# Mobile apps re-branding/ White labeling
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/mobile-apps-re-branding-white-labeling/53012
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [November 17, 2016, 8:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mobile-apps-re-branding-white-labeling/53012 "2016-11-17T08:18:56Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@junaid\_pk14](https://meta.discourse.org/u/junaid_pk14)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2016, 8:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mobile-apps-re-branding-white-labeling/53012/1 "2016-11-17T08:18:56Z")
Hello,
**Background:**
We are using Vbulletin since 2004 and on mobile side we are using Tapatalk app. Tapatalk([tapatalk.com](http://tapatalk.com)) also provides a app for global audience and plus for registered users, it allow to create private app with your brand and this is working well for long time.
We started Discourse migration few months earlier and now it is in final stages and we need mobile apps. We have seen Discourse apps both on Apple store & Android play store? Do you provide re-brand feature or can we do our-self since Discourse has open-sourced the applications?
Can we re-brand Discourse mobile app(Android / iOS) apps and upload with our brand name on Apple & Google store with some label ‘Powered by Discourse’?
Regards,
Junaid
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2016, 8:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mobile-apps-re-branding-white-labeling/53012/2 "2016-11-17T08:22:22Z")
We don’t have any re-branding strategy for the iOS and Android apps, sorry. If we did, it would likely be a $1k+/month high end enterprise hosting add-on (by that I mean _on top of_ the normal enterprise hosting fees) as the amount of effort involved is extreme.
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### Author:  [@junaid\_pk14](https://meta.discourse.org/u/junaid_pk14)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2016, 8:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mobile-apps-re-branding-white-labeling/53012/3 "2016-11-17T08:26:15Z")
ok, thank for quick reply. Is there any license issue if we rebuild mobile app ourself and publish with our names on Apple & Google store?
Thanks
Junaid
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2016, 8:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mobile-apps-re-branding-white-labeling/53012/4 "2016-11-17T08:43:37Z")
Not sure, what is the licensing here @sam?
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### Author:  [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2016, 2:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mobile-apps-re-branding-white-labeling/53012/5 "2016-11-17T14:08:30Z")
According to the [Github repo](https://github.com/discourse/DiscourseMobile/blob/master/LICENSE.txt) it has an MIT licenses, so that should allow anyone to take the software and do whatever they want with it as long as they keep in under the MIT license, keep your copyright notice (which needs to be fixed, your company is CDCK, not TODO), and doesn’t hold you liable.
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### Author:  [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2016, 2:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mobile-apps-re-branding-white-labeling/53012/6 "2016-11-17T14:10:39Z")
There is also the backend endpoints it use, like the push notification that only work for our hosted sites.
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2016, 4:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mobile-apps-re-branding-white-labeling/53012/7 "2016-11-18T04:36:27Z")
> [@jomaxro](#):
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> your company is CDCK, not TODO
thanks sorted that out!
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2016, 7:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mobile-apps-re-branding-white-labeling/53012/8 "2016-11-18T07:08:30Z")
There is a #faq topic on this now courtesy of @sam
> [@Things to consider before deciding to white-label the Discourse Mobile apps](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-if-i-want-to-white-label-the-discourse-mobile-apps/53063):
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> Since we released the iOS and Android apps a number of people have asked expressed interest in white labeling the Discourse app. information_source We do not offer a white labeling service and would only consider it for enterprise customers as an added bundle. If this is something you’re interested in, please discuss with us privately. Beware of the costs White-labeling Discourse is a complex task and involves a significant amount of long term maintenance across Android and iOS. It is rar…
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2016, 7:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mobile-apps-re-branding-white-labeling/53012/9 "2016-11-18T07:08:33Z")