.. index::
   single: Core plugins
   seealso: Core plugins; Plugins

.. _core_plugins:

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Using QGIS Core Plugins
-----------------------

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 1

   plugins_db_manager
   plugins_geometry_checker
   plugins_metasearch
   plugins_offline_editing
   plugins_topology_checker


Below is the list of Core plugins provided with QGIS.
They are not necessarily enabled by default.

======================  ============================  ======================================================  ===============================
Icon                    Plugin                        Description                                             Manual Reference
======================  ============================  ======================================================  ===============================
|dbManager|             DB Manager                    Manage your databases within QGIS                       :ref:`dbmanager`
|geometryChecker|       Geometry Checker              Check and repair errors in vector geometries            :ref:`geometry_checker`
|grassTools|            GRASS 7                       GRASS functionality                                     :ref:`sec_grass`
|grassLogo|                 GRASS GIS provider            GRASS GIS Processing functionality                      :ref:`sec_grass`
|metasearch|            MetaSearch Catalog Client     Interact with metadata catalog services (CSW)           :ref:`metasearch`
|offlineEditingCopy|    Offline Editing               Offline editing and synchronizing with database         :ref:`offlinedit`
|otb|                   OrfeoToolbox provider         OrfeoToolbox Processing provider                        :ref:`otb_provider`
|geoprocessing|         Processing                    Spatial data processing framework                       :ref:`label_processing`
|saga|                  SAGA GIS provider             SAGA GIS Processing provider                            :ref:`saga_configure`
|topologyChecker|       Topology Checker              Find topological errors in vector layers                :ref:`topology`
======================  ============================  ======================================================  ===============================

.. note::

   To use the Core Plugins |grassTools| GRASS 7, |grassLogo| GRASS GIS provider,
   |otb| OrfeoToolbox provider or |saga| SAGA GIS provider they have to be 
   configured. Informations can be found :ref:`here <processing.results>`.

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.. |geometryChecker| image:: /static/common/geometrychecker.png
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.. |offlineEditingCopy| image:: /static/common/offline_editing_copy.png
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.. |otb| image:: /static/common/otb.png
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.. |topologyChecker| image:: /static/common/mActionTopologyChecker.png
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