# How can i use kibana as plugin
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-use-kibana-as-plugin/92665
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [July 11, 2017, 2:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-use-kibana-as-plugin/92665 "2017-07-11T14:11:51Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@riyajohnsnow](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/riyajohnsnow)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2017, 2:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-use-kibana-as-plugin/92665/1 "2017-07-11T14:11:51Z")
Hello sir i install kibana into my project as a plugin from "[https://www.npmjs.com/package/kibana](https://www.npmjs.com/package/kibana)"
but how it's work i can't getting.
if you have another idea for how can i used kibana as a plugin into my project please help.
Thanks
Riya shah
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### Author:  [@riyajohnsnow](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/riyajohnsnow)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2017, 2:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-use-kibana-as-plugin/92665/2 "2017-07-11T14:45:17Z")
Hello there sir, please help
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### Author:  [@Brandon\_Kobel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Brandon_Kobel)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2017, 6:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-use-kibana-as-plugin/92665/3 "2017-07-11T18:01:48Z")
@riyajohnsnow I'm not sure who published the Kibana project to npmjs, but that's not supported by Elastic and quite frankly isn't going to work.
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### Author:  [@riyajohnsnow](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/riyajohnsnow)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2017, 7:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-use-kibana-as-plugin/92665/4 "2017-07-12T07:00:17Z")
Hello sir, SO how can i used kibana as a plugin into my projet please give me some idea.
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### Author:  [@riyajohnsnow](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/riyajohnsnow)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2017, 7:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-use-kibana-as-plugin/92665/5 "2017-07-12T07:16:50Z")
Hello sir, I have kibana source code and i want to use this as a plugin like npm installed.
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### Author:  [@riyajohnsnow](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/riyajohnsnow)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2017, 7:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-use-kibana-as-plugin/92665/6 "2017-07-12T07:17:45Z")
Can you please help me sir.
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### Author:  [@Brandon\_Kobel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Brandon_Kobel)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2017, 11:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-use-kibana-as-plugin/92665/7 "2017-07-12T11:27:19Z")
@riyajohnsnow there isn't a supported way to use Kibana like a plugin via npmjs. Kibana is a standalone web-application that runs on top of Node, you could potentially display Kibana in an iframe within your application.
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### Author:  [@riyajohnsnow](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/riyajohnsnow)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2017, 11:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-use-kibana-as-plugin/92665/8 "2017-07-12T11:59:41Z")
Sir, if i want to create plugin of kibana it's possible or not please confirm me
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### Author:  [@Brandon\_Kobel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Brandon_Kobel)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2017, 12:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-use-kibana-as-plugin/92665/9 "2017-07-12T12:12:04Z")
@riyajohnsnow it's not possible.
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### Author:  [@riyajohnsnow](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/riyajohnsnow)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2017, 1:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-use-kibana-as-plugin/92665/10 "2017-07-12T13:27:19Z")
Hello sir , please see this link [https://www.timroes.de/2015/12/02/writing-kibana-4-plugins-basics/](https://www.timroes.de/2015/12/02/writing-kibana-4-plugins-basics/)
in this links may be discuss about used kibana as a plugin. it's possible sir?.
if i create own kibana plugin using kibana source code like npmjs packages , it's possible for me?
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### Author:  [@Brandon\_Kobel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Brandon_Kobel)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2017, 2:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-use-kibana-as-plugin/92665/11 "2017-07-12T14:15:33Z")
@riyajohnsnow that article talks about writing plugins for Kibana, which is entirely different than trying to use Kibana as a "plugin" within your own application.
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### Author:  [@riyajohnsnow](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/riyajohnsnow)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2017, 2:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-use-kibana-as-plugin/92665/12 "2017-07-12T14:18:46Z")
Okay sir, Thanks for helping and guiding me.
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### Author:  [@Brandon\_Kobel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Brandon_Kobel)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2017, 2:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-use-kibana-as-plugin/92665/13 "2017-07-12T14:19:56Z")
@riyajohnsnow no problem!
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### Author:  [@riyajohnsnow](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/riyajohnsnow)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2017, 8:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-use-kibana-as-plugin/92665/14 "2017-07-13T08:26:19Z")
Hello Sir, I want to create plugin for kibana UI changes it's possible or not?
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### Author:  [@riyajohnsnow](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/riyajohnsnow)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2017, 9:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-use-kibana-as-plugin/92665/15 "2017-07-13T09:00:40Z")
Like i want to change theme of kibana and i will just install one plugin and theme will be changes it's possible or not?
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### Author:  [@riyajohnsnow](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/riyajohnsnow)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2017, 10:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-use-kibana-as-plugin/92665/16 "2017-07-13T10:31:29Z")
Like i want to change theme of kibana and i will just install one plugin and theme will be changes it's possible or not?
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### Author:  [@riyajohnsnow](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/riyajohnsnow)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2017, 2:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-use-kibana-as-plugin/92665/17 "2017-07-14T14:15:02Z")
Like i want to change theme of kibana and i will just install one plugin and theme will be changes it's possible or not?
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### Author:  [@ppisljar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ppisljar)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2017, 2:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-use-kibana-as-plugin/92665/18 "2017-07-14T14:25:51Z")
i think it should be possible, your plugin could add a css with overrides for kibana styles, however i have a feeling it would be a lot of work, plus every time kibana is updated it would be broken, so even more work to maintain.
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### Author:  [@riyajohnsnow](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/riyajohnsnow)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2017, 2:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-use-kibana-as-plugin/92665/19 "2017-07-14T14:28:30Z")
i will just install one plugin and theme will be changes it's possible or not?
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### Author:  [@riyajohnsnow](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/riyajohnsnow)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2017, 2:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-use-kibana-as-plugin/92665/20 "2017-07-14T14:29:31Z")
so for it's any plugin available?if possible
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