# Micro app based architecture

MechCloud site builder has first class support for micro app architecture which is quite similar to micro frontend architecture. Unlike micro frontend, a micro app in MechCloud can have vuejs components only. **Micro app architecture is what makes MechCloud stand out from other no / low code tools as you will never run into a situation where you will not be able to onboard a page in MechCloud irrespective of the complexity of the page. This is a serious limitation in most of the no/low code tools out there.** 

Micro apps are used to make custom components (**Frame**, **Layout**, **External Page** and **Component**) developed by third parties available to the sites created using MechCloud site builder. These custom components can be consumed by a MechCloud site by running micro apps either on a remote location (e.g. cloudflare pages) for production or on a local machine during the development phase. 

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