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title: Extensions
description: Discover Storyblok's documentation with comprehensive developer guides, user manuals, API references, and examples to help you get the most out of the headless CMS platform.
url: https://storyblok.com/docs/api/management/extensions
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# Extensions

[Space Apps](/docs/plugins/space-plugins/), [Tool Plugins](/docs/plugins/tool-plugins/), and [Field Plugins](/docs/plugins/field-plugins/) are extensions that add functionalities to your spaces. Space apps work by being embedded within Storyblok, but do not need to be integrated with the Visual Editor. Tool Plugins extend the Visual Editor by adding new tool sections with custom functionality. Plugins on a field level are called Field Plugins.

These are standalone applications embedded via iframes, which communicate with Storyblok through [cross-window communication](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window/postMessage) and the Management API.

> [!TIP]
> [Field Plugins](/docs/api/management/field-plugins/) can be made individually but can also be a part of the organization and the partner extensions.

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