Hello,
how can I request access to UXP Beta to use it for Illustrator plugin development?
Thank you.
Hi there, welcome to the forum! 
Unfortunately, Illustrator is not currently offering UXP to developers outside of Adobe, not even in Beta.
Can you tell us more about your use case? Are you migrating a plugin or making a new plugin?
Hi Erin, thanks for the reply!
I am making a new plugin for Adobe Illustrator. I was planning to use UXP so that I don’t have to rewrite it later when the switch from CEP to UXP happens.
I guess the proper way is still to use CEP for the plugin development, or does it make sense to wait for UXP support for Illustrator to be released to the public? I wasn’t able to find any details about the full release yet, do you maybe have a rough estimate?
Hi Erin,
From my understanding, creating extensions for the current version of Adobe Illustrator that are compatible with Apple Silicon is not possible.
I am planning to develop a new extension and was hoping to know when Illustrator with UXP support will be available.
Looking forward to your insights.
Thank you,
Sasan
That’s true for Photoshop, but it is not true of Illustrator.
I don’t have a public date to share with you at this time.
If you want to launch your extension in 2025 I’d recommend building a CEP version for Illustrator (or C++, whatever you would use now). You might also consider that the end users of your extension might not update to a new version of Illustrator (let’s say, if the 2026 Illustrator supports UXP) the moment it comes out.
Hi Erin,
Does Adobe recommend running Illustrator under Rosetta for full CEP support, or should native Apple Silicon mode work seamlessly?
Are there known issues with evalScript or $.evalFile() not executing properly in CEP extensions on Apple Silicon (M1/M2)?
I appreciate it if you can share any resources related to the latest Illustrator version compatible with Apple Silicone with me to help?
CEP works with Apple Silicon in Illustrator, without using Rosetta.
I passed this along to the Illustrator team just in case.
But as far as I know @sttk3 is correct; he also has an Illustrator plugin, I think.
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Hi Erin, Action is needed. We have been waiting for UXP on Illustrator for years and still don’t know when it will be available. To make matters worse, the CEP platform on Illustrator is outdated. The current CEP 11 is based on Chrome 88, which is over 4 years old and lacks support for modern web technologies like Web Components. We have been locked down on this legacy technology for quite a while and won’t be able to move forward.
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