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Private listing of App Asset in Databricks Marketplace by 3rd Party Provider

AndreiaC
New Contributor II

Hello, 

Could you help confirm whether a third-party provider is able to publish an App asset type as a private listing within a Private Exchange?

If this is supported, is it a self-service capability, or does it need to be enabled per account? And if enablement is required, what's the correct way to request the App listing capability? What is the review process for private listing? 

For context: the official documentation I've found on private listings so far focuses on data products (tables, volumes, models, notebooks, mcp). I haven't been able to locate provider-side guidance confirming that the App asset type is included in the private-listing / Private Exchange flow, so I'd appreciate clarification on whether Apps are covered — and a pointer to the relevant docs if they exist.

Thank you!

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balajij8
Esteemed Contributor II

@AndreiaC Databricks Apps are currently not supported as an asset type in Databricks Marketplace. While Marketplace supports data assets, tables, views, volumes, notebooks, machine learning models and MCP servers (Preview), Apps operate under a different sharing model. Apps rely directly on Unity Catalog securable permissions (CAN_USE / CAN_MANAGE) constrained within a Databricks account boundary, whereas Marketplace leverages Delta Sharing and Open Sharing protocols for cross-organizational distribution. Because of this architectural boundary, third party providers generally cannot publish native App assets directly to external organizations through a Private Exchange.

If you need to distribute an application to external consumers, you can try sharing the application source code (packaged as files in a Volume or as notebooks) via a standard Marketplace listing. Consumers can then deploy and run the App instance within their compute environment and account. You can reach out to the Databricks account team or check with dataproviders@databricks.com` to review your specific need and log feedback with the Marketplace and Apps product teams.

AndreiaC
New Contributor II

Hi @balajij8 Based on their official announcement on the 16th of June Announcing Apps on Databricks Marketplace | Databricks Blog, Databricks Apps are supported in Marketplace as stated in the article: "We are thrilled to announce the Public Preview of Apps on Databricks Marketplace. Databricks customers can now discover, install, and run third-party data and AI applications directly inside their secure Databricks workspaces. " However this announcement doesn't state that the app publishing is limited to public listing only which is why I wanted to double check this aspect.

balajij8
Esteemed Contributor II

@AndreiaC  You can reach out to partnerops@databricks.com or dataproviders@databricks.com or databricks account team