{"id": "plugins:plugins-datasette-load-plugins", "page": "plugins", "ref": "plugins-datasette-load-plugins", "title": "Controlling which plugins are loaded", "content": "Datasette defaults to loading every plugin that is installed in the same virtual environment as Datasette itself. \n             You can set the  DATASETTE_LOAD_PLUGINS  environment variable to a comma-separated list of plugin names to load a controlled subset of plugins instead. \n             For example, to load just the  datasette-vega  and  datasette-cluster-map  plugins, set  DATASETTE_LOAD_PLUGINS  to  datasette-vega,datasette-cluster-map : \n             export DATASETTE_LOAD_PLUGINS='datasette-vega,datasette-cluster-map'\ndatasette mydb.db \n             Or: \n             DATASETTE_LOAD_PLUGINS='datasette-vega,datasette-cluster-map' \\\n  datasette mydb.db \n             To disable the loading of all additional plugins, set  DATASETTE_LOAD_PLUGINS  to an empty string: \n             export DATASETTE_LOAD_PLUGINS=''\ndatasette mydb.db \n             A quick way to test this setting is to use it with the  datasette plugins  command: \n             DATASETTE_LOAD_PLUGINS='datasette-vega' datasette plugins \n             This should output the following: \n             [\n    {\n        \"name\": \"datasette-vega\",\n        \"static\": true,\n        \"templates\": false,\n        \"version\": \"0.6.2\",\n        \"hooks\": [\n            \"extra_css_urls\",\n            \"extra_js_urls\"\n        ]\n    }\n]", "breadcrumbs": "[\"Plugins\"]", "references": "[]"}