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About integrations	Integrations are tools and services that connect with {% data variables.product.product_name %} to complement and extend your workflow.	/articles/about-integrations /github/customizing-your-github-workflow/about-integrations	fpt *

You can install integrations in your personal account or organizations you own. You can also install {% data variables.product.prodname_github_app %}s from a third-party in a specific repository where you have admin permissions or which is owned by your organization.

Differences between {% data variables.product.prodname_github_app %}s and {% data variables.product.prodname_oauth_app %}s

Integrations can be {% data variables.product.prodname_github_app %}s, {% data variables.product.prodname_oauth_app %}s, or anything that utilizes {% data variables.product.product_name %} APIs or webhooks.

{% data variables.product.prodname_github_app %}s offer granular permissions and request access to only what the app needs. {% data variables.product.prodname_github_app %}s also offer specific user-level permissions that each user must authorize individually when an app is installed or when the integrator changes the permissions requested by the app.

For more information, see:

• "Differences between {% data variables.product.prodname_github_app %}s and {% data variables.product.prodname_oauth_app %}s"
• "About apps"
• "User-level permissions"
• "Authorizing {% data variables.product.prodname_oauth_app %}s"
• "Authorizing {% data variables.product.prodname_github_apps %}"
• "Reviewing your authorized integrations"

You can install a preconfigured {% data variables.product.prodname_github_app %}, if the integrators or app creators have created their app with the {% data variables.product.prodname_github_app %} manifest flow. For information about how to run your {% data variables.product.prodname_github_app %} with automated configuration, contact the integrator or app creator.

You can create a {% data variables.product.prodname_github_app %} with simplified configuration if you build your app with Probot. For more information, see the Probot docs site.

Discovering integrations in {% data variables.product.prodname_marketplace %}

You can find an integration to install or publish your own integration in {% data variables.product.prodname_marketplace %}.

{% data variables.product.prodname_marketplace %} contains {% data variables.product.prodname_github_app %}s and {% data variables.product.prodname_oauth_app %}s. For more information on finding an integration or creating your own integration, see "About {% data variables.product.prodname_marketplace %}."

Integrations purchased directly from integrators

You can also purchase some integrations directly from integrators. As an organization member, if you find a {% data variables.product.prodname_github_app %} that you'd like to use, you can request that an organization approve and install the app for the organization.

If you have admin permissions for all organization-owned repositories the app is installed on, you can install {% data variables.product.prodname_github_app %}s with repository-level permissions without having to ask an organization owner to approve the app. When an integrator changes an app's permissions, if the permissions are for a repository only, organization owners and people with admin permissions to a repository with that app installed can review and accept the new permissions.