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Plugins

Plugins are modular extensions that add capabilities to your AppKit application. They follow a defined lifecycle and have access to shared services like caching, telemetry, and streaming.

For complete API documentation, see the Plugin class reference.

Using plugins​

Configure plugins when creating your AppKit instance:

import { createApp, server, analytics } from "@databricks/appkit";

const AppKit = await createApp({
  plugins: [
    server({ port: 8000 }),
    analytics(),
  ],
});

For complete configuration options, see createApp.

Plugin phases​

Plugins initialize in three phases:

  • Core: Reserved for framework-level plugins. Initializes first.
  • Normal: Default phase for application plugins. Initializes after core.
  • Deferred: Initializes last with access to other plugin instances via config.plugins. Use when your plugin depends on other plugins (e.g., Server Plugin).