": "(/__tests__/.*|(\\.|/)(test|spec))\\.(jsx?|tsx?)$",
+  "testPathIgnorePatterns": ["/node_modules/", "/lib/"],
+  "moduleFileExtensions": ["ts", "tsx", "js", "jsx", "json", "node"]
+}
diff --git a/desktop/plugin-lib/package.json b/desktop/plugin-lib/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e6c5f4917
--- /dev/null
+++ b/desktop/plugin-lib/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+{
+  "name": "flipper-plugin-lib",
+  "version": "0.45.0",
+  "description": "Library containing common Flipper plugin installation utilities",
+  "repository": "facebook/flipper",
+  "main": "lib/index.js",
+  "flipperBundlerEntry": "src",
+  "types": "lib/index.d.ts",
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "bugs": "https://github.com/facebook/flipper/issues",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "fs-extra": "^8.1.0"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "@types/fs-extra": "^8.1.0",
+    "@types/jest": "^25.1.0",
+    "@types/node": "^13.7.5",
+    "globby": "^10",
+    "jest": "^25.1.0",
+    "rimraf": "^3.0.2",
+    "ts-jest": "^26.0.0",
+    "ts-node": "^8",
+    "typescript": "^3.9.2"
+  },
+  "scripts": {
+    "reset": "rimraf lib *.tsbuildinfo",
+    "build": "tsc -b",
+    "prepack": "yarn reset && yarn build"
+  },
+  "files": [
+    "lib/**/*"
+  ],
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/facebook/flipper",
+  "keywords": [
+    "Flipper"
+  ],
+  "author": "Facebook, Inc"
+}
diff --git a/desktop/pkg-lib/src/PluginDetails.ts b/desktop/plugin-lib/src/PluginDetails.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from desktop/pkg-lib/src/PluginDetails.ts
rename to desktop/plugin-lib/src/PluginDetails.ts
diff --git a/desktop/pkg-lib/src/__tests__/getPluginDetails.node.ts b/desktop/plugin-lib/src/__tests__/getPluginDetails.node.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from desktop/pkg-lib/src/__tests__/getPluginDetails.node.ts
rename to desktop/plugin-lib/src/__tests__/getPluginDetails.node.ts
diff --git a/desktop/pkg-lib/src/getPluginDetails.ts b/desktop/plugin-lib/src/getPluginDetails.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from desktop/pkg-lib/src/getPluginDetails.ts
rename to desktop/plugin-lib/src/getPluginDetails.ts
diff --git a/desktop/plugin-lib/src/index.ts b/desktop/plugin-lib/src/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5f468a15f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/desktop/plugin-lib/src/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Facebook, Inc. and its affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ *
+ * @format
+ */
+
+export {default as PluginDetails} from './PluginDetails';
+export {default as getPluginDetails} from './getPluginDetails';
diff --git a/desktop/plugin-lib/tsconfig.json b/desktop/plugin-lib/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..545c321c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/desktop/plugin-lib/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{
+  "extends": "../tsconfig.base.json",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "outDir": "lib",
+    "rootDir": "src",
+    "allowJs": true,
+    "esModuleInterop": true,
+    "composite": true,
+    "incremental": true
+  },
+  "include": ["src"],
+  "exclude": ["node_modules", "**/__tests__/*"]
+}
diff --git a/desktop/static/compilePlugins.ts b/desktop/static/compilePlugins.ts
index 5211168fd..9810aea90 100644
--- a/desktop/static/compilePlugins.ts
+++ b/desktop/static/compilePlugins.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ import util from 'util';
 import recursiveReaddir from 'recursive-readdir';
 import pMap from 'p-map';
 import {homedir} from 'os';
-import {runBuild, PluginDetails} from 'flipper-pkg-lib';
+import {PluginDetails} from 'flipper-plugin-lib';
+import {runBuild} from 'flipper-pkg-lib';
 import {getSourcePlugins, getInstalledPlugins} from './getPlugins';
 import startWatchPlugins from './startWatchPlugins';
 import ensurePluginFoldersWatchable from './ensurePluginFoldersWatchable';
diff --git a/desktop/static/getPlugins.ts b/desktop/static/getPlugins.ts
index 866e77be8..1a51188bc 100644
--- a/desktop/static/getPlugins.ts
+++ b/desktop/static/getPlugins.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import {
   getPluginsInstallationFolder,
   getPluginSourceFolders,
 } from './getPluginFolders';
-import {PluginDetails, getPluginDetails} from 'flipper-pkg-lib';
+import {PluginDetails, getPluginDetails} from 'flipper-plugin-lib';
 import pmap from 'p-map';
 import pfilter from 'p-filter';
 
diff --git a/desktop/static/package.json b/desktop/static/package.json
index edfc185ef..67d9dc18e 100644
--- a/desktop/static/package.json
+++ b/desktop/static/package.json
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
     "fb-watchman": "^2.0.0",
     "fix-path": "^3.0.0",
     "flipper-pkg-lib": "0.45.0",
+    "flipper-plugin-lib": "0.45.0",
     "fs-extra": "^8.1.0",
     "ignore": "^5.1.4",
     "mem": "^6.0.0",
diff --git a/desktop/static/startWatchPlugins.ts b/desktop/static/startWatchPlugins.ts
index f09ffca39..f654cd472 100644
--- a/desktop/static/startWatchPlugins.ts
+++ b/desktop/static/startWatchPlugins.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 import path from 'path';
 import Watchman from './watchman';
-import {PluginDetails} from 'flipper-pkg-lib';
+import {PluginDetails} from 'flipper-plugin-lib';
 
 export default async function startWatchPlugins(
   plugins: PluginDetails[],
diff --git a/desktop/tsconfig.json b/desktop/tsconfig.json
index 0cc1644ed..2e57b3aa9 100644
--- a/desktop/tsconfig.json
+++ b/desktop/tsconfig.json
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
       "flipper-pkg": ["./pkg/src"],
       "flipper-pkg-lib": ["./pkg-lib/src"],
       "live-plugin-manager": ["./types/live-plugin-manager.d.tsx"],
-      "flipper-babel-transformer": ["./babel-transformer/src"]
+      "flipper-babel-transformer": ["./babel-transformer/src"],
+      "flipper-plugin-lib": ["./plugin-lib/src"]
     }
   },
   "exclude": ["**/node_modules/", "**/*.spec.ts"]