Kit is opening up a world of opportunities and functionality for our creators by empowering third-party developers to build on top of our application and better integrate the creator’s toolkit in one place.

Building an app on Kit is completely self-serve. Here's how you can build, test, and publish an app in your Kit account.

Visit the Kit App Store, by clicking on Automate in the navigation menu and clicking Apps. From there, select the Build tab and click on New App on the right side.

Once you click on that button, fill out the form that pops up with your app name.

Filling this in will take you to the new Details settings page for the newly created app, only the Name field is required while you are creating and testing your app, though more is required to publish to our Kit App Store.

Once you've updated any of the form information, hit Save.

Filling this out will populate your app details page that can be found by clicking on the Preview button on the Build tab of the Kit App Store.

An app can contain either API access, one or many plugins, or both. Here are the key differences:

In order to set your app authentication strategies up, visit the Authentication tab, where you are able to configure and toggle API and plugin access on and off.

For more details on authentication, visit our developer documentation or the corresponding help centre article:

You'll be able to see of your apps on the Build tab of the Kit App Store. Here you will be able to see whether you have installed the app, from the inclusion of the green installed tick, or whether it is a draft, from the badge in the bottom corner.

From here, clicking on Preview will show you the app details page for your app, and most importantly let you install it within your own account.

The app will not be available for other Kit users to install until you've published it.

Though all apps accessing our API require OAuth authentication before they can be published, a great way to prototype and test out the functionality of our API is by using V4 API keys. More details on creating and managing API keys can be found here.

Once you've set up your app details and have configured at least one authentication method (either API access or at least one plugin), send the app for approval by clicking the Submit for Approval button in the Distribution tab within you app settings:

Click the Submit for Approval button in the window that pops up to confirm.

Your app will be submitted to us for approval. If we'll need a test account with your service to review your app, please send the test account's information to [email protected] alongside any details on the app functionality and steps for testing. Once approved by our team, the developer account will receive an email that the app is ready to be published.

When ready, hit Publish and your app will automatically be available in the Kit App Store for all eligible creators (currently all paid plans), as well as our Kit App marketing site.
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If we reject your app, we'll send you an email explaining the issues we found. You can then make changes to your app and click Resubmit for approval to have us review it again.

To unpublish your app, go to your app > Distribution and click the Unpublish button at the bottom to unpublish it.

When you unpublish your app, it will no longer be publicly visible in the Kit App Store. However, creators who already have your app installed can continue to use it.

To make your unpublished app unavailable for use (while still keeping it installed for creators), you'll need to:

Alternatively, you can delete your app. This will remove it from the Kit App Store and the accounts of creators who have installed it. These creators will no longer be able to use your app.

Delete your app by clicking your app's Edit button from the Developers settings, followed by Delete.