> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.comfy.org/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Apps Sidebar - Packaged Workflow Apps

> The Apps left-sidebar tab lists packaged workflow apps (.app.json). For the linear run UI, see App Mode.

The **Apps** entry is registered in the left sidebar after Assets, Node Library, Model Library, and Workflows. It lists packaged workflow apps: saved workflows whose file suffix is `.app.json`. The tab title includes a **Beta** badge.

This sidebar catalog is not the same as [App Mode](https://docs.comfy.org/interface/app-mode.md). App Mode is the linear, simplified run UI for a workflow. The Apps sidebar is where you find and open packaged apps, create a blank workflow to start a new one, and manage those `.app.json` files the same way you manage ordinary workflows.

![The Apps panel with the Beta badge, the Create button, and the saved apps under Browse](https://mintcdn.com/dripart/cWths51SAUr51YVL/images/interface/apps/apps_panel.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=cWths51SAUr51YVL\&q=85\&s=5c19665329960a9e62c1c8f3ec78f807)

## Opening the Apps panel

Click the **Apps** icon in the left sidebar. The panel reuses the same layout as [Workflows](https://docs.comfy.org/interface/workflows.md): search, optional **Open** section (when opened workflows are set to Sidebar), **Bookmarks**, and **Browse**, but every list is filtered to `.app.json` files only.

## Empty state and Create

When no apps are saved yet, the Browse area shows an empty state with a short message and a **Create app** button. When the Browse list has results, a **Create** button also appears in the panel header. Both actions run **New Blank Workflow** (`Comfy.NewBlankWorkflow`), which opens a blank graph you can configure for App Mode and save as an app.

## Working with apps

Actions match the Workflows panel for the filtered list:

* Click an app to open it.
* Bookmark, rename, delete, duplicate, and drag leaves the same way as ordinary workflows.
* In the context menu, **Duplicate** is always available. **Insert** is available outside App Mode.

To actually run an app in the simplified linear UI, open it and enter App Mode. See [App Mode](https://docs.comfy.org/interface/app-mode.md) for building inputs and outputs, previewing the layout, and switching between graph editing and the app-style view.

## How Apps relates to Workflows and Templates

| Surface | What it lists |
| - | - |
| [Workflows](https://docs.comfy.org/interface/workflows.md) | Ordinary saved graphs (and open tabs), typically `.json` |
| **Apps** (this page) | Packaged apps ending in `.app.json` |
| [Templates](https://docs.comfy.org/interface/features/template.md) | Official and community starter graphs from **Browse Templates**, not your local app library |

## Related pages

* [App Mode](https://docs.comfy.org/interface/app-mode.md)
* [Workflows](https://docs.comfy.org/interface/workflows.md)
* [Templates](https://docs.comfy.org/interface/features/template.md)
* [Interface Overview](https://docs.comfy.org/interface/overview.md)


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