# 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 7, 2017, 1:37pm UTC](https://discuss.bitrise.io/t/can-i-use-bitrise-to-automatically-build-and-deploy-ionic-2-cordova-based-apps/72/7 "2017-01-07T13:37:41Z")

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Quick update: stack updates are now live, Ionic and Cordova are now preinstalled on the **Xcode Edge** and **Android/Linux** stacks.

> [@Weekly Virtual Machine / Stack updates - 2017.01.07](http://discuss.bitrise.io/t/weekly-virtual-machine-stack-updates-2017-01-07/130):
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> Change diffs can be found at: [https://github.com/bitrise-io/bitrise.io/pull/113](https://github.com/bitrise-io/bitrise.io/pull/113)Highlights Preinstalled cordova and ionic CLIs (npm install -g) on the Android/Linux stack ([preinstall ionic and cordova CLIs by viktorbenei · Pull Request #54 · bitrise-io/android · GitHub](https://github.com/bitrise-docker/android/pull/54/files)) and on the Xcode Edge stack ([preinstall ionic and cordova npm (CLI) packages by viktorbenei · Pull Request #31 · bitrise-io/osx-box-bootstrap · GitHub](https://github.com/bitrise-io/osx-box-bootstrap/pull/31/files)). For now we don’t preinstall Ruby 2.4 anywhere, not even on the Edge stac…

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