Adobe UXP Developer Tools
Adobe UXP Developer Tools is a macOS app for creating, loading, debugging, and packaging UXP plugins for supported Adobe Creative Cloud apps.
What is Adobe UXP Developer Tools?
Adobe UXP Developer Tools is a native desktop developer utility for building and testing UXP plugins used by supported Adobe Creative Cloud applications such as Photoshop, InDesign, Premiere, and related hosts. It helps developers create plugin project scaffolding, load and reload plugins into a running host app, inspect logs, and debug plugin behavior during development. The app also includes tools for packaging plugins for distribution and a playground for experimenting with UXP APIs. On macOS, users typically install it through Adobe Creative Cloud as part of an Adobe plugin development workflow. It is mainly intended for plugin developers, technical teams, and advanced users working on custom extensions rather than for general everyday productivity use.
Key features
- Create new UXP plugin projects from templates
- Load and reload plugins into supported Adobe host applications
- Debug plugin behavior and inspect logs during development
- Package plugins for distribution
- Test UXP APIs in a built-in playground
- Manage multiple plugins under active development
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Safety overview
Status: Mostly safe
This is legitimate Adobe developer software for building and testing plugins. It may request elevated permissions when enabling Developer Mode or configuring parts of the local development environment, which is normal for its purpose but should be allowed only if you intentionally use Adobe plugin development tools. It can interact with supported Adobe apps and local plugin files, so keep it installed only on systems where that workflow is needed.
Recommendation: Keep Adobe UXP Developer Tools if you develop, test, or package plugins for Adobe apps. If you do not create Adobe plugins, you can remove it without affecting normal use of most Adobe creative apps, though any active plugin development workflow on that Mac will stop working until it is reinstalled.
Common paths
/Applications/Adobe UXP Developer Tool
Support paths
/Library/Application Support/Adobe/UXP/Developer
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