What is an app?

Apps are the mechanism by which you can interact with a platform's developer tools

The Seismic developer platform enables interactions and extensions of the Seismic platform. The app as your gateway to features such as:

Apps are not exclusive to Seismic. You have apps on your phone and computer. You may have apps installed on your web browser or CRM.

Types of apps

Hosted Apps

When an app is created within Seismic's App Reg platform it will be referred to as a hosted app. Hosted apps come in 3 flavors based on their audience and distribution methodology.

Local Apps When you create an app from scratch, it is directly tied to your tenant. It can be disabled, but it can not be uninstalled or removed from your tenant unless it is completely deleted.
Private Apps When someone shares their local app with you through a distribution URL.
Public Apps - These are apps which have been published to Seismic Exchange. Some public apps are free while some may require additional purchases, subscriptions, or services.

External Apps

When an app is created on a platform other than Seismic's App Reg platform, we will refer to these as external apps.

This developer portal doesn't really have anything to do with External apps, but they are described here as foundational concept. If you want to make an app on another platform, go check out that platform's developer documentation.

Personas

Different people will interact with apps in different ways

Tenant administrators are responsible for installing, enabling, and sometimes configuring apps on their tenants.
In-house developers will create apps and use their features, such as API calls and webhooks to improve and expand their organization's functionality.
External developers will create apps for other tenants, giving your organization access to the features they are using and building.