---
name: "calibre-customize"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "calibre"
version: "9.14.0-5"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/calibre-customize"
---

# calibre-customize(1)

calibre-customize Customize calibre by loading external plugins. Whenever you pass arguments to calibre-customize that have spaces in them, enclose the arguments in quotation marks. For example: "/some path/with spaces"

## NAME

calibre-customize - calibre-customize

```
calibre-customize options
```

Customize calibre by loading external plugins.

Whenever you pass arguments to **calibre-customize** that have spaces in them, enclose the arguments in quotation marks. For example: "/some path/with spaces"

## \[OPTIONS\]

- **--add-plugin, -a**

  Add a plugin by specifying the path to the ZIP file containing it.

- **--build-plugin, -b**

  For plugin developers: Path to the folder where you are developing the plugin. This command will automatically zip up the plugin and update it in calibre.

- **--customize-plugin**

  Customize plugin. Specify name of plugin and customization string separated by a comma. The customization string is the same as you would enter when customizing the plugin in the main calibre GUI.

- **--disable-plugin**

  Disable the named plugin

- **--enable-plugin**

  Enable the named plugin

- **--help, -h**

  show this help message and exit

- **--list-plugins, -l**

  List all installed plugins

- **--remove-plugin, -r**

  Remove a custom plugin by name. Has no effect on builtin plugins

- **--version**

  show program**'**s version number and exit

## Author

Kovid Goyal

## Copyright

Kovid Goyal