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CHT UI Extensions: Build Custom Pages, Dashboards & Mini Apps | CHT 5.2 Preview | CHT Community Roundup Coming in CHT 5.2 — UI Extensions let you add fully custom pages to the Community Health Toolkit app without forking core or writing a single line of platform code. In this session from the June 2026 CHT Community Roundup, Senior Software Engineer Josh Kuestersteffen walks through exactly how they work, what they can do, and where they're headed next. Watch a live demo from Binod Adhikary of Medic's Nepal team, who used UI extensions to replace buried phone numbers in a privacy policy with a proper help menu — complete with FAQs, username display, and links to training content. Then watch Josh demo an AI-generated chicken flock management dashboard (yes, really) that pulls live contact and report data from CHT, renders interactive Chart.js visualizations, and writes back to the data model, all built with Claude in a single session. Finally, Diana Bârsan shares what's new in CHT v5.1.3 and what you need to know to upgrade. What's covered: What UI extensions are and how they appear in the CHT interface (new tab or hamburger menu) Access to the CHT Data Source API — stable, versioned, works online and offline Managing extensions with chtconf — no core changes required Tab ordering: set any tab as the default landing screen Real-world demo: Nepal's help page extension AI-assisted development: building a full mini app using Claude Q&A: content security policy limits, caching training videos, external data fetching, and what's coming in V2 Presented by: Josh Kuestersteffen (Software Engineer), Binod Adhikary (App Developer Manager), Diana Bârsan (Principal Software Engineer) 🔔 Subscribe for monthly CHT Roundup updates, implementation case studies, and open-source community health technology news. 🌍 Learn more about the CHT Community: medic.org/stories