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Liferay offers a comprehensive toolkit to extend or customize your digital experience. Build applications quickly with low-code/no-code features like Objects, or leverage developer tools like Liferay Workspace and Blade CLI for further customizations.

For users on PaaS or running Self-Hosted, Liferay also offers tools deploying customizations.

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Customizing Liferay's Look and Feel
Official Documentation
Customizing Liferay's Look and Feel One of the easiest ways to get started developing on Liferay's platform is to modify its look and feel. You can change everything from its favicon to its entire...
Configuration as Code
Official Documentation
Configuration as Code Liferay Self-Hosted Liferay SaaS Liferay PaaS Liferay 7.4 Liferay instance configurations are deployable with client extensions. For example, you can deploy OAuth2...
Instance Settings YAML Configuration Reference
Official Documentation
Instance Settings YAML Configuration Reference You can use an instance settings client extension to configure a wide variety of Liferay configurations. Each configuration is referenced by its PID...
Working with Client Extensions
Official Documentation
Working with Client Extensions Liferay Self-Hosted Liferay SaaS Liferay PaaS Liferay 7.4 Using client extensions, you can extend Liferay without deploying OSGi modules. Just like traditional...
Packaging Client Extensions
Official Documentation
Packaging Client Extensions Liferay Self-Hosted Liferay SaaS Liferay PaaS Liferay 7.4 Client extension projects are built as deployable archives called Liferay Universal File Format Archives...
OAuth Headless Server YAML Configuration Reference
Official Documentation
OAuth Headless Server YAML Configuration Reference You can define an OAuth headless server client extension with a client-extension.yaml file. Usage Details This client-extension.yaml file defines...
Language Client Extensions
Official Documentation
Language Client Extensions Liferay DXP 2025.Q1+/Portal GA132+ A language client extension adds new language keys or overrides existing keys and their translations. For example, you can translate...
JavaScript Import Map Entry YAML Configuration Reference
Official Documentation
JavaScript Import Map Entry YAML Configuration Reference Usage Details This client-extension.yaml file defines a JavaScript import map entry client extension: assemble: - from: build/static ...
OAuth User Agent YAML Configuration Reference
Official Documentation
OAuth User Agent YAML Configuration Reference You can define an OAuth user agent client extension with a client-extension.yaml file. Usage Details This client-extension.yaml file defines an OAuth...
Bundling Resources in a JavaScript Import Map Entry Client Extension
Official Documentation
Bundling Resources in a JavaScript Import Map Entry Client Extension Liferay DXP 2023.Q1+/Portal GA92+ JavaScript import map entry client extensions make JavaScript code or resources available to...
Client Extensions UI Reference
Official Documentation
Client Extensions UI Reference Liferay's widget client extensions (custom element and iframe) register applications with Liferay, adding them as widgets to site pages. Additionally, you can style...
Micro Frontends
Official Documentation
Micro Frontends Micro frontends extend the concept of microservices to the frontend side of development. You can build a fully-featured and powerful browser application that uses a microservice...
CSS YAML Configuration Reference
Official Documentation
CSS YAML Configuration Reference You can define a CSS client extension with a client-extension.yaml file. Usage Details This client-extension.yaml file defines a CSS client extension definition: ...
Using a JavaScript Client Extension
Official Documentation
Using a JavaScript Client Extension Liferay 7.4+ With a JavaScript (JS) client extension, you can run your own JavaScript on any page in Liferay without worrying about dependencies on Liferay code...
Using a Frontend Data Set Cell Renderer Client Extension
Official Documentation
Using a Frontend Data Set Cell Renderer Client Extension Liferay 7.4+ You can use Frontend Data Set (FDS) cell renderer client extensions to customize the display for your data set. Use this type...
Using a Frontend Data Set Filter Client Extension
Official Documentation
Using a Frontend Data Set Filter Client Extension Liferay DXP 2024.Q2+/Portal GA120+ Frontend data set filter client extensions define JavaScript functions for creating customizable filter...
Frontend Data Set Cell Renderer YAML Reference
Official Documentation
Frontend Data Set Cell Renderer YAML Reference You can define a Frontend Data Set cell renderer client extension with a client-extension.yaml file. Usage Details The client-extension.yaml file...
Using a CSS Client Extension
Official Documentation
Using a CSS Client Extension Liferay 7.4+ CSS client extensions introduce new CSS styling to pages. A deployed CSS client extension on a page adds to the page's existing styling, including theme...
JavaScript YAML Configuration Reference
Official Documentation
JavaScript YAML Configuration Reference You can define a JavaScript client extension with a client-extension.yaml file. Usage Details This client-extension.yaml file defines a JavaScript client...
Using a Theme Favicon Client Extension
Official Documentation
Using a Theme Favicon Client Extension Liferay 7.4+ With a theme favicon client extension, you can override the theme's favicon on the selected page. Start with the sample workspace to build and...