> Markdown version of [Tools](https://vaadin.com/docs/next/tools). Section index: [llms.txt](https://vaadin.com/docs/next/llms.txt)

# Tools

## <a id="development-tools"></a>Development Tools

### <a id="copilot"></a>Copilot

Edit your application directly in the browser yourself or ask the AI copilot to do it for you, and see the changes applied right there in the browser.

[See Copilot](https://vaadin.com/docs/next/tools/copilot.md)

## <a id="acceleration-kits"></a>Acceleration Kits

### <a id="appsec-kit-deprecated"></a>AppSec Kit (Deprecated)

Identify and manage security vulnerabilities in third-party dependencies. AppSec Kit won’t be available in Vaadin 26; a replacement online service for Vaadin Enterprise is in progress.

[See AppSec Kit](https://vaadin.com/docs/next/tools/appsec.md)

### <a id="azure-cloud-kit"></a>Azure Cloud Kit

Create scalable, highly-available, easily upgradable Vaadin applications, and deploy them to Azure Cloud.

[Azure Cloud Kit Overview](https://vaadin.com/docs/next/tools/azure-cloud.md)

### <a id="collaboration-kit-flow"></a>Collaboration Kit Flow

The simplest way to build real-time collaboration into web applications.

[See Collaboration Kit](https://vaadin.com/docs/next/tools/collaboration.md)

### <a id="kubernetes-kit"></a>Kubernetes Kit

Deploy your Vaadin application to Kubernetes, enabling scalability, high availability, and rolling updates.

[See Kubernetes Kit](https://vaadin.com/docs/next/tools/kubernetes.md)

### <a id="observability-kit"></a>Observability Kit

Get insights into Flow applications at runtime and in production by monitoring application health, detecting unhandled errors and performance issues, and observing user behavior.

[See Observability Kit](https://vaadin.com/docs/next/tools/observability.md)

### <a id="sso-kit-deprecated"></a>SSO Kit (Deprecated)

Integrate your Vaadin application with third-party identity providers, and give users single sign-on capabilities. SSO Kit won’t be available in Vaadin 26; its major features are now available directly in Spring Security.

[See SSO Kit](https://vaadin.com/docs/next/tools/sso.md)

### <a id="swing-kit"></a>Swing Kit

Swing Kit is designed to render Vaadin views inside Swing applications. You can gradually modernize your existing Swing application using Vaadin, upgrading the application view-by-view.

[See Swing Kit](https://vaadin.com/docs/next/tools/swing.md)

## <a id="other-tools"></a>Other Tools

### <a id="multiplatform-runtime-flow"></a>Multiplatform Runtime Flow

Run applications and components written with Vaadin 7/8 inside a Vaadin 10+ Flow application.

[See Multiplatform Runtime](https://vaadin.com/docs/next/tools/mpr.md)

### <a id="designer-deprecated"></a>Designer (Deprecated)

Create UIs visually by dragging and dropping components on a canvas. Designer is no longer being developed; use Copilot instead.

[See Designer](https://vaadin.com/docs/next/tools/designer.md)