Plugins can be used to extend forc with new commands that go beyond the native commands mentioned in the previous chapter. While the Fuel ecosystem provides a few commonly useful plugins (forc-fmt, forc-client, forc-lsp, forc-explore), anyone can write their own!
Let's install a plugin, forc-explore, and see what's underneath the plugin:
cargo install forc-explore Check that we have installed forc-explore:
$ forc plugins
Installed Plugins:
forc-explore forc-explore runs the Fuel Network Explorer, which you can run and check out for yourself:
$ forc explore
Fuel Network Explorer 0.1.1
Running server on http://127.0.0.1:3030
Server::run{addr=127.0.0.1:3030}: listening on http://127.0.0.1:3030You can visit http://127.0.0.1:3030 to check out the network explorer!
Note that some plugin crates can also provide more than one command. For example, installing the forc-client plugin provides the forc deploy and forc run commands. This is achieved by specifying multiple [[bin]] targets within the forc-client manifest.
We encourage anyone to write and publish their own forc plugin to enhance their development experience.
Your plugin must be named in the format forc-<MY_PLUGIN> and you may use the above template as a starting point. You can use clap and add more subcommands, options and configurations to suit your plugin's needs.