---
name: "profanity-plugins"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "profanity"
version: "1:0.19.0-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/profanity-plugins"
---

# profanity-plugins(1)

## NAME

/plugins

## DESCRIPTION

Manage plugins. Passing no arguments lists installed plugins and global plugins which are available for local installation. Global directory for Python plugins is /usr/local/share/profanity/plugins and for C Plugins is /usr/local/lib64/profanity/plugins.

## SYNOPSIS

/plugins

/plugins install \[\<path or URL\>\]

/plugins update \[\<path or URL\>\]

/plugins uninstall \[\<plugin\>\]

/plugins unload \[\<plugin\>\]

/plugins load \[\<plugin\>\]

/plugins reload \[\<plugin\>\]

/plugins python\_version

## ARGUMENTS

**install \[\<path or URL\>\]**

Install a plugin, or all plugins found in a directory (recursive), or download and install plugin (plugin name is based on basename). And loads it/them.

**update \[\<path or URL\>\]**

Uninstall and then install the plugin. Plugin name to update is basename.

**uninstall \[\<plugin\>\]**

Uninstall a plugin.

**load \[\<plugin\>\]**

Load a plugin that already exists in the plugin directory, passing no argument loads all found plugins. It will be loaded upon next start too unless unloaded.

**unload \[\<plugin\>\]**

Unload a loaded plugin, passing no argument will unload all plugins.

**reload \[\<plugin\>\]**

Reload a plugin, passing no argument will reload all plugins.

**python\_version**

Show the Python interpreter version.

## EXAMPLES

/plugins install /home/steveharris/Downloads/metal.py

/plugins install https://raw.githubusercontent.com/profanity-im/profanity-plugins/master/stable/sounds.py

/plugins update /home/steveharris/Downloads/metal.py

/plugins update https://raw.githubusercontent.com/profanity-im/profanity-plugins/master/stable/sounds.py

/plugins uninstall browser.py

/plugins load browser.py

/plugins unload say.py

/plugins reload wikipedia.py