---
title: influxdb3 show plugins
description: The influxdb3 show plugins command lists loaded Processing Engine plugins in your InfluxDB 3 Enterprise server.
url: https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb3/enterprise/reference/cli/influxdb3/show/plugins/
estimated_tokens: 1466
product: InfluxDB 3 Enterprise
version: enterprise
---

# influxdb3 show plugins

The `influxdb3 show plugins` command lists loaded Processing Engine plugins in your InfluxDB 3 Enterprise server.

## Usage

```bash
influxdb3 show plugins [OPTIONS]
```

## Options

| Option |  | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| -H | --host | Host URL of the running InfluxDB 3 Enterprise server (default is http://127.0.0.1:8181) |
|  | --token | (Required) Authentication token |
|  | --format | Output format (pretty (default), json, jsonl, csv, or parquet) |
|  | --output | Path where to save output when using the parquet format |
|  | --tls-ca | Path to a custom TLS certificate authority (for testing or self-signed certificates) |
|  | --tls-no-verify | Disable TLS certificate verification (Not recommended in production, useful for self-signed certificates) |
| -h | --help | Print help information |
|  | --help-all | Print detailed help information |

### Option environment variables

You can use the following environment variables to set command options:

| Environment Variable | Option |
| --- | --- |
| INFLUXDB3_HOST_URL | --host |
| INFLUXDB3_AUTH_TOKEN | --token |
| INFLUXDB3_TLS_NO_VERIFY | --tls-no-verify |

## Output

The command returns information about loaded plugin files:

-   **plugin\_name**: Name of a trigger using this plugin
-   **file\_name**: Plugin filename
-   **file\_path**: Full server path to the plugin file
-   **size\_bytes**: File size in bytes
-   **last\_modified**: Last modification timestamp (milliseconds since epoch)

This command queries the `system.plugin_files` table in the `_internal` database. For more advanced queries and filtering, see [Query system data](/influxdb3/enterprise/admin/query-system-data/).

## Examples

-   [List all plugins](#list-all-plugins)
-   [List plugins in different output formats](#list-plugins-in-different-output-formats)
-   [Output plugins to a Parquet file](#output-plugins-to-a-parquet-file)

### List all plugins

```bash
influxdb3 show plugins
```

### List plugins in different output formats

You can specify the output format using the `--format` option:

```bash
# JSON format
influxdb3 show plugins --format json

# JSON Lines format
influxdb3 show plugins --format jsonl

# CSV format
influxdb3 show plugins --format csv
```

### Output plugins to a Parquet file

[Parquet](https://parquet.apache.org/) is a binary format. Use the `--output` option to specify the file where you want to save the Parquet data.

```bash
influxdb3 show plugins \
  --format parquet \
  --output /Users/me/plugins.parquet
```