Is Vmware Vsphere a builtin plugin in packer?

Hello everyone,
I’m a bit confused about the VMware Vsphere plugin, on the official Packer doc we can see it listed in external plugins, however I was able to run Packer with Vsphere without any problems without even downloading the plugin, so I assume it is built-in and not external, please correct me if I’m wrong.
How can i get a list of all builtin plugins, i can’t find that info anywhere on the web
Greetings

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Hello, this is indeed confusing to me as well did you find an answer on this?

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Trying to install plugins manually in a disconnected env and the documentation is lacking. Had two colleges read through the docs as well ending up short…

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Hi @wolfstaks , I did in fact, I checked how Packer calls the plugin, you can do this by activating the logs and reading them or just by opening the logs in a text editor, search for the string “internal plugin”… I can now confirm that both Vsphere plugins (iso and clone) are integrated