# Porter Plugins API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/porter/porter-plugins-api/  
**Provider:** Porter — https://apis.io/providers/porter/  
**Base URL:** https://porter.sh  
**Documentation:** https://porter.sh/docs/introduction/concepts-and-components/mixins-vs-plugins/

Porter Plugins API is one of 7 APIs that [Porter](https://apis.io/providers/porter/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Cloud-Native, CNAB, DevOps, Extensions, and Plugins. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

Plugin interface that allows extending Porter's core functionality, such as storing installation data, credential sets, and parameter sets in external systems like cloud storage instead of the local filesystem. Plugins reimplement Porter's default behavior to integrate with enterprise or cloud infrastructure.

## Machine-readable artifacts (1)

- **Documentation** — https://porter.sh/docs/introduction/concepts-and-components/mixins-vs-plugins/

## Other Porter APIs (6)

- [Porter Mixins API](https://apis.io/apis/porter/porter-mixins-api/)
- [Porter Bundles API](https://apis.io/apis/porter/porter-bundles-api/)
- [Porter CredentialSets API](https://apis.io/apis/porter/porter-credentialsets-api/)
- [Porter Installations API](https://apis.io/apis/porter/porter-installations-api/)
- [Porter ParameterSets API](https://apis.io/apis/porter/porter-parametersets-api/)
- [Porter Runs API](https://apis.io/apis/porter/porter-runs-api/)

## Tags

Cloud-Native, CNAB, DevOps, Extensions, Plugins

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