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Devbox Plugins

Devbox Plugins provide default configuration for Nix packages, enabling easy setup and management.

Field note

What it does

Devbox Plugins offer a familiar interface for configuring packages, with built-in, local, and GitHub-hosted options. They automatically activate for supported packages and include services, environment variables, and helper files.

Capabilities

Available capabilities

Environment variables configuration Helper Files AWS Service Management Plugin configuration

Automatic Activation

Devbox automatically activates plugins for added packages.

Built-in Plugins

Automatically activate for supported packages like Nginx, PostgreSQL, and Redis.

GitHub Hosted Plugins

Share plugins via GitHub with branch and tag pinning.

Local Plugins

Define custom plugins and use them via path include.

Plugin Info

Review plugin configuration with devbox info <package>.