# @verdaccio/loaders - Verdaccio Loader Logic

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> **Note:** This package is mostly for internal use by Verdaccio and is only intended to be used with Verdaccio 6.x.

## Overview

The `@verdaccio/loaders` package provides the plugin discovery and loading mechanism for Verdaccio. It searches for plugins across multiple locations including configured plugin paths, `node_modules`, and global installations, supporting both scoped (`@scope/name`) and unscoped packages.

## Installation

```bash
npm install @verdaccio/loaders
```

## Usage

```typescript
import { asyncLoadPlugin } from '@verdaccio/loaders';

// Load authentication plugins
const plugins = await asyncLoadPlugin(
  pluginConfigs,
  pluginOptions,
  sanityCheck,
  legacyMergeConfigs,
  'verdaccio',
  'auth'
);
```

### API

- **`asyncLoadPlugin<T>(pluginConfigs, pluginOptions, sanityCheck, legacyMergeConfigs, prefix, pluginCategory)`** - Asynchronously discovers and loads Verdaccio plugins. Searches config.plugins paths, `node_modules`, and global locations. Validates each plugin with the provided sanity check function and returns an array of loaded plugin instances.

## Donations

Verdaccio is run by **volunteers**; nobody is working full-time on it. If you find this project to be useful and would like to support its development, consider making a donation - **your logo might end up in this readme.** 😉

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## Report a vulnerability

If you want to report a security vulnerability, please follow the steps which we have defined for you in our [security policy](https://github.com/verdaccio/verdaccio/security/policy).

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## Open Collective Backers

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## Special Thanks

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## Contributors

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## License

Verdaccio is [MIT licensed](https://github.com/verdaccio/verdaccio/blob/master/LICENSE)

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