created: 20221114225038703
modified: 20221114230502925
tags: howto
title: How to run a local plugin library for testing
type: text/vnd.tiddlywiki

!! Start the Library Server

The "pluginlibrary" edition contains the components needed to set up a local server for ~TiddlyWiki plugin library testing or development.

The following commands will create the library files and start a test server at http://localhost:8888

```
cd /your/path/to/TiddlyWiki5/editions/pluginlibrary
tiddlywiki --build test-server
```

!! Important

''This server is read-only. Nothing is saved back to the filesystem''

!! Test the Library with a Single File Wiki

* Open a single file wiki and import the configuration tiddler form http://localhost:8888/#%24%3A%2Fconfig%2FLocalPluginLibrary
* Open the ''$:/ControlPanel : Plugins : "Get More Plugins"'' modal

!! Test the Library with a Node.js Wiki

* Create a new wiki with eg:

<<<
```
cd /temp/
tiddlywiki my-wiki --init server
tiddlywiki my-wiki --listen
```
<<<

* Open "my-wiki" from http://localhost:8080
* Import the http://localhost:8888/#%24%3A%2Fconfig%2FLocalPluginLibrary tiddler into "my-wiki"
* Open the ''$:/ControlPanel : Plugins : "Get More Plugins"'' modal