diff --git a/plugins/devtoolsplugin/devtoolsplugin.cpp b/plugins/devtoolsplugin/devtoolsplugin.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9fc1c28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/devtoolsplugin/devtoolsplugin.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#include "devtoolsplugin.h"
+
+#include <QDebug>
+#include <QDir>
+#include <QCoreApplication>
+#include <QLocale>
+
+#include "mainwindow.h"
+
+DevToolsPlugin::DevToolsPlugin(QObject *parent) :
+    ZeiterfassungPlugin(parent)
+{
+    qDebug() << "called";
+
+    static auto dir = QDir(QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath()).absoluteFilePath(QStringLiteral("translations"));
+
+    if(m_translator.load(QLocale(), QStringLiteral("devtoolsplugin"), QStringLiteral("_"), dir))
+    {
+        if(!QCoreApplication::installTranslator(&m_translator))
+        {
+            qWarning() << "could not install translation devtoolsplugin";
+        }
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        qWarning() << "could not load translation devtoolsplugin";
+    }
+}
+
+void DevToolsPlugin::attachTo(MainWindow &mainWindow)
+{
+    //TODO
+}
diff --git a/plugins/devtoolsplugin/devtoolsplugin.h b/plugins/devtoolsplugin/devtoolsplugin.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f02e084
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/devtoolsplugin/devtoolsplugin.h
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <QObject>
+#include <QTranslator>
+
+#include "zeiterfassungplugin.h"
+
+class Q_DECL_EXPORT DevToolsPlugin : public ZeiterfassungPlugin
+{
+    Q_OBJECT
+    Q_PLUGIN_METADATA(IID "dbsoftware.zeiterfassung.plugin/1.0" FILE "devtoolsplugin.json")
+    Q_INTERFACES(ZeiterfassungPlugin)
+
+public:
+    explicit DevToolsPlugin(QObject *parent = Q_NULLPTR);
+
+    // ZeiterfassungPlugin interface
+    void attachTo(MainWindow &mainWindow) Q_DECL_OVERRIDE;
+
+private:
+    QTranslator m_translator;
+};
diff --git a/plugins/devtoolsplugin/devtoolsplugin.json b/plugins/devtoolsplugin/devtoolsplugin.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/plugins/devtoolsplugin/devtoolsplugin.pro b/plugins/devtoolsplugin/devtoolsplugin.pro
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b22008b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/devtoolsplugin/devtoolsplugin.pro
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+QT += core network gui widgets
+
+TARGET = devtoolsplugin
+TEMPLATE = lib
+
+CONFIG += shared c++14
+
+DESTDIR = $${OUT_PWD}/../../bin/plugins/zeiterfassung
+
+LIBS += -L$$OUT_PWD/../../lib -lzeiterfassungcorelib -lzeiterfassungguilib
+
+INCLUDEPATH += $$PWD/../../zeiterfassungcorelib $$PWD/../../zeiterfassungguilib
+DEPENDPATH += $$PWD/../../zeiterfassungcorelib $$PWD/../../zeiterfassungguilib
+
+DEFINES += QT_DEPRECATED_WARNINGS QT_DISABLE_DEPRECATED_BEFORE=0x060000 QT_MESSAGELOGCONTEXT
+
+HEADERS += devtoolsplugin.h
+
+SOURCES += devtoolsplugin.cpp
+
+FORMS +=
+
+RESOURCES +=
+
+TRANSLATIONS += translations/devtoolsplugin_en.ts \
+                translations/devtoolsplugin_de.ts
+
+OTHER_FILES += devtoolsplugin.json
+
+include(../../lrelease.pri)
+
+COMPILED_TRANSLATIONS += $${OUT_PWD}/translations/devtoolsplugin_en.qm \
+                         $${OUT_PWD}/translations/devtoolsplugin_de.qm
+
+include(../copy_translations.pri)
diff --git a/plugins/devtoolsplugin/translations/devtoolsplugin_de.ts b/plugins/devtoolsplugin/translations/devtoolsplugin_de.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1552582
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/devtoolsplugin/translations/devtoolsplugin_de.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE TS>
+<TS version="2.1" language="de_DE">
+</TS>
diff --git a/plugins/devtoolsplugin/translations/devtoolsplugin_en.ts b/plugins/devtoolsplugin/translations/devtoolsplugin_en.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bc6d6e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/devtoolsplugin/translations/devtoolsplugin_en.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE TS>
+<TS version="2.1" language="en_US">
+</TS>
diff --git a/plugins/plugins.pro b/plugins/plugins.pro
index f8c26c3..dab007d 100644
--- a/plugins/plugins.pro
+++ b/plugins/plugins.pro
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 TEMPLATE = subdirs
 
 SUBDIRS += advancedviewplugin \
+           devtoolsplugin \
            lunchmealplugin \
            presenceplugin \
            reportsplugin \