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RECKLESS(7)							   RECKLESS(7)

NAME
       reckless	- install and activate a CLN plugin by name

SYNOPSIS
       reckless	[options] install/uninstall/enable/disable/source target

DESCRIPTION
       Reckless	is a plugin manager for	Core-Lightning.	Typical	plugin instal-
       lation  involves: finding the source plugin, copying, installing	depen-
       dencies,	testing, activating, and updating the lightningd config	 file.
       Reckless	does all of these by invoking:

       reckless	install[@commit/tag] plugin_name

       reckless	will exit early	in the event that:

         the plugin is	not found in any available source repositories
         dependencies are not successfully installed
         the plugin fails to execute

       Reckless-installed plugins reside in the	'reckless' subdirectory	of the
       user's  .lightning  folder.   By	 default, plugins are activated	on the
       bitcoin network (and use	 lightningd's  bitcoin	network	 config),  but
       regtest may also	be used.

       Other commands include:

       reckless	 uninstall plugin_name disables	the plugin, removes the	direc-
       tory.

       reckless	search plugin_name looks through all available sources	for  a
       plugin matching this name.

       reckless	 enable	plugin_name dynamically	enables	the reckless-installed
       plugin and updates the config to	match.

       reckless	disable	 plugin_name  dynamically  disables  the  reckless-in-
       stalled plugin and updates the config to	match.

       reckless	source list list available plugin repositories.

       reckless	 source	 add  repo_url add another plugin repo for reckless to
       search.

       reckless	source rm repo_url  remove  a  plugin  repo  for  reckless  to
       search.

OPTIONS
       Available option	flags:

       -d,  --reckless-dir  reckless_dir specify an alternative	data directory
       for reckless to use.  Useful if your .lightning is protected from  exe-
       cution.

       -l,  --lightning	 lightning_data_dir lightning data directory (defaults
       to $USER/.lightning)

       -c, --conf lightning_config pass	the config used	by lightningd

       -r, --regtest use the regtest network and  config  instead  of  bitcoin
       mainnet

       -v, --verbose request additional	debug output

       --network=network  specify  bitcoin,  regtest,  liquid, liquid-regtest,
       litecoin, signet, or testnet networks. (default:	bitcoin)

NOTES
       Reckless	currently supports python and javascript plugins.

       Running the first time will prompt the  user  that  their  lightningd's
       bitcoin	config	will  be appended (or created) to inherit the reckless
       config file (this config	is specific to bitcoin by  default.)   Manage-
       ment of plugins will subsequently modify	this file.

       Troubleshooting tips:

       Plugins must be executable. For python plugins, the shebang is invoked,
       so  python3  should be available	in your	environment. This can be veri-
       fied  with  which  Python3.   The   default   reckless	directory   is
       $USER/.lightning/reckless  and it should	be possible for	the lightningd
       user to execute files located here.  If this is a problem,  the	option
       flag  reckless  -d= may be used to relocate the reckless	directory from
       its default. Consider creating a	permanent alias	in this	case.

       Python plugins are installed to their own virtual environments. The en-
       vironment is activated by a wrapper (named  the	same  as  the  plugin)
       which then imports and executes the actual plugin entrypoint.

       For Plugin Developers:

       To make your plugin compatible with reckless install:

         Choose a unique plugin name.
         The  plugin  entrypoint  is inferred.	 Naming	your plugin executable
	  the same as your plugin name will allow reckless to identify it cor-
	  rectly (file extensions are okay.)
         For python plugins, a	requirements.txt is the	preferred  medium  for
	  python  dependencies.	 A  pyproject.toml will	be used	as a fallback,
	  but test installation	via pip	install	-e . - Poetry looks for	 addi-
	  tional  files	in the working directory, whereas with pip, any	refer-
	  ences	to these will require something	like packages =	[{  include  =
	  "*.py" }] under the [tool.poetry] section.
         Additional  repository sources may be	added with reckless source add
	  https://my.repo.url/here				      however,
	  <https://github.com/lightningd/plugins>   is	included  by  default.
	  Consider adding your plugin lightningd/plugins to make  installation
	  simpler.
         If your plugin is located in a subdirectory of your repo with	a dif-
	  ferent name than your	plugin,	it will	likely be overlooked.

AUTHOR
       Antoine	Poinsot	 wrote	the  original reckless plugin on which this is
       based.

       Rusty Russell wrote the outline for the reckless	utility's function

       Alex Myers <<alex@endothermic.dev>> is mostly responsible for the reck-
       less code and this man page, with thanks	to Christian Decker for	exten-
       sive review.

SEE ALSO
       Core-Lightning plugins repo: <https://github.com/lightningd/plugins>

RESOURCES
       Main web	site: <https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning>

Core Lightning v25.02						   RECKLESS(7)

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