# Overview Source: https://docs.interop.io/browser/capabilities/home-app/overview/index.html ## Overview The [`@interopio/home-ui-react`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@interopio/home-ui-react) library provides React components and hooks that enable you to create and customize a Home App for your **io.Connect Browser** projects. The Home App enhances the user and developer experience when creating an **io.Connect Browser** project. It provides flows for authentication and authorization (including Auth0 integration), and for initial setup in order to acquire all necessary browser permissions from the user. The Home App also includes a Launchpad app which is the central hub for io.Connect apps, [Workspaces](https://docs.interop.io/browser/capabilities/windows/workspaces/overview/index.md), [Global Layouts](https://docs.interop.io/browser/capabilities/windows/layouts/setup/index.md), and [search](https://docs.interop.io/browser/capabilities/search/setup/index.md). The Launchpad can be pinned manually so that it won't close when the user clicks in it to open a section item or when it loses focus. The pinned Launchpad will remain visible within the browser window until the user clicks on the Launchpad button again to close it. When the Launchpad is pinned, the size of the Workspaces App is decreased within the browser window in order to accommodate the pinned Launchpad. The Home App header area hosts a notification icon that displays a Notification Panel with [notifications](https://docs.interop.io/browser/capabilities/notifications/setup/index.md) and a system dropdown menu containing several sections - Notification Settings, Platform Preferences, and Profile panels. > ⚠️ *Note that, currently, the only supported option is to build a Home App that's also a [Workspaces App](https://docs.interop.io/browser/capabilities/windows/workspaces/workspaces-app/index.md).* ## Using the Home App The Home App is the entry point of an **io.Connect Browser** project. Depending on how your Home App is configured, when you first load it in the browser, you may be presented with a login form. After a successful login, the app will initiate a first-time user setup flow which includes granting all required browser permissions to ensure that the **io.Connect Browser** project will function properly and the available io.Connect functionalities won't be restricted: ![Initial Setup](https://docs.interop.io/browser/images/home/initial-setup.mp4) Even if you don't grant all required permissions, the **io.Connect Browser** platform will initialize properly, but the available window management and notifications functionalities will be restricted. You can always grant the required browser permissions later: ![Manual Permissions](https://docs.interop.io/browser/images/home/manual-permissions.mp4) You can optionally install the Home App as a [Progressive Web Apps](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Progressive_web_apps) (PWA), which will allow you to use it as a desktop app. If you have created your custom Home App by using the io.Connect [CLI](https://docs.interop.io/browser/developers/cli/index.md), it will be fully configured as a PWA. If you are using the [`@interopio/home-ui-react`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@interopio/home-ui-react) library directly, you will have to [configure your custom Home App as a PWA](https://docs.interop.io/browser/developers/browser-platform/overview/index.md#progressive_web_app) if you want to use it as such. After the setup flow completes successfully, you will be able to start exploring and using the Home App. The Home App is also a [Workspaces App](https://docs.interop.io/browser/capabilities/windows/workspaces/workspaces-app/index.md), so it provides all functionalities of any normal Workspaces App. The main operational hub of the Home App is the Launchpad, accessible from the logo button of the Home App. The Launchpad is the place from which you can manage Workspaces and Global Layouts, start apps, select favorites for easy access, and use the search bar to find anything within the platform. ### Launchpad Sections The Launchpad offers default sections for displaying apps, Workspaces, favorite items, and Global Layouts: ![Launchpad Sections](https://docs.interop.io/browser/images/home/launchpad-sections.png) ### Notification Panel Available since io.Connect Browser 4.0 The Notification Panel can be opened by clicking on the notification icon in the Home App header area. It's the place where all notifications are consolidated and displayed to the user. Notifications can be sorted and removed individually or all at once: ![Notification Panel](https://docs.interop.io/browser/images/home/notification-panel.png) ### Notification Settings Available since io.Connect Browser 4.0 Use the Notification Settings panel located in the system dropdown menu of the Home App to enable or disable the notification badge and to choose to which notification sources to subscribe: ![Notification Settings](https://docs.interop.io/browser/images/home/notification-settings.png) ### Platform Preferences Panel Available since io.Connect Browser 4.0 Use the Platform Preferences panel located in the system dropdown menu of the Home App to select the desired visual theme and control which system dialogs to enable or disable: ![Platform Preferences](https://docs.interop.io/browser/images/home/platform-preferences.png) ### Profile Panel Available since io.Connect Browser 4.0 The Profile panel can be accessed from the system dropdown menu of the Home App. The Profile panel contains details about the currently logged in user, allows the user to log out of the platform, and displays support information: ![Profile Panel](https://docs.interop.io/browser/images/home/profile-panel.png)