# Vendor an Ember-CLI addon

**URL:** <https://discuss.emberjs.com/t/vendor-an-ember-cli-addon/8765>\
**Category:** Ember CLI\
**Created:** [September 11, 2015, 3:22am UTC](https://discuss.emberjs.com/t/vendor-an-ember-cli-addon/8765 "2015-09-11T03:22:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![FullOfCaffeine](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discuss.emberjs.com/fullofcaffeine/32/11277_2.png) [@FullOfCaffeine](https://discuss.emberjs.com/u/FullOfCaffeine)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2015, 3:22am UTC](https://discuss.emberjs.com/t/vendor-an-ember-cli-addon/8765/1 "2015-09-11T03:22:00Z")

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What’s the proper way to completely vendor an Ember-CLI addon?

There’s an addon that I’d like to use but it needs some significant customization and I’d rather just add as part of the main app repo for now instead, at least until I have all the custom stuff finished. However, I didn’t find any articles nor an obvious way to vendor and load the addon. Any hints?

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![joseph\_dillon\_522](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discuss.emberjs.com/joseph_dillon_522/32/9348_2.png) [@joseph\_dillon\_522](https://discuss.emberjs.com/u/joseph_dillon_522)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2015, 1:36am UTC](https://discuss.emberjs.com/t/vendor-an-ember-cli-addon/8765/2 "2015-09-12T01:36:05Z")

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Eh, your best bet is to probably fork the repo and customize it locally. [This](http://www.ember-cli.com/extending/#link-to-addon-while-developing) should get you going if you havent coughed up an addon yet.

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**Author:** ![FullOfCaffeine](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discuss.emberjs.com/fullofcaffeine/32/11277_2.png) [@FullOfCaffeine](https://discuss.emberjs.com/u/FullOfCaffeine)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 6:52pm UTC](https://discuss.emberjs.com/t/vendor-an-ember-cli-addon/8765/3 "2015-09-15T18:52:10Z")

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Thanks! Will try it out.