# Kirby site as app **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions\ **Tags:** v2\ **Created:** [June 15, 2017, 12:27pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/kirby-site-as-app/7728 "2017-06-15T12:27:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dilby](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/dilby/32/3221_2.png) [@dilby](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/dilby)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2017, 12:27pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/kirby-site-as-app/7728/1 "2017-06-15T12:27:46Z")
Hi all - Does anyone have any experience or know of any good information on converting a kirby site to an app? I’d like to still control the info in the app from the kirby panel but effectively show the info wrapped in a kiosk app for tablets. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![1n3JgKl9pQ6cUMrW](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/1n3jgkl9pq6cumrw/32/2368_2.png) [@1n3JgKl9pQ6cUMrW](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/1n3JgKl9pQ6cUMrW)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2017, 8:42am UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/kirby-site-as-app/7728/2 "2017-06-16T08:42:39Z")
I did this, using the free Visual Studio Cordova IDE in combination with Kirby. Kirby was used as a back-end for providing the content, Cordova created a native app (Windows / Android) which parsed that content and showed it inside the app (using jQuery / Ajax / Bootstrap as front-end for the app). But Kirby’s data is not quite structured, so I prefered a JSON syntax and switched to WordPress, which had an in-build REST-API for converting all, plain text, content to JSON / XML / YAML / etc… ---
**Author:** ![distantnative](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/distantnative/32/11319_2.png) [@distantnative](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/distantnative)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2025, 5:35pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/kirby-site-as-app/7728/3 "2025-02-06T17:35:32Z")