# use [](https://www.npmjs.com/package/use) [](https://npmjs.org/package/use) [](https://npmjs.org/package/use) [](https://travis-ci.org/jonschlinkert/use) > Easily add plugin support to your node.js application. ## Install Install with [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/): ```sh $ npm install --save use ``` A different take on plugin handling! This is not a middleware system, if you need something that handles async middleware, [ware](https://github.com/segmentio/ware) is great for that. ## Usage ```js var use = require('use'); ``` See the [examples folder](./examples) for usage examples. ## About ### Related projects * [base-plugins](https://www.npmjs.com/package/base-plugins): Upgrade's plugin support in base applications to allow plugins to be called any time after… [more](https://github.com/node-base/base-plugins) | [homepage](https://github.com/node-base/base-plugins "Upgrade's plugin support in base applications to allow plugins to be called any time after init.") * [base](https://www.npmjs.com/package/base): base is the foundation for creating modular, unit testable and highly pluggable node.js applications, starting… [more](https://github.com/node-base/base) | [homepage](https://github.com/node-base/base "base is the foundation for creating modular, unit testable and highly pluggable node.js applications, starting with a handful of common methods, like `set`, `get`, `del` and `use`.") * [ware](https://www.npmjs.com/package/ware): Easily create your own middleware layer. | [homepage](https://github.com/segmentio/ware "Easily create your own middleware layer.") ### Contributing Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, [please create an issue](../../issues/new). ### Contributors | **Commits** | **Contributor** | | --- | --- | | 22 | [jonschlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert) | | 7 | [tunnckoCore](https://github.com/tunnckoCore) | | 2 | [doowb](https://github.com/doowb) | | 1 | [wtgtybhertgeghgtwtg](https://github.com/wtgtybhertgeghgtwtg) | ### Building docs _(This project's readme.md is generated by [verb](https://github.com/verbose/verb-generate-readme), please don't edit the readme directly. Any changes to the readme must be made in the [.verb.md](.verb.md) readme template.)_ To generate the readme, run the following command: ```sh $ npm install -g verbose/verb#dev verb-generate-readme && verb ``` ### Running tests Running and reviewing unit tests is a great way to get familiarized with a library and its API. You can install dependencies and run tests with the following command: ```sh $ npm install && npm test ``` ### Author **Jon Schlinkert** * [github/jonschlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert) * [twitter/jonschlinkert](https://twitter.com/jonschlinkert) ### License Copyright © 2017, [Jon Schlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert). Released under the [MIT License](LICENSE). *** _This file was generated by [verb-generate-readme](https://github.com/verbose/verb-generate-readme), v0.4.2, on February 25, 2017._