diff --git a/app/electron/main.ts b/app/electron/main.ts
index bab5cd20243..a6b08d46ebf 100644
--- a/app/electron/main.ts
+++ b/app/electron/main.ts
@@ -69,6 +69,10 @@ const args = yargs(hideBin(process.argv))
       describe: 'Disable use of GPU. For people who may have buggy graphics drivers',
       type: 'boolean',
     },
+    'list-plugins': {
+      describe: 'List all static and user-added plugins.',
+      type: 'boolean',
+    },
   })
   .positional('kubeconfig', {
     describe:
@@ -78,6 +82,20 @@ const args = yargs(hideBin(process.argv))
   .help()
   .parseSync();
 
+const listPlugins = args['list-plugins'] === true;
+
+if (listPlugins) {
+  try {
+    const backendPath = path.join(process.resourcesPath, 'headlamp-server');
+    const stdout = execSync(`${backendPath} --list-plugins`);
+    process.stdout.write(stdout);
+    process.exit(0);
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error(`Error listing plugins: ${error}`);
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+}
+
 const isHeadlessMode = args.headless === true;
 let disableGPU = args['disable-gpu'] === true;
 const defaultPort = 4466;
diff --git a/backend/cmd/server.go b/backend/cmd/server.go
index 2959990c40a..cce1cf5a440 100644
--- a/backend/cmd/server.go
+++ b/backend/cmd/server.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/headlamp-k8s/headlamp/backend/pkg/config"
 	"github.com/headlamp-k8s/headlamp/backend/pkg/kubeconfig"
 	"github.com/headlamp-k8s/headlamp/backend/pkg/logger"
+	"github.com/headlamp-k8s/headlamp/backend/pkg/plugins"
 )
 
 func main() {
@@ -17,6 +18,15 @@ func main() {
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 
+	if conf.ListPlugins {
+		if err := plugins.ListPlugins(conf.StaticDir, conf.PluginsDir); err != nil {
+			logger.Log(logger.LevelError, nil, err, "listing plugins")
+			os.Exit(1)
+		}
+
+		os.Exit(0)
+	}
+
 	cache := cache.New[interface{}]()
 	kubeConfigStore := kubeconfig.NewContextStore()
 
diff --git a/backend/pkg/config/config.go b/backend/pkg/config/config.go
index bb110b897e9..bebd87f4231 100644
--- a/backend/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/backend/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	InsecureSsl           bool   `koanf:"insecure-ssl"`
 	EnableHelm            bool   `koanf:"enable-helm"`
 	EnableDynamicClusters bool   `koanf:"enable-dynamic-clusters"`
+	ListPlugins           bool   `koanf:"list-plugins"`
 	Port                  uint   `koanf:"port"`
 	KubeConfigPath        string `koanf:"kubeconfig"`
 	StaticDir             string `koanf:"html-static-dir"`
@@ -153,6 +154,7 @@ func flagset() *flag.FlagSet {
 	f.Bool("dev", false, "Allow connections from other origins")
 	f.Bool("insecure-ssl", false, "Accept/Ignore all server SSL certificates")
 	f.Bool("enable-dynamic-clusters", false, "Enable dynamic clusters, which stores stateless clusters in the frontend.")
+	f.Bool("list-plugins", false, "List all static and user-added plugins")
 
 	f.String("kubeconfig", "", "Absolute path to the kubeconfig file")
 	f.String("html-static-dir", "", "Static HTML directory to serve")
diff --git a/backend/pkg/plugins/plugins.go b/backend/pkg/plugins/plugins.go
index 431052af218..c32e925d2e2 100644
--- a/backend/pkg/plugins/plugins.go
+++ b/backend/pkg/plugins/plugins.go
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ func periodicallyWatchSubfolders(watcher *fsnotify.Watcher, path string, interva
 	}
 }
 
-// GeneratePluginPaths takes the staticPluginDir and pluginDir and returns a list of plugin paths.
-func GeneratePluginPaths(staticPluginDir string, pluginDir string) ([]string, error) {
+// generateSeparatePluginPaths takes the staticPluginDir and pluginDir and returns separate lists of plugin paths.
+func generateSeparatePluginPaths(staticPluginDir, pluginDir string) ([]string, []string, error) {
 	var pluginListURLStatic []string
 
 	if staticPluginDir != "" {
@@ -86,11 +86,21 @@ func GeneratePluginPaths(staticPluginDir string, pluginDir string) ([]string, er
 
 		pluginListURLStatic, err = pluginBasePathListForDir(staticPluginDir, "static-plugins")
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
+			return nil, nil, err
 		}
 	}
 
 	pluginListURL, err := pluginBasePathListForDir(pluginDir, "plugins")
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, err
+	}
+
+	return pluginListURLStatic, pluginListURL, nil
+}
+
+// GeneratePluginPaths generates a concatenated list of plugin paths from the staticPluginDir and pluginDir.
+func GeneratePluginPaths(staticPluginDir, pluginDir string) ([]string, error) {
+	pluginListURLStatic, pluginListURL, err := generateSeparatePluginPaths(staticPluginDir, pluginDir)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -103,6 +113,40 @@ func GeneratePluginPaths(staticPluginDir string, pluginDir string) ([]string, er
 	return pluginListURL, nil
 }
 
+var GenerateSeparatePluginPathsFunc = generateSeparatePluginPaths
+
+// ListPlugins lists the plugins in the static and user-added plugin directories.
+func ListPlugins(staticPluginDir, pluginDir string) error {
+	staticPlugins, userPlugins, err := GenerateSeparatePluginPathsFunc(staticPluginDir, pluginDir)
+	if err != nil {
+		logger.Log(logger.LevelError, nil, err, "listing plugins")
+		return fmt.Errorf("listing plugins: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	if len(staticPlugins) > 0 {
+		fmt.Printf("Static Plugins (%s):\n", staticPluginDir)
+
+		for _, plugin := range staticPlugins {
+			fmt.Println(" -", plugin)
+		}
+	} else {
+		fmt.Println("No static plugins found.")
+	}
+
+	if len(userPlugins) > 0 {
+		fmt.Printf("\nUser-added Plugins (%s):\n", pluginDir)
+
+		for _, plugin := range userPlugins {
+			plugin = strings.TrimPrefix(plugin, "plugins/")
+			fmt.Println(" -", plugin)
+		}
+	} else {
+		fmt.Printf("No user-added plugins found.")
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 // pluginBasePathListForDir returns a list of valid plugin paths for the given directory.
 func pluginBasePathListForDir(pluginDir string, baseURL string) ([]string, error) {
 	files, err := os.ReadDir(pluginDir)
diff --git a/backend/pkg/plugins/plugins_test.go b/backend/pkg/plugins/plugins_test.go
index e01aca81eee..cc53f90d776 100644
--- a/backend/pkg/plugins/plugins_test.go
+++ b/backend/pkg/plugins/plugins_test.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package plugins_test
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"io"
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"os"
 	"path"
@@ -178,6 +179,89 @@ func TestGeneratePluginPaths(t *testing.T) { //nolint:funlen
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 }
 
+func captureOutput(f func()) (string, error) {
+	r, w, err := os.Pipe()
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	originalStdout := os.Stdout
+	os.Stdout = w
+
+	f()
+
+	err = w.Close()
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	os.Stdout = originalStdout
+
+	outputBytes, err := io.ReadAll(r)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	return string(outputBytes), nil
+}
+
+func TestListPlugins(t *testing.T) {
+	// Create a temporary directory if it doesn't exist
+	_, err := os.Stat("/tmp/")
+	if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		err = os.Mkdir("/tmp/", 0o755)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+	}
+
+	// create a static plugin directory in /tmp
+	staticPluginDir := path.Join("/tmp", uuid.NewString())
+	err = os.Mkdir(staticPluginDir, 0o755)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	staticPlugin1Dir := path.Join(staticPluginDir, "static-plugin-1")
+	err = os.Mkdir(staticPlugin1Dir, 0o755)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// Create main.js and package.json for static plugin
+	staticMainJsPath := path.Join(staticPlugin1Dir, "main.js")
+	_, err = os.Create(staticMainJsPath)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	staticPackageJSONPath := path.Join(staticPlugin1Dir, "package.json")
+	_, err = os.Create(staticPackageJSONPath)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// create a user plugin directory in /tmp
+	pluginDir := path.Join("/tmp", uuid.NewString())
+	err = os.Mkdir(pluginDir, 0o755)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	plugin1Dir := path.Join(pluginDir, "user-plugin-1")
+	err = os.Mkdir(plugin1Dir, 0o755)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// Create main.js and package.json for user plugin
+	userMainJsPath := path.Join(plugin1Dir, "main.js")
+	_, err = os.Create(userMainJsPath)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	packageJSONPath := path.Join(plugin1Dir, "package.json")
+	_, err = os.Create(packageJSONPath)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// Capture the output of the ListPlugins function
+	output, err := captureOutput(func() {
+		err := plugins.ListPlugins(staticPluginDir, pluginDir)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+	})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	require.Contains(t, output, "Static Plugins")
+	require.Contains(t, output, "static-plugin-1")
+	require.Contains(t, output, "User-added Plugins")
+	require.Contains(t, output, "user-plugin-1")
+}
+
 func TestHandlePluginEvents(t *testing.T) { //nolint:funlen
 	// Create a temporary directory if it doesn't exist
 	_, err := os.Stat("/tmp/")