diff --git a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/instances/AbstractMetaDataProducerBasedQQQApplication.java b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/instances/AbstractMetaDataProducerBasedQQQApplication.java
index 9b7fd619..1b30f82e 100644
--- a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/instances/AbstractMetaDataProducerBasedQQQApplication.java
+++ b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/instances/AbstractMetaDataProducerBasedQQQApplication.java
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.QInstance;
 
 /*******************************************************************************
  ** Version of AbstractQQQApplication that assumes all meta-data is produced
- ** by MetaDataProducers in a single package.
+ ** by MetaDataProducers in (or under) a single package.
  *******************************************************************************/
 public abstract class AbstractMetaDataProducerBasedQQQApplication extends AbstractQQQApplication
 {
diff --git a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/instances/ConfigFilesBasedQQQApplication.java b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/instances/ConfigFilesBasedQQQApplication.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..633c34d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/instances/ConfigFilesBasedQQQApplication.java
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/*
+ * QQQ - Low-code Application Framework for Engineers.
+ * Copyright (C) 2021-2025.  Kingsrook, LLC
+ * 651 N Broad St Ste 205 # 6917 | Middletown DE 19709 | United States
+ * contact@kingsrook.com
+ * https://github.com/Kingsrook/
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+package com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.instances;
+
+
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.exceptions.QException;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.instances.loaders.MetaDataLoaderHelper;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.QInstance;
+
+
+/*******************************************************************************
+ ** Version of AbstractQQQApplication that assumes all meta-data is defined in
+ ** config files (yaml, json, etc) under a given directory path.
+ *******************************************************************************/
+public class ConfigFilesBasedQQQApplication extends AbstractQQQApplication
+{
+   private final String path;
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Constructor
+    **
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   public ConfigFilesBasedQQQApplication(String path)
+   {
+      this.path = path;
+   }
+
+
+
+   /***************************************************************************
+    **
+    ***************************************************************************/
+   @Override
+   public QInstance defineQInstance() throws QException
+   {
+      QInstance qInstance = new QInstance();
+      MetaDataLoaderHelper.processAllMetaDataFilesInDirectory(qInstance, path);
+      return (qInstance);
+   }
+}
diff --git a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/instances/MetaDataProducerBasedQQQApplication.java b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/instances/MetaDataProducerBasedQQQApplication.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..91577042
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/instances/MetaDataProducerBasedQQQApplication.java
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+/*
+ * QQQ - Low-code Application Framework for Engineers.
+ * Copyright (C) 2021-2025.  Kingsrook, LLC
+ * 651 N Broad St Ste 205 # 6917 | Middletown DE 19709 | United States
+ * contact@kingsrook.com
+ * https://github.com/Kingsrook/
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+package com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.instances;
+
+
+/*******************************************************************************
+ ** Version of AbstractQQQApplication that assumes all meta-data is produced
+ ** by MetaDataProducers in (or under) a single package (where you can pass that
+ ** package into the constructor, vs. the abstract base class, where you extend
+ ** it and override the getMetaDataPackageName method.
+ *******************************************************************************/
+public class MetaDataProducerBasedQQQApplication extends AbstractMetaDataProducerBasedQQQApplication
+{
+   private final String metaDataPackageName;
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Constructor
+    **
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   public MetaDataProducerBasedQQQApplication(String metaDataPackageName)
+   {
+      this.metaDataPackageName = metaDataPackageName;
+   }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Constructor
+    **
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   public MetaDataProducerBasedQQQApplication(Class<?> aClassInMetaDataPackage)
+   {
+      this(aClassInMetaDataPackage.getPackageName());
+   }
+
+
+
+   /***************************************************************************
+    **
+    ***************************************************************************/
+   @Override
+   public String getMetaDataPackageName()
+   {
+      return (this.metaDataPackageName);
+   }
+}