list.md

title	Listing Installed Plugins
slug	list
weight	500

To list all plugins installed via Krew, run:

{{<prompt>}}kubectl krew list

You can list all installed kubectl plugins (including those not installed via Krew) using:

{{<prompt>}}kubectl plugin list

Backing up plugin list

When you pipe or redirect the kubectl krew list command’s output to another file or command, it will return a list of plugin names installed, e.g.:

{{<prompt>}}kubectl krew list | tee backup.txt
access-matrix
whoami
tree

You can then [install]({{<ref "install.md">}}) the list of plugins from the file (on another machine, for example) by feeding the file to the install command over standard input (stdin):

{{<prompt>}}kubectl krew install < backup.txt