Carbon.txt Validator documentation¶ Usage Using the carbon.txt validator on the commandline Validating files on the command line Installation The supported approach - using uv and just Installing just and installing uv Developing with just Running tests Testing out the API with Bruno, a graphical API testing tool Architecture How carbon.txt is designed Deployment Deploying the validator CORS support Custom django Settings Custom Django Settings Monitoring and tracking errors with Sentry Keeping secrets out of source control Plugins Bundled Plugins with the Carbon.txt Validator carbon-txt-greenweb-csrd - the ‘Green Web CSRD’ plugin External plugins carbon-txt-check-online - the “check Online” plugin carbon-txt-download-disclosures - the “download disclosures” plugin Plugin Hooks process_document Using Plugins Default usage and activating plugins with the carbon.txt validator Default usage Usage with core plugins - extending functionality with the Greenweb CSRD plugin Using External plugins Contributing How to contribute to the carbon-txt validator project Getting set up Publishing a release Seeing and building documentation Updating the documentation locally Updating the public documentation Runbook How the Green Web Foundation deploys the validator Operating the front end Seeing Logs Monitoring, and exception tracking