Plugins#

This module covers the following topics:

  • Find Plugins

  • Install Plugins

  • Explore Plugins

Find Plugins#

Explore napari-hub.org to search for plugins for analysis tasks.

napari is designed to be a domain-agnostic, visualization software that is easily extensible through its plugin ecosystem. napari-hub.org is a platform to discover, share, and learn about plugins.

To learn about updates from the napari-hub team, sign up for the quarterly newsletter on the bottom of any napari-hub page in the Sign up to receive updates bar.

Install Plugins#

  • To install plugins, we recommend:

    • Opening Plugins>Install/Uninstall Plugins in the napari menu

    • Waiting for the plugin list to populate - this may take a few moments

    • Searching for the desired plugin in the Search for a plugin by keyword or author search bar

    • Clicking the install button

      Note: Some plugins won’t populate their features until napari has been re-opened, so you may have to close napari and re-open it.

Explore Plugins#

  • Read the documentation, install, and try using the following plugins:

    • napari-bio-sample-data (if it is not already installed).

      • Use Open File>Open Sample>napari-bio-sample-data>3D nuclei if needed.

      • Explore the layer controls of all 3 layer types

    • napari-plot-profile Explore sample data in File>Open Sample by plotting line profiles.

    • napari-brightness-contrast Adjust the contrast to visualize the data.

    • napari-animation Make an animation of rotating the nuclei in 3D

    • On napari-hub.org, use any of the filters on the left or search terms in the center search bar to look for additional plugins to try out.
       

    The next module in this workshop will cover using napari with jupyter notebooks.