# Get started balena-fying your apps

**URL:** <https://forums.balena.io/t/get-started-balena-fying-your-apps/217656>\
**Category:** balenaHub\
**Created:** [December 2, 2020, 7:29pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/get-started-balena-fying-your-apps/217656 "2020-12-02T19:29:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![jtonello](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/jtonello/32/3246_2.png) [@jtonello](https://forums.balena.io/u/jtonello)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2020, 7:29pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/get-started-balena-fying-your-apps/217656/1 "2020-12-02T19:29:15Z")

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If you’re looking for ways to get started with balenaHub, take a look at [my blog post](https://www.balena.io/blog/how-my-cat-helped-me-build-a-better-iot-app/) explaining how to first Docker-ise and then balena-fy an app. In my example, I turn the _motion_ app and a USB camera into a camera to monitor my cat. Then I convert it to Docker and, with a few edits, make it balena-ready.