# How to install external React package

**URL:** <https://community.forestadmin.com/t/how-to-install-external-react-package/6924>\
**Category:** Help me!\
**Created:** [December 19, 2023, 1:08pm UTC](https://community.forestadmin.com/t/how-to-install-external-react-package/6924 "2023-12-19T13:08:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![David\_Roegiers](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.forestadmin.com/david_roegiers/32/1039_2.png) [@David\_Roegiers](https://community.forestadmin.com/u/David_Roegiers)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2023, 1:08pm UTC](https://community.forestadmin.com/t/how-to-install-external-react-package/6924/1 "2023-12-19T13:08:09Z")

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Hi 👋

I have the following question:

I would like to integrate Retool Embed in ForestAdmin.

> **[Embed a web app with Retool Embed | Retool Docs](https://docs.retool.com/apps/external/quickstarts/embed)**
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> Retool Embed allows you to authenticate users–internal or external to your company–into embedded Retool apps. Not much changes in how you build your apps, but you need to complete a few steps to embed your apps for external use:

Is it technically possible to integrate the following React library in a Smart View of a collection? I have seen, that React is available in beta, but I don’t know how to install an external npm package.

> **[react-retool](https://www.npmjs.com/package/react-retool)**
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> A React wrapper for embedding Retool apps.. Latest version: 1.4.0, last published: 10 months ago. Start using react-retool in your project by running \`npm i react-retool\`. There is 1 other project in the npm registry using react-retool.

Thanks in advance

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**Author:** ![lionel.bouzonville](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.forestadmin.com/lionel.bouzonville/32/5727_2.png) [@lionel.bouzonville](https://community.forestadmin.com/u/lionel.bouzonville)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2023, 1:24pm UTC](https://community.forestadmin.com/t/how-to-install-external-react-package/6924/2 "2023-12-19T13:24:45Z")

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Hey @David_Roegiers , how are you ? 😉

What are you aiming to achieve with this app that you couldn’t accomplish with FA? I’m seeking to grasp the specific use case you’re trying to establish.

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**Author:** ![David\_Roegiers](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.forestadmin.com/david_roegiers/32/1039_2.png) [@David\_Roegiers](https://community.forestadmin.com/u/David_Roegiers)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2023, 2:04pm UTC](https://community.forestadmin.com/t/how-to-install-external-react-package/6924/3 "2023-12-19T14:04:16Z")

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Salut @lionel.bouzonville,

I’m good - I hope you are too. 🙂

We use ForestAdmin for standard and data-based processes: order processing, handling account changes from our customer support, some CMS stuff, process cases, etc.

Besides that, we have a bespoke, long, and complex legal fulfillment process. It is somewhat standardizable, but this requires advanced features, such as a custom timeline presentation, dynamic actions, enriched comments, stopwatches. Things, which are not possible with low-code in ForestAdmin, but are with Retool.

The need of my question above: Our operator should be able to take care of all these processes without jumping from one UI to another, that is why I’d like to have it embedded in ForestAdmin.

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**Author:** ![anon7311026](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f9ae1b/32.png) [@anon7311026](https://community.forestadmin.com/u/anon7311026)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2023, 9:23am UTC](https://community.forestadmin.com/t/how-to-install-external-react-package/6924/4 "2023-12-28T09:23:09Z")

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Hello @David_Roegiers,  
Your question is interesting, and we have been looking for options to handle your use case. We will get back to you asap with some ideas to try.

Thanks for your patience 🙏

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**Author:** ![David\_Roegiers](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.forestadmin.com/david_roegiers/32/1039_2.png) [@David\_Roegiers](https://community.forestadmin.com/u/David_Roegiers)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2024, 9:01am UTC](https://community.forestadmin.com/t/how-to-install-external-react-package/6924/5 "2024-01-08T09:01:18Z")

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Thanks @anon7311026, looking forward to your feedback!

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**Author:** ![anon7311026](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f9ae1b/32.png) [@anon7311026](https://community.forestadmin.com/u/anon7311026)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2024, 2:30pm UTC](https://community.forestadmin.com/t/how-to-install-external-react-package/6924/7 "2024-01-17T14:30:44Z")

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Hello @David_Roegiers,  
Sorry for the delay on this topic. Please bear with us as we are still working on this topic and will keep you updated.  
Regards,

Nicolas