# Hitchy Plugins

This is a moderated list of currently existing plugins for Hitchy:

@hitchy/plugin-auth (opens new window) - adds support for user authentication and request authorization incl. OIDC and SAML
@hitchy/plugin-cookies (opens new window) - simplified cookie handling
@hitchy/plugin-odem (opens new window) - an object document management (ODM) system
@hitchy/plugin-odem-etcd (opens new window) - an adapter for storing data in an etcd cluster
@hitchy/plugin-odem-rest (opens new window) - a REST API for accessing data managed by @hitchy/plugin-odem
@hitchy/plugin-odem-socket.io (opens new window) - accessing data managed by @hitchy/plugin-odem via websocket
@hitchy/plugin-proxy (opens new window) - reverse proxy transparently forwarding requests to separate/remote service
@hitchy/plugin-rate-limiter (opens new window) - generates customizable policy routing handlers for limiting request rates
@hitchy/plugin-session (opens new window) - server-side session support
@hitchy/plugin-socket.io (opens new window) - integrates socket.io (opens new window) with Hitchy incl. request dispatching via websocket
@hitchy/plugin-static (opens new window) - publishing static files in a folder

# Writing Plugins

See the description of Hitchy's powerful plugin API for integrating plugins to learn how to write your own plugins.