Plugin Commands

Manage vx plugins (internally called "providers").

Note: In the CLI we use "plugin" for user-friendliness. In the codebase, these are called "Providers" - modules that provide one or more runtimes. See Core Concepts for more details.

Overview

vx plugin <command>

Commands

List Plugins

List all available plugins:

vx plugin list

# Show only enabled plugins
vx plugin list --enabled

# Filter by category
vx plugin list --category devops

Plugin Info

Show detailed information about a plugin:

vx plugin info node

Output:

Plugin: node
  Provider: NodeProvider
  Runtimes: node, npm, npx
  Ecosystem: NodeJs
  Description: Node.js JavaScript runtime

Plugin Statistics

Show plugin statistics:

vx plugin stats

Output:

Plugin Statistics:
  Total providers: 33
  Total runtimes: 39

  Providers:
    node (3 runtimes)
    go (1 runtimes)
    rust (3 runtimes)
    python (1 runtimes)
    ...

Enable/Disable Plugins

# Enable a plugin
vx plugin enable node

# Disable a plugin
vx plugin disable node

Search Plugins

Search for plugins by name or description:

vx plugin search python

Plugin Categories

Category	Examples
Language Runtimes	node, go, rust, java, zig, python
Package Managers	uv, pnpm, yarn, bun
Build Tools	vite, just, task, cmake, ninja
DevOps	docker, terraform, kubectl, helm
Cloud CLI	awscli, azcli, gcloud
Code Quality	pre-commit

See Also

• Core Concepts - Understanding plugins and providers
• Supported Tools - Complete list of supported tools