grafana/docs/sources/plugins/developing/plugin.json.md

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Plugin.json

The plugin.json file is mandatory for all plugins. When Grafana starts it will scan the plugin folders and mount every folder that contains a plugin.json file unless the folder contains a subfolder named dist. In that case grafana will mount the dist folder instead.

Plugin JSON Schema

Property	Description
id	unique name of the plugin - [conventions described in styleguide]({{< relref "code-styleguide.md" >}})
type	panel/datasource/app
name	Human readable name of the plugin
info.description	Description of plugin. Used for searching grafana.com plugins
info.author
info.keywords	plugin keywords. Used for search on grafana net
info.logos	link to project logos
info.version	project version of this commit. Must be semver
dependencies.grafanaVersion	Required grafana backend version for this plugin
dependencies.plugins	required plugins for this plugin.