# App Discovery

App Discovery gives users multiple ways to find and install your app across Discord.

## App Directory

The [App Directory](https://discord.com/discovery/applications) is a searchable hub where users can browse apps by name, category, or collection, and view a full product page with descriptions, screenshots, and links.

To appear here, your app needs to be verified and opted into discovery. See [Enabling Discovery](/guides/discovery-enabling-discovery) for the step-by-step setup.

## App Launcher

The [App Launcher](https://support-apps.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/26592957841303-How-to-Discover-and-Add-Apps#h_01J8JE2VM7QEKH9XKNR696P56C) is accessible from the app shapes icon throughout Discord and surfaces recently used apps and apps curated by collection.

## Organic Discovery & Sharing

Once your app is discoverable, social interactions within Discord become a natural acquisition channel. When users interact with your app in a server, others in that server can see it and visit your app's profile to install it themselves.

Each Discord app also has sharable links that take users to your app's profile or [store page](/guides/monetization-2-managing-skus#linking-to-your-store), shareable anywhere from Discord messages to external websites.

## Next Steps

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:::card{title="Discovery Overview" href="/guides/discovery-overview"}
Full guide to discovery surfaces, the App Directory, App Launcher, and social discovery.
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:::card{title="Enabling Discovery" href="/guides/discovery-enabling-discovery"}
Enable discovery for your app to make it available in the App Directory and App Launcher.
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:::card{title="Discovery Best Practices" href="/guides/discovery-best-practices"}
Learn how to make your app stand out and drive more users to discover it.
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## Related pages

- [API Reference](./api-reference-index.md)
- [App Fundamentals](./app-fundamentals-index.md)
- [Best Practices](./best-practices-index.md)
- [Bots & Companion Apps](./bots-companion-apps-index.md)
- [Building Games](./building-games-index.md)
- [Building on Discord](./building-on-discord-index.md)
- [Change Log](./change-log-index.md)
- [Communities & Servers](./communities-servers-index.md)
- [Components](./components-index.md)
- [Core Concepts](./core-concepts-index.md)

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