| ## Tiers and Namespaces |
| |
| Packer plugins are published and maintained by a variety of sources, including |
| HashiCorp, and the Packer community. We use tiers and badges to |
| denote the source of a plugin. Additionally, namespaces are used to help users |
| identify the organization or publisher responsible for the integration, as shown |
| in the table below. |
| |
| | Tier | Description | Namespace | |
| | -------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |
| | <PluginBadge type="official" /> | Official plugins are owned and maintained by HashiCorp. | hashicorp | |
| | <PluginBadge type="verified" /> | Verified plugins are owned and maintained by third-party technology partners. Plugins in this tier indicate HashiCorp has verified the authenticity of the Plugin’s publisher, and that the partner is a member of the [HashiCorp Technology Partner Program](https://www.hashicorp.com/partners).| Third-party organization | |
| | <PluginBadge type="community" /> | Community providers are published by individual maintainers, groups of maintainers, or other members of the Packer community. | Third-party organization or maintainer's individual account | |
| | <PluginBadge type="archived" /> | Archived plugins are plugins that are no longer maintained by HashiCorp, a partner, or the community. This may occur if an API is deprecated or interest was low. | hashicorp or third-party | |
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| ## HCP Packer Badge |
| <PluginBadge type="hcp_packer_ready" /> is present for plugins that HashiCorp has verified to communicate build status to the HCP Packer registry. |
