--- title: Ionic description: Using Couchbase Lite with Javascript Ionic applications pubDate: 2026-08-17T09:53:44.266Z antora: editUrl: https://github.com/couchbase/docs-couchbase-lite/edit/release/3.0/modules/javascript/pages/ionic.adoc xref: xref:3.0@couchbase-lite:javascript:ionic.adoc[] --- [Consult the llms.txt file for a full list of contents](/llms.txt) [View original HTML](/couchbase-lite/3.0/javascript/ionic.html) # Ionic > Description — _Using Couchbase Lite with Javascript Ionic applications_ > _Abstract — If you are building mobile or desktop applications using web technologies such as JavaScript/HTML/CSS, there are options for using Couchbase Lite as an embedded database within your app._ > Related Content — [Cordova](cordova.md) | [React Native](react.md) ## [](#introduction)Introduction Ionic's Couchbase Lite integration is tailor-made for web developers, making it easy to build secure, high-performance, offline-enabled apps. This premier integration supports apps built for iOS, Android, and native Windows. > [!NOTE] > Community-Edition-Only > > Users of Community Edition can instead build their own native plugin on top of Couchbase Lite's native API for iOS and Android. Ionic recommends use of [Capacitor](https://capacitorjs.com/docs/plugins), which can be used independent of the application's UI layer, to access native functionality from within Ionic apps. ## [](#accessing-couchbase-lite)Accessing Couchbase Lite Using a robust JavaScript API, you can access the entirety of Couchbase Lite's functionality with no native experience required. As a starting point, you should follow the hotel search tutorial. The tutorial shows how to build an app that allows users to search and bookmark hotels. It uses data loaded from a Couchbase Lite database — see the tutorial at Resources Docs . Tutorial Demo Download Reach out to _Ionic_ sales to get access, either from the [docs page](https://ionic.io/docs/couchbase-lite) or this [landing page](https://ionic.io/integrations/couchbase-lite)