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title: Applications and Applets
slug: user-guide-10x/applications-and-applets
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createdAt: 2025-06-18T11:01:36.085Z
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Applications and Applets are the foundation of the Swimlane platform.

**What is an application?**

A user-defined template for collecting, storing, and organizing your data. All automated activities and decisions are driven by how your application stores data. You also manage workflow from within applications.

**What is an applet?**

A preconfigured set of fields and layout specifications. Applets are appended to an existing application form layout and allow users to easily update and expand their existing applications.