Does Superset Support Adding New Extensions for a Custom UI?

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Question: Custom UI Extension Support in Apache Superset

I would like to ask about extending Apache Superset with a custom UI module.

Background

I am exploring the possibility of adding a new feature as a first-class UI section inside Superset.
For example, I want to introduce a Chatbot feature that includes:

• A new page or menu item in the Superset navigation
• A custom React-based UI for interacting with the chatbot
• Reuse of Superset’s authentication, authorization (RBAC), and user context

Questions

1. Does Apache Superset provide an official extension or plugin mechanism that allows adding:

   • New UI pages
   • Custom navigation entries
   • Independent frontend modules (e.g. a chatbot UI)

2. If Superset does not support UI extensions in this way:

   • What is the recommended approach?
   • Is it acceptable to customize or fork the Superset frontend (React)?
   • Or is it better to build a separate application and integrate it with Superset (e.g. iframe, embedded content, SSO, or API-based integration)?

3. Are there any best practices, architectural guidelines, or real-world examples for implementing such custom features alongside Superset?

Environment (optional)

• Image Apache Superset version: apache/superset:latest

Any guidance, references, or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!