# xarray.backends.list_engines

### xarray.backends.list_engines()[[source]](https://github.com/pydata/xarray/blob/main/xarray/backends/plugins.py#L116-L131)

Return a dictionary of available engines and their BackendEntrypoint objects.

* **Returns:**
  `dictionary`

### Notes

This function lives in the backends namespace (`engs=xr.backends.list_engines()`).
If available, more information is available about each backend via `engs["eng_name"]`.