# Use kibana inside an external node js framework

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-kibana-inside-an-external-node-js-framework/89542>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [June 15, 2017, 11:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-kibana-inside-an-external-node-js-framework/89542 "2017-06-15T11:21:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![priyam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@priyam](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/priyam)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2017, 11:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-kibana-inside-an-external-node-js-framework/89542/1 "2017-06-15T11:21:29Z")

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We have a lot of editable forms in our requirement for which we need to have editable textboxes that are pre-filled and can be submitted on button click by user... so we have two approaches for this:

1. we create plugins in kibana with those functionalities.
2. We create a custom framework of our own using node js and bootstrap and embed kibana 5.4.0 inside it.

Is point(2) possible?? can we embed kibana framework inside another custom node js framework?.. i could not find any similar project in git

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**Author:** ![Bargs](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bargs/32/5429_2.png) [@Bargs](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bargs)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2017, 8:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-kibana-inside-an-external-node-js-framework/89542/2 "2017-06-15T20:34:55Z")

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Kibana is designed as a standalone application, not a library, so it won't be possible. The closest you'll get to embedding kibana in another app is the [sharing functionality](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/sharing-dashboards.html) which allows you to display visualizations and dashboards in an iframe.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2017, 8:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-kibana-inside-an-external-node-js-framework/89542/3 "2017-07-13T20:45:45Z")

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