# Can I use Bitrise to automatically build (and deploy) Ionic 2 (Cordova) based apps?

**URL:** <https://discuss.bitrise.io/t/can-i-use-bitrise-to-automatically-build-and-deploy-ionic-2-cordova-based-apps/72>\
**Category:** Question & Answer\
**Tags:** ionic\
**Created:** [January 3, 2017, 4:53am UTC](https://discuss.bitrise.io/t/can-i-use-bitrise-to-automatically-build-and-deploy-ionic-2-cordova-based-apps/72 "2017-01-03T04:53:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![viktorbenei](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.bitrise.io/viktorbenei/32/18_2.png) [@viktorbenei](https://discuss.bitrise.io/u/viktorbenei)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2017, 8:39pm UTC](https://discuss.bitrise.io/t/can-i-use-bitrise-to-automatically-build-and-deploy-ionic-2-cordova-based-apps/72/3 "2017-01-03T20:39:32Z")

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A quick update: while we were working on our Ionic 2 guide, we realized that it simply takes too much time to `npm install -g ionic cordova`, so we will preinstall both in this weekend’s Stack updates.

Related PRs:

- [https://github.com/bitrise-docker/android/pull/54](https://github.com/bitrise-docker/android/pull/54)
- [https://github.com/bitrise-io/osx-box-bootstrap/pull/31](https://github.com/bitrise-io/osx-box-bootstrap/pull/31)

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