# Package a plugin

Package a plugin to organize the plugin code and make it ready for use in your organization. Follow these steps to package the plugin in a ZIP file.

1. Build the plugin

   * npm
   * Yarn
   * pnpm

   ```shell
    npm install
    npm run build

   ```

   ```shell
    yarn install
    yarn build

   ```

   ```shell
    pnpm install
    pnpm run build

   ```

2. Optional: If your plugin has a backend, build it as well.

   ```text
   mage

   ```

   Make sure that all the binaries are executable and have a `0755` (`-rwxr-xr-x`) permission.

3. Sign the plugin. To learn more, refer to [Sign a plugin](https://grafana.com/developers/plugin-tools/publish-a-plugin/sign-a-plugin.md).

4. Rename the `dist` directory to match your plugin ID, and then create a ZIP archive.

   ```text
   mv dist/ myorg-simple-panel
   zip myorg-simple-panel-1.0.0.zip myorg-simple-panel -r

   ```

5. Optional: verify that your plugin is packaged correctly using [zipinfo](https://linux.die.net/man/1/zipinfo). It should look like this:

   ```shell
   $ zipinfo grafana-clickhouse-datasource-1.1.2.zip

   Archive:  grafana-clickhouse-datasource-1.1.2.zip
   Zip file size: 34324077 bytes, number of entries: 22
   drwxr-xr-x          0 bx stor 22-Mar-24 23:23 grafana-clickhouse-datasource/
   -rw-r--r--       1654 bX defN 22-Mar-24 23:23 grafana-clickhouse-datasource/CHANGELOG.md
   -rw-r--r--      11357 bX defN 22-Mar-24 23:23 grafana-clickhouse-datasource/LICENSE
   -rw-r--r--       2468 bX defN 22-Mar-24 23:23 grafana-clickhouse-datasource/MANIFEST.txt
   -rw-r--r--       8678 bX defN 22-Mar-24 23:23 grafana-clickhouse-datasource/README.md
   drwxr-xr-x          0 bx stor 22-Mar-24 23:23 grafana-clickhouse-datasource/dashboards/
   -rw-r--r--      42973 bX defN 22-Mar-24 23:23 grafana-clickhouse-datasource/dashboards/cluster-analysis.json
   -rw-r--r--      56759 bX defN 22-Mar-24 23:23 grafana-clickhouse-datasource/dashboards/data-analysis.json
   -rw-r--r--      39406 bX defN 22-Mar-24 23:23 grafana-clickhouse-datasource/dashboards/query-analysis.json
   -rwxr-xr-x   16469136 bX defN 22-Mar-24 23:23 grafana-clickhouse-datasource/gpx_clickhouse_darwin_amd64
   -rwxr-xr-x   16397666 bX defN 22-Mar-24 23:23 grafana-clickhouse-datasource/gpx_clickhouse_darwin_arm64
   -rwxr-xr-x   14942208 bX defN 22-Mar-24 23:23 grafana-clickhouse-datasource/gpx_clickhouse_linux_amd64
   -rwxr-xr-x   14155776 bX defN 22-Mar-24 23:23 grafana-clickhouse-datasource/gpx_clickhouse_linux_arm
   -rwxr-xr-x   14548992 bX defN 22-Mar-24 23:23 grafana-clickhouse-datasource/gpx_clickhouse_linux_arm64
   -rwxr-xr-x   15209472 bX defN 22-Mar-24 23:23 grafana-clickhouse-datasource/gpx_clickhouse_windows_amd64.exe
   drwxr-xr-x          0 bx stor 22-Mar-24 23:23 grafana-clickhouse-datasource/img/
   -rw-r--r--        304 bX defN 22-Mar-24 23:23 grafana-clickhouse-datasource/img/logo.png
   -rw-r--r--       1587 bX defN 22-Mar-24 23:23 grafana-clickhouse-datasource/img/logo.svg
   -rw-r--r--     138400 bX defN 22-Mar-24 23:23 grafana-clickhouse-datasource/module.js
   -rw-r--r--        808 bX defN 22-Mar-24 23:23 grafana-clickhouse-datasource/module.js.LICENSE.txt
   -rw-r--r--     487395 bX defN 22-Mar-24 23:23 grafana-clickhouse-datasource/module.js.map
   -rw-r--r--       1616 bX defN 22-Mar-24 23:23 grafana-clickhouse-datasource/plugin.json
   22 files, 92516655 bytes uncompressed, 34319591 bytes compressed:  62.9%

   ```

## Next steps[​](#next-steps "Direct link to Next steps")

After you've packaged your plugin, you can proceed to:

* [Publish your plugin](https://grafana.com/developers/plugin-tools/publish-a-plugin/publish-a-plugin.md) to share it with the world, or
* [Install a packaged plugin](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/administration/plugin-management/#install-a-packaged-plugin) by extracting it into your plugin directory.