diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8beb8c6b..ea57b645 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ Options:
   --enable=ENABLE : Enable plugin by name
   --datauri=DATAURI : Output as Data URI string (base64, URI encoded or unencoded)
   --pretty : Make SVG pretty printed
+  --show-plugins : Show available plugins and exit
 
 Arguments:
   INPUT : Alias to --input
diff --git a/README.ru.md b/README.ru.md
index 7e795ab3..db72d6d0 100644
--- a/README.ru.md
+++ b/README.ru.md
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ $ [sudo] npm install -g svgo
   --enable=ENABLE : Включение плагина по имени
   --datauri=DATAURI : Результат в виде строки Data URI (base64, URI encoded или unencoded)
   --pretty : Удобочитаемое форматирование SVG
+  --show-plugins : доступные плагины
 
 Аргументы:
   INPUT : Аналогично --input
diff --git a/lib/svgo/coa.js b/lib/svgo/coa.js
index 5f1abb2d..1e0ee647 100644
--- a/lib/svgo/coa.js
+++ b/lib/svgo/coa.js
@@ -102,6 +102,11 @@ module.exports = require('coa').Cmd()
         .long('pretty')
         .flag()
         .end()
+    .opt()
+        .name('show-plugins').title('Show available plugins and exit')
+        .long('show-plugins')
+        .flag()
+        .end()
     .arg()
         .name('input').title('Alias to --input')
         .end()
@@ -114,6 +119,14 @@ module.exports = require('coa').Cmd()
             output = args && args.output ? args.output : opts.output,
             config = {};
 
+        // --show-plugins
+        if (opts['show-plugins']) {
+
+            showAvailablePlugins();
+            process.exit(0);
+
+        }
+
         // w/o anything
         if (
             (!input || input === '-') &&
@@ -123,6 +136,7 @@ module.exports = require('coa').Cmd()
             process.stdin.isTTY
         ) return this.usage();
 
+
         // --config
         if (opts.config) {
 
@@ -510,3 +524,23 @@ function optimizeFolder(dir, config, output) {
     });
 
 }
+
+
+var showAvailablePlugins = function () {
+
+    var svgo = new SVGO();
+
+    console.log('Currently available plugins:');
+
+    svgo.config.plugins.forEach(function (plugins) {
+
+        plugins.forEach(function (plugin) {
+
+            console.log(' [ ' + plugin.name.green + ' ] ' + plugin.description);
+
+        });
+
+    });
+
+    //console.log(JSON.stringify(svgo, null, 4));
+};
diff --git a/plugins/addClassesToSVGElement.js b/plugins/addClassesToSVGElement.js
index cc9019af..1fe193f0 100644
--- a/plugins/addClassesToSVGElement.js
+++ b/plugins/addClassesToSVGElement.js
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ exports.type = 'full';
 
 exports.active = false;
 
+exports.description = 'Add classnames to an outer <svg> element.';
+
 /**
  * Add classnames to an outer <svg> element.
  *
diff --git a/plugins/cleanupAttrs.js b/plugins/cleanupAttrs.js
index 51effd8b..8d4a60ae 100644
--- a/plugins/cleanupAttrs.js
+++ b/plugins/cleanupAttrs.js
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ exports.type = 'perItem';
 
 exports.active = true;
 
+exports.description = 'cleanup attributes from newlines, trailing and repeating spaces';
+
 exports.params = {
     newlines: true,
     trim: true,
diff --git a/plugins/cleanupEnableBackground.js b/plugins/cleanupEnableBackground.js
index 119018c2..e6384ab5 100644
--- a/plugins/cleanupEnableBackground.js
+++ b/plugins/cleanupEnableBackground.js
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ exports.type = 'full';
 
 exports.active = true;
 
+exports.description = 'remove or cleanup enable-background attribute when possible';
+
 /**
  * Remove or cleanup enable-background attr which coincides with a width/height box.
  *
diff --git a/plugins/cleanupIDs.js b/plugins/cleanupIDs.js
index bfe907f1..f368da46 100644
--- a/plugins/cleanupIDs.js
+++ b/plugins/cleanupIDs.js
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ exports.type = 'full';
 
 exports.active = true;
 
+exports.description = 'remove unused and minify used IDs';
+
 exports.params = {
     remove: true,
     minify: true,
diff --git a/plugins/cleanupListOfValues.js b/plugins/cleanupListOfValues.js
index 5f617f0e..53d58e79 100644
--- a/plugins/cleanupListOfValues.js
+++ b/plugins/cleanupListOfValues.js
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ exports.type = 'perItem';
 
 exports.active = false;
 
+exports.description = 'Round list of values to the fixed precision';
+
 exports.params = {
     floatPrecision: 3,
     leadingZero: true,
diff --git a/plugins/cleanupNumericValues.js b/plugins/cleanupNumericValues.js
index a2865aa4..345bc7dd 100644
--- a/plugins/cleanupNumericValues.js
+++ b/plugins/cleanupNumericValues.js
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ exports.type = 'perItem';
 
 exports.active = true;
 
+exports.description = 'round numeric values to the fixed precision, remove default \'px\' units';
+
 exports.params = {
     floatPrecision: 3,
     leadingZero: true,
diff --git a/plugins/collapseGroups.js b/plugins/collapseGroups.js
index a751e40e..7d203a00 100644
--- a/plugins/collapseGroups.js
+++ b/plugins/collapseGroups.js
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ exports.type = 'perItemReverse';
 
 exports.active = true;
 
+exports.description = 'collapse useless groups';
+
 var animationElems = require('./_collections').elemsGroups.animation;
 
 /*
diff --git a/plugins/convertColors.js b/plugins/convertColors.js
index e1f6298a..413e6e9e 100644
--- a/plugins/convertColors.js
+++ b/plugins/convertColors.js
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ exports.type = 'perItem';
 
 exports.active = true;
 
+exports.description = 'convert colors (from rgb() to #rrggbb, from #rrggbb to #rgb)';
+
 exports.params = {
     names2hex: true,
     rgb2hex: true,
diff --git a/plugins/convertPathData.js b/plugins/convertPathData.js
index 13488e9b..9b7f6a9e 100644
--- a/plugins/convertPathData.js
+++ b/plugins/convertPathData.js
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ exports.type = 'perItem';
 
 exports.active = true;
 
+exports.description = 'convert Path data to relative or absolute whichever is shorter, convert one segment to another, trim useless delimiters, smart rounding and much more';
+
 exports.params = {
     applyTransforms: true,
     applyTransformsStroked: true,
diff --git a/plugins/convertShapeToPath.js b/plugins/convertShapeToPath.js
index c7527968..19a1eb97 100644
--- a/plugins/convertShapeToPath.js
+++ b/plugins/convertShapeToPath.js
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ exports.type = 'perItem';
 
 exports.active = true;
 
+exports.description = 'convert some basic shapes to path';
+
 var none = { value: 0 },
     regNumber = /[-+]?(?:\d*\.\d+|\d+\.?)(?:[eE][-+]?\d+)?/g;
 
@@ -101,4 +103,4 @@ exports.fn = function(item) {
             .removeAttr('points');
     }
 
-};
\ No newline at end of file
+};
diff --git a/plugins/convertStyleToAttrs.js b/plugins/convertStyleToAttrs.js
index 8e5e246b..c8c5056b 100644
--- a/plugins/convertStyleToAttrs.js
+++ b/plugins/convertStyleToAttrs.js
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ exports.type = 'perItem';
 
 exports.active = true;
 
+exports.description = 'Convert style in attributes. Cleanups comments and illegal declarations (without colon) as a side effect';
+
 var EXTEND = require('whet.extend'),
     stylingProps = require('./_collections').stylingProps,
     rEscape = '\\\\(?:[0-9a-f]{1,6}\\s?|\\r\\n|.)',                 // Like \" or \2051. Code points consume one space.
diff --git a/plugins/convertTransform.js b/plugins/convertTransform.js
index 90daa01f..d141e11f 100644
--- a/plugins/convertTransform.js
+++ b/plugins/convertTransform.js
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ exports.type = 'perItem';
 
 exports.active = true;
 
+exports.description = 'collapse multiple transforms into one, convert matrices to the short aliases and much more';
+
 exports.params = {
     convertToShorts: true,
     // degPrecision: 3, // transformPrecision (or matrix precision) - 2 by default
diff --git a/plugins/mergePaths.js b/plugins/mergePaths.js
index a56e106f..d3cb9ddb 100644
--- a/plugins/mergePaths.js
+++ b/plugins/mergePaths.js
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ exports.type = 'perItem';
 
 exports.active = true;
 
+exports.description = 'merge multiple Paths into one';
+
 exports.params = {
     collapseRepeated: true,
     leadingZero: true,
diff --git a/plugins/moveElemsAttrsToGroup.js b/plugins/moveElemsAttrsToGroup.js
index 04d9ddf0..e333753d 100644
--- a/plugins/moveElemsAttrsToGroup.js
+++ b/plugins/moveElemsAttrsToGroup.js
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ exports.type = 'perItemReverse';
 
 exports.active = true;
 
+exports.description = 'move elements attributes to the existing group wrapper';
+
 var inheritableAttrs = require('./_collections').inheritableAttrs,
     pathElems = require('./_collections.js').pathElems;
 
diff --git a/plugins/moveGroupAttrsToElems.js b/plugins/moveGroupAttrsToElems.js
index c2682990..6d651947 100644
--- a/plugins/moveGroupAttrsToElems.js
+++ b/plugins/moveGroupAttrsToElems.js
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ exports.type = 'perItem';
 
 exports.active = true;
 
+exports.description = 'move some group attributes to the content elements';
+
 var collections = require('./_collections.js'),
     pathElems = collections.pathElems.concat(['g', 'text']),
     referencesProps = collections.referencesProps;
diff --git a/plugins/removeComments.js b/plugins/removeComments.js
index c53b997c..ae73627a 100644
--- a/plugins/removeComments.js
+++ b/plugins/removeComments.js
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ exports.type = 'perItem';
 
 exports.active = true;
 
+exports.description = 'remove comments';
+
 /**
  * Remove comments.
  *
diff --git a/plugins/removeDesc.js b/plugins/removeDesc.js
index a6066413..2b6a9136 100644
--- a/plugins/removeDesc.js
+++ b/plugins/removeDesc.js
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ exports.params = {
     removeAny: false
 };
 
+exports.description = 'remove <desc> (only non-meaningful by default)';
+
 var standardDescs = /^Created with/;
 
 /**
diff --git a/plugins/removeDoctype.js b/plugins/removeDoctype.js
index 180bd242..c257e680 100644
--- a/plugins/removeDoctype.js
+++ b/plugins/removeDoctype.js
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ exports.type = 'perItem';
 
 exports.active = true;
 
+exports.description = 'remove doctype declaration';
+
 /**
  * Remove DOCTYPE declaration.
  *
diff --git a/plugins/removeEditorsNSData.js b/plugins/removeEditorsNSData.js
index c1bbb203..7ac6ba57 100644
--- a/plugins/removeEditorsNSData.js
+++ b/plugins/removeEditorsNSData.js
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ exports.type = 'perItem';
 
 exports.active = true;
 
+exports.description = 'remove editors namespaces, elements and attributes';
+
 var editorNamespaces = require('./_collections').editorNamespaces,
     prefixes = [];
 
diff --git a/plugins/removeEmptyAttrs.js b/plugins/removeEmptyAttrs.js
index e4e072c3..492e6142 100644
--- a/plugins/removeEmptyAttrs.js
+++ b/plugins/removeEmptyAttrs.js
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ exports.type = 'perItem';
 
 exports.active = true;
 
+exports.description = 'remove empty attributes';
+
 /**
  * Remove attributes with empty values.
  *
diff --git a/plugins/removeEmptyContainers.js b/plugins/removeEmptyContainers.js
index d9efec08..1ade8d36 100644
--- a/plugins/removeEmptyContainers.js
+++ b/plugins/removeEmptyContainers.js
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ exports.type = 'perItemReverse';
 
 exports.active = true;
 
+exports.description = 'remove empty Container elements';
+
 var container = require('./_collections').elemsGroups.container;
 
 /**
diff --git a/plugins/removeEmptyText.js b/plugins/removeEmptyText.js
index ae314c6b..60119977 100644
--- a/plugins/removeEmptyText.js
+++ b/plugins/removeEmptyText.js
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ exports.type = 'perItem';
 
 exports.active = true;
 
+exports.description = 'remove empty Text elements';
+
 exports.params = {
     text: true,
     tspan: true,
diff --git a/plugins/removeHiddenElems.js b/plugins/removeHiddenElems.js
index 4b1a8260..652894f2 100644
--- a/plugins/removeHiddenElems.js
+++ b/plugins/removeHiddenElems.js
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ exports.type = 'perItem';
 
 exports.active = true;
 
+exports.description = 'remove hidden elements';
+
 exports.params = {
     displayNone: true,
     opacity0: true,
diff --git a/plugins/removeMetadata.js b/plugins/removeMetadata.js
index 7573a452..99c64f2c 100644
--- a/plugins/removeMetadata.js
+++ b/plugins/removeMetadata.js
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ exports.type = 'perItem';
 
 exports.active = true;
 
+exports.description = 'remove <metadata>';
+
 /**
  * Remove <metadata>.
  *
diff --git a/plugins/removeNonInheritableGroupAttrs.js b/plugins/removeNonInheritableGroupAttrs.js
index af7f0778..2c9b9123 100644
--- a/plugins/removeNonInheritableGroupAttrs.js
+++ b/plugins/removeNonInheritableGroupAttrs.js
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ exports.type = 'perItem';
 
 exports.active = true;
 
+exports.description = 'remove non-inheritable group\'s "presentation" attributes';
+
 var inheritableAttrs = require('./_collections').inheritableAttrs,
     attrsGroups = require('./_collections').attrsGroups,
     excludedAttrs = ['display', 'opacity'];
diff --git a/plugins/removeRasterImages.js b/plugins/removeRasterImages.js
index 2a272027..d068cbda 100644
--- a/plugins/removeRasterImages.js
+++ b/plugins/removeRasterImages.js
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ exports.type = 'perItem';
 
 exports.active = false;
 
+exports.description = 'remove raster images (disabled by default)';
+
 /**
  * Remove raster images references in <image>.
  *
diff --git a/plugins/removeTitle.js b/plugins/removeTitle.js
index 3dd07f55..17930642 100644
--- a/plugins/removeTitle.js
+++ b/plugins/removeTitle.js
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ exports.type = 'perItem';
 
 exports.active = false;
 
+exports.description = 'remove <title> (disabled by default)';
+
 /**
  * Remove <title>.
  * Disabled by default cause it may be used for accessibility.
diff --git a/plugins/removeUnknownsAndDefaults.js b/plugins/removeUnknownsAndDefaults.js
index 41cb7125..eb4514cf 100644
--- a/plugins/removeUnknownsAndDefaults.js
+++ b/plugins/removeUnknownsAndDefaults.js
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ exports.type = 'perItem';
 
 exports.active = true;
 
+exports.description = 'remove unknown elements content and attributes, remove attrs with default values';
+
 exports.params = {
     unknownContent: true,
     unknownAttrs: true,
diff --git a/plugins/removeUnusedNS.js b/plugins/removeUnusedNS.js
index 3e4985f3..f46f3782 100644
--- a/plugins/removeUnusedNS.js
+++ b/plugins/removeUnusedNS.js
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ exports.type = 'full';
 
 exports.active = true;
 
+exports.description = 'remove unused namespaces declaration';
+
 /**
  * Remove unused namespaces declaration.
  *
diff --git a/plugins/removeUselessDefs.js b/plugins/removeUselessDefs.js
index 00332e03..87eb1709 100644
--- a/plugins/removeUselessDefs.js
+++ b/plugins/removeUselessDefs.js
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ exports.type = 'perItem';
 
 exports.active = true;
 
+exports.description = 'remove elements of <defs> without id';
+
 var nonRendering = require('./_collections').elemsGroups.nonRendering,
     defs;
 
diff --git a/plugins/removeUselessStrokeAndFill.js b/plugins/removeUselessStrokeAndFill.js
index 9ae569fb..cc3bbb1f 100644
--- a/plugins/removeUselessStrokeAndFill.js
+++ b/plugins/removeUselessStrokeAndFill.js
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ exports.type = 'perItem';
 
 exports.active = true;
 
+exports.description = 'remove useless stroke and fill attrs';
+
 exports.params = {
     stroke: true,
     fill: true
diff --git a/plugins/removeViewBox.js b/plugins/removeViewBox.js
index d3578059..7fbdd362 100644
--- a/plugins/removeViewBox.js
+++ b/plugins/removeViewBox.js
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ exports.type = 'perItem';
 
 exports.active = false;
 
+exports.description = 'remove viewBox attribute when possible (disabled by default)';
+
 var regViewBox = /^0\s0\s([\-+]?\d*\.?\d+([eE][\-+]?\d+)?)\s([\-+]?\d*\.?\d+([eE][\-+]?\d+)?)$/,
     viewBoxElems = ['svg', 'pattern'];
 
diff --git a/plugins/removeXMLProcInst.js b/plugins/removeXMLProcInst.js
index 41938f1e..ec443b38 100644
--- a/plugins/removeXMLProcInst.js
+++ b/plugins/removeXMLProcInst.js
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ exports.type = 'perItem';
 
 exports.active = true;
 
+exports.description = 'remove XML processing instructions';
+
 /**
  * Remove XML Processing Instruction.
  *
diff --git a/plugins/sortAttrs.js b/plugins/sortAttrs.js
index 74f41c3e..70220547 100644
--- a/plugins/sortAttrs.js
+++ b/plugins/sortAttrs.js
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ exports.type = 'perItem';
 
 exports.active = false;
 
+exports.description = 'sort element attributes for epic readability (disabled by default)';
+
 exports.params = {
 	order: [
 		'xmlns',
diff --git a/plugins/transformsWithOnePath.js b/plugins/transformsWithOnePath.js
index f390dab3..05e49bf1 100644
--- a/plugins/transformsWithOnePath.js
+++ b/plugins/transformsWithOnePath.js
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ exports.type = 'full';
 
 exports.active = false;
 
+exports.description = 'apply transforms, crop by real width, center vertical alignment and resize SVG with one Path inside (disabled by default)';
+
 exports.params = {
     // width and height to resize SVG and rescale inner Path
     width: false,