    ## Running Concierge with Bnd(tools)

    [Bnd](http://www.aqute.biz/Bnd/Bnd) is one of the most popular tools for developing OSGi bundles.
    It provides tooling for easily creating the required OSGi Manifest headers, and much more.
    [Bndtools](http://www.bndtools.org) is a popular Eclipse plugin based on Bnd that provides integration
    with the Eclipse IDE for developing OSGi bundles.

    Bnd also provides a means for writing launch configurations to launch an OSGi runtime with a set
    of bundles and properties in the form of a .bndrun file. In order to use Concierge with the Bnd launching mechanism, first make sure that the org.eclipse.concierge .jar is available in one of your repositories. We host an OSGi repository on the Concierge website. You can add this repository to your bnd workspace by putting this [this bnd file](https://www.eclipse.org/concierge/repository/concierge-repo.bnd) in your `cnf/ext` workspace directory.

    Then you can easily use Concierge by setting `-runfw` to concierge in your .bndrun file:

    ```
    -runfw: org.eclipse.concierge
    ```

    When you now launch your .bndrun file, it will automatically use Concierge as OSGi framework.