Extension Points

This page provides a centralized reference for all pluggable surfaces in starlette-admin. Use the table below to identify the appropriate class, hook, or decorator for your use case and navigate to the in-depth documentation.

Extension Point	API Interface / Hook	Documentation Reference
Custom filter	Subclass `BaseFilter` and override `get_filter_registry()` on a `ModelView`.	Custom Filters
Custom exporter	Subclass `BaseExporter`.	Export & Import
Custom importer	Subclass `BaseImporter`.	Export & Import
Custom theme	Subclass `BaseTheme`.	Custom Themes
Custom authentication backend	Subclass `BaseAuthProvider`.	Authentication
Custom file storage	Subclass `BaseStorage` (automatically registered via its `name` attribute).	File Storage
Custom widget	Subclass `BaseWidget`.	Custom Views
Extra routes on a custom view	Apply the `@route("/path", methods=["GET"])` decorator to a `CustomView` method.	Custom Views
Plugin	Subclass `BasePlugin` to bundle fields, views, assets, and more.	Plugins

Note

To customize the default Tabler theme colors without building a custom theme from scratch, you can pass a TablerSettings object into a DefaultTheme instance.

Next Steps

Concepts: Learn how these pluggable pieces fit into the architecture of the framework as a whole.
Views: Explore the core views that most of these extension points attach to.