diff --git a/.idea/modules.xml b/.idea/modules.xml
index 743b52d6e643..3723e719bf8d 100644
--- a/.idea/modules.xml
+++ b/.idea/modules.xml
@@ -407,6 +407,7 @@
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/grid/api/intellij.grid.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/grid/api/intellij.grid.iml" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/grid/core-impl/intellij.grid.core.impl.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/grid/core-impl/intellij.grid.core.impl.iml" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/grid/csv/intellij.grid.csv.core.impl.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/grid/csv/intellij.grid.csv.core.impl.iml" />
+      <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/grid/images/intellij.grid.images.impl.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/grid/images/intellij.grid.images.impl.iml" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/grid/impl/intellij.grid.impl.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/grid/impl/intellij.grid.impl.iml" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/grid/json/intellij.grid.impl.json.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/grid/json/intellij.grid.impl.json.iml" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/grid/types/intellij.grid.types.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/grid/types/intellij.grid.types.iml" />
diff --git a/grid/api/intellij.grid.iml b/grid/api/intellij.grid.iml
index 9d35fcd21a10..2483c7eab345 100644
--- a/grid/api/intellij.grid.iml
+++ b/grid/api/intellij.grid.iml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   <component name="NewModuleRootManager" inherit-compiler-output="true">
     <exclude-output />
     <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$">
+      <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/resources" type="java-resource" />
       <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/src" isTestSource="false" packagePrefix="com.intellij.database" />
     </content>
     <orderEntry type="inheritedJdk" />
diff --git a/grid/api/resources/intellij.grid.xml b/grid/api/resources/intellij.grid.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6fb76a66265d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/grid/api/resources/intellij.grid.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+<idea-plugin>
+</idea-plugin>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/grid/core-impl/intellij.grid.core.impl.iml b/grid/core-impl/intellij.grid.core.impl.iml
index 724f06b1826c..f0a4db936baf 100644
--- a/grid/core-impl/intellij.grid.core.impl.iml
+++ b/grid/core-impl/intellij.grid.core.impl.iml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intellij.grid.types" exported="" />
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intellij.grid.csv.core.impl" exported="" />
-    <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intellij.grid" exported="" />
+    <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intellij.grid" />
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intellij.platform.util" />
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intellij.platform.util.coroutines" />
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intellij.platform.util.jdom" />
diff --git a/grid/core-impl/resources/intellij.grid.core.impl.xml b/grid/core-impl/resources/intellij.grid.core.impl.xml
index b638b19ac667..62b9a2c413cc 100644
--- a/grid/core-impl/resources/intellij.grid.core.impl.xml
+++ b/grid/core-impl/resources/intellij.grid.core.impl.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <idea-plugin>
   <dependencies>
+    <module name="intellij.grid"/>
     <module name="intellij.grid.types"/>
     <module name="intellij.grid.csv.core.impl"/>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/grid/images/intellij.grid.images.impl.iml b/grid/images/intellij.grid.images.impl.iml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1913e7c5faab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/grid/images/intellij.grid.images.impl.iml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<module type="JAVA_MODULE" version="4">
+  <component name="NewModuleRootManager" inherit-compiler-output="true">
+    <exclude-output />
+    <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$">
+      <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/resources" type="java-resource" />
+      <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/src" isTestSource="false" />
+    </content>
+    <orderEntry type="inheritedJdk" />
+    <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
+    <orderEntry type="library" name="kotlin-stdlib" level="project" />
+    <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intellij.grid.impl" />
+    <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intellij.grid.core.impl" />
+    <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intellij.platform.util" />
+    <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intellij.platform.core" />
+    <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intellij.platform.ide.core" />
+    <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intellij.platform.images" />
+  </component>
+</module>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/grid/images/resources/intellij.grid.images.impl.xml b/grid/images/resources/intellij.grid.images.impl.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..33b5d8279f42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/grid/images/resources/intellij.grid.images.impl.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<idea-plugin package="com.intellij.grid.images.impl">
+  <dependencies>
+    <plugin id="com.intellij.platform.images"/>
+    <module name="intellij.grid.core.impl"/>
+    <module name="intellij.grid.csv.core.impl"/>
+    <module name="intellij.platform.navbar.frontend"/>
+    <module name="intellij.libraries.microba"/>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <extensions defaultExtensionNs="com.intellij.database.datagrid">
+    <cellViewerFactory implementation="com.intellij.grid.images.impl.ImageCellViewerFactory"/>
+  </extensions>
+</idea-plugin>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/grid/impl/src/run/ui/ImageCellViewer.kt b/grid/images/src/com/intellij/grid/images/impl/ImageCellViewer.kt
similarity index 86%
rename from grid/impl/src/run/ui/ImageCellViewer.kt
rename to grid/images/src/com/intellij/grid/images/impl/ImageCellViewer.kt
index 3ccbd01ebf36..9b02dcd86990 100644
--- a/grid/impl/src/run/ui/ImageCellViewer.kt
+++ b/grid/images/src/com/intellij/grid/images/impl/ImageCellViewer.kt
@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
-package com.intellij.database.run.ui
+package com.intellij.grid.images.impl
 
 import com.intellij.database.datagrid.DataGrid
 import com.intellij.database.datagrid.GridColumn
 import com.intellij.database.datagrid.GridRow
 import com.intellij.database.datagrid.ModelIndex
 import com.intellij.database.extractors.ImageInfo
+import com.intellij.database.run.ui.CellViewer
+import com.intellij.database.run.ui.CellViewerFactory
+import com.intellij.database.run.ui.DataAccessType
+import com.intellij.database.run.ui.Suitability
+import com.intellij.database.run.ui.UpdateEvent
 import com.intellij.openapi.Disposable
 import com.intellij.openapi.application.ApplicationManager
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.CheckedDisposable
@@ -28,8 +33,10 @@ class ImageCellViewer(private val grid: DataGrid) : CellViewer, CheckedDisposabl
 
   override fun update(event: UpdateEvent?) {
     if (event is UpdateEvent.ValueChanged) {
-      if (event.value is ImageInfo) update(event.value)
-      else clearContent()
+      when(val eventValue = event.value) {
+        is ImageInfo -> update(eventValue)
+        else -> clearContent()
+      }
       return
     }
 
@@ -82,7 +89,7 @@ class ImageCellViewer(private val grid: DataGrid) : CellViewer, CheckedDisposabl
   override fun dispose() { }
 }
 
-object ImageCellViewerFactory : CellViewerFactory {
+class ImageCellViewerFactory : CellViewerFactory {
   override fun getSuitability(grid: DataGrid, row: ModelIndex<GridRow>, column: ModelIndex<GridColumn>): Suitability {
     if (!row.isValid(grid) || !column.isValid(grid)) return Suitability.NONE
     val value = grid.getDataModel(DataAccessType.DATA_WITH_MUTATIONS).getValueAt(row, column)
@@ -90,4 +97,4 @@ object ImageCellViewerFactory : CellViewerFactory {
   }
 
   override fun createViewer(grid: DataGrid): CellViewer = ImageCellViewer(grid)
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/grid/impl/intellij.grid.impl.iml b/grid/impl/intellij.grid.impl.iml
index 00af6bda94e2..c54cbb14cf1c 100644
--- a/grid/impl/intellij.grid.impl.iml
+++ b/grid/impl/intellij.grid.impl.iml
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intellij.xml.psi" />
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intellij.platform.editor.ex" />
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intellij.platform.ide.core.plugins" />
-    <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intellij.platform.images" />
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intellij.platform.execution.impl" />
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intellij.platform.ide" />
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intellij.platform.util.jdom" />
diff --git a/grid/impl/resources/intellij.grid.impl.xml b/grid/impl/resources/intellij.grid.impl.xml
index 3cf2bea6d206..c19f0fa7c539 100644
--- a/grid/impl/resources/intellij.grid.impl.xml
+++ b/grid/impl/resources/intellij.grid.impl.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 <idea-plugin>
   <dependencies>
-    <plugin id="intellij.grid.core.plugin"/>
-    <plugin id="com.intellij.platform.images"/>
     <module name="intellij.grid.core.impl"/>
     <module name="intellij.grid.csv.core.impl"/>
     <module name="intellij.platform.navbar.frontend"/>
@@ -10,6 +8,7 @@
 
   <extensionPoints>
     <extensionPoint qualifiedName="com.intellij.database.datagrid.valueEditorTab" interface="com.intellij.database.run.ui.ValueEditorTab" dynamic="true"/>
+    <extensionPoint qualifiedName="com.intellij.database.datagrid.cellViewerFactory" interface="com.intellij.database.run.ui.CellViewerFactory" dynamic="true"/>
     <extensionPoint qualifiedName="com.intellij.database.minimizedFormatDetector" interface="com.intellij.database.run.ui.MinimizedFormatDetector" dynamic="true"/>
   </extensionPoints>
 
diff --git a/grid/impl/src/run/ui/CellViewer.kt b/grid/impl/src/run/ui/CellViewer.kt
index 3a3968ea79f1..285afc628437 100644
--- a/grid/impl/src/run/ui/CellViewer.kt
+++ b/grid/impl/src/run/ui/CellViewer.kt
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import com.intellij.database.datagrid.GridColumn
 import com.intellij.database.datagrid.GridRow
 import com.intellij.database.datagrid.ModelIndex
 import com.intellij.openapi.Disposable
+import com.intellij.openapi.extensions.ExtensionPointName
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.Key
 import javax.swing.JComponent
 
@@ -27,6 +28,11 @@ interface CellViewer : Disposable {
 interface CellViewerFactory {
   fun getSuitability(grid: DataGrid, row: ModelIndex<GridRow>, column: ModelIndex<GridColumn>): Suitability
   fun createViewer(grid: DataGrid): CellViewer
+
+  companion object {
+    private val EP_NAME = ExtensionPointName<CellViewerFactory>("com.intellij.database.datagrid.cellViewerFactory")
+    fun getExternalFactories(): List<CellViewerFactory> = EP_NAME.extensionList
+  }
 }
 
 sealed interface UpdateEvent {
diff --git a/grid/impl/src/run/ui/ValueTabInfoProvider.kt b/grid/impl/src/run/ui/ValueTabInfoProvider.kt
index 879e8aab5b0a..1a9722d179da 100644
--- a/grid/impl/src/run/ui/ValueTabInfoProvider.kt
+++ b/grid/impl/src/run/ui/ValueTabInfoProvider.kt
@@ -19,8 +19,12 @@ class EditorValueEditorTab : ValueEditorTab {
 class ValueTabInfoProvider(private val grid: DataGrid) : TabInfoProvider(DataGridBundle.message("EditMaximized.ValueEditor.text"),
                                                                          ActionManager.getInstance().getAction("Console.TableResult.EditMaximized.Value.Group") as? ActionGroup) {
   private var currentViewerFactory: CellViewerFactory
-  private val viewerFactories = listOf(EditorCellViewerFactory, ReadonlyEditorCellViewerFactory, EmptyCellViewerFactory,
-                                       ImageCellViewerFactory)
+  private val viewerFactories = buildList {
+    add(EditorCellViewerFactory)
+    add(ReadonlyEditorCellViewerFactory)
+    add(EmptyCellViewerFactory)
+    addAll(CellViewerFactory.getExternalFactories())
+  }
   private var viewer: CellViewer
 
   init {