## About Distributing Modules

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You can distribute a module in one or more of the following ways:

- Contribute to nbextras.org. This is the unofficial general update center that aims to collect NetBeans modules so that they may be easily found, all in the same place. For details, see:

- Create your own private update center. With your own private update center, you have more control than when you contribute your modules to nbextras.org. However, experience shows that end users prefer interacting with one general update center, rather than multiple private update centers. Because of the overhead in registering and maintaining registrations to update centers, a single update center tends to be preferred. However, for quick updates to your modules or for making modules available to a smaller subset of end users, creating your own update center might be a good idea.
- Other. You can simply zip up a module's sources and transfer them via e-mail or upload them onto a host. Alternatively, you can use the IDE to create a binary NBM file, which you can then transfer via e-mail or upload to a host, instead of transferring the sources.

See Also
  About NetBeans Platform and Module Development
  About the NetBeans Platform

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