diff --git a/include/nav.php b/include/nav.php
index b7203b996..6ad43c909 100644
--- a/include/nav.php
+++ b/include/nav.php
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 <?php /** @file */
 
+use \Zotlabs\Lib as Zlib;
+
 function nav() {
 
 	/**
@@ -238,6 +240,30 @@ EOT;
 
 	// $powered_by = '<strong>red<img class="smiley" src="' . z_root() . '/images/rm-16.png" alt="r#" />matrix</strong>';
 
+
+	//app bin
+	$navapps = '';
+	if(get_config('system','experimental_app_bin')) {
+		if(local_channel()) {
+			//Zlib\Apps::import_system_apps();
+			$syslist = array();
+			$list = Zlib\Apps::app_list(local_channel(), false, $_GET['cat']);
+			if($list) {
+				foreach($list as $li) {
+					$syslist[] = Zlib\Apps::app_encode($li);
+				}
+			}
+			Zlib\Apps::translate_system_apps($syslist);
+		}
+		else {
+			$syslist = Zlib\Apps::get_system_apps(true);
+		}
+
+		$navapps = replace_macros(get_markup_template('navapps.tpl'), array(
+			'$apps' => $syslist
+		));
+	}
+
 	$tpl = get_markup_template('nav.tpl');
 
 	App::$page['nav'] .= replace_macros($tpl, array(
@@ -252,7 +278,8 @@ EOT;
 		'$sel' => 	App::$nav_sel,
 		'$powered_by' => $powered_by,
 		'$help' => t('@name, #tag, ?doc, content'),
-		'$pleasewait' => t('Please wait...')
+		'$pleasewait' => t('Please wait...'),
+		'$navapps' => $navapps
 	));
 
 	if(x($_SESSION, 'reload_avatar') && $observer) {
diff --git a/view/tpl/nav.tpl b/view/tpl/nav.tpl
index c56bade94..4d8ce9317 100755
--- a/view/tpl/nav.tpl
+++ b/view/tpl/nav.tpl
@@ -1,21 +1,23 @@
 	<div class="container-fluid">
 		<div class="navbar-header">
-			<button type="button" class="navbar-toggle" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#navbar-collapse-1">
-				<span class="icon-bar"></span>
-				<span class="icon-bar"></span>
-				<span class="icon-bar"></span>
-			</button>
-			<button id="expand-tabs" type="button" class="navbar-toggle" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#tabs-collapse-1">
-				<i class="fa fa-arrow-circle-down" id="expand-tabs-icon"></i>
-			</button>
-			<button id="expand-aside" type="button" class="navbar-toggle" data-toggle="offcanvas" data-target="#region_1">
-				<i class="fa fa-arrow-circle-right" id="expand-aside-icon"></i>
-			</button>
-			{{if $nav.help.6}}
-			<button id="context-help-btn" class="navbar-toggle" type="button" onclick="contextualHelp(); return false;">
-				<i class="fa fa-question-circle"></i>
-			</button>
-			{{/if}}
+			<div>
+				<button type="button" class="navbar-toggle" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#navbar-collapse-1">
+					<span class="icon-bar"></span>
+					<span class="icon-bar"></span>
+					<span class="icon-bar"></span>
+				</button>
+				<button id="expand-tabs" type="button" class="navbar-toggle" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#tabs-collapse-1">
+					<i class="fa fa-arrow-circle-down" id="expand-tabs-icon"></i>
+				</button>
+				<button id="expand-aside" type="button" class="navbar-toggle" data-toggle="offcanvas" data-target="#region_1">
+					<i class="fa fa-arrow-circle-right" id="expand-aside-icon"></i>
+				</button>
+				{{if $nav.help.6}}
+				<button id="context-help-btn" class="navbar-toggle" type="button" onclick="contextualHelp(); return false;">
+					<i class="fa fa-question-circle"></i>
+				</button>
+				{{/if}}
+			</div>
 			{{if $userinfo}}
 				<div class="usermenu-head dropdown-toggle fakelink" data-toggle="dropdown">
 					<img id="avatar" src="{{$userinfo.icon}}" alt="{{$userinfo.name}}">
@@ -206,7 +208,16 @@
 					<a class="{{$nav.help.2}}" target="hubzilla-help" href="{{$nav.help.0}}" title="{{$nav.help.3}}" id="{{$nav.help.4}}"{{if $nav.help.6}} onclick="contextualHelp(); return false;"{{/if}}>{{if $nav.help.6}}<i class="fa fa-question-circle"></i>{{else}}<i class="fa fa-question"></i>{{/if}}</a>
 				</li>
 			{{/if}}
+
+			{{if $navapps}}
+				<li class="dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown">
+					<a href="#"><i class="fa fa-bars"></i></a>
+				</li>
+				{{$navapps}}
+			{{/if}}
+
 			</ul>
+
 		</div>
 	</div>
 	{{if $nav.help.6}}
diff --git a/view/tpl/navapps.tpl b/view/tpl/navapps.tpl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fe6549139
--- /dev/null
+++ b/view/tpl/navapps.tpl
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<ul class="dropdown-menu">
+	{{foreach $apps as $app}}
+	<li><a href="{{$app.url}}">{{$app.name}}</a></li>
+	{{/foreach}}
+</ul>