Natron plug-in paths — Natron 2.5.0 documentation

# Natron plug-in paths

When looking for startup scripts or Python group plug-ins, Natron will look into the following search paths in order:

- The bundled plug-ins path. There are 2 kinds of plug-ins: PyPlugs and OpenFX plug-ins. The bundled OpenFX plug-ins are located in Plugins/OFX/Natron in your Natron installation and the bundled PyPlugs in the directory Plugins/PyPlugs.

- The standard user location for non OpenFX plug-ins (i.e. PyPlugs): that is the directory .Natron in the home directory, e.g.:

  > On Windows that would be:

  >     C:\Users\<username>\.Natron

  > On OS X & Linux that would be:

  >     ~/.Natron

- The standard system location for non OpenFX plug-ins (i.e. PyPlugs):

  > Windows:

  >     C:\Program Files\Common Files\Natron\Plugins

  > OS X:

  >     /Library/Application Support/Natron/Plugins

  > Linux:

  >     /usr/share/Natron/Plugins

- All the paths indicated by the NATRON_PLUGIN_PATH environment variable. This environment variable should contain the separator ; between each path, such as:

      /home/<username>/NatronPluginsA;/home/<username>/NatronPluginsB

- The user extra search paths in the Plug-ins tab of the Preferences of Natron.

If the setting “Prefer bundled plug-ins over system-wide plug-ins” is checked in the preferences then Natron will first look into the bundled plug-ins before checking the standard location. Otherwise, Natron will check bundled plug-ins as the last location.

Note that if the “User bundled plug-ins” setting in the preferences is unchecked, Natron will not attempt to load any bundled plug-ins.