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Awesome Smart TV

:zap:A curated list of awesome resources for building Smart TV apps

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Smart TV

is a growing platform of TVs having access to the internet and allowing to browse web-sites and install applications. It has own ecosystem with main players like Samsung, LG, Android TV and Apple TV. In this list you will find official and third-party resources for developing Smart TV apps and…

Platforms >Samsung Tizen

Samsung TV Developers site

News, documentation and SDK downloads.

Tizen TV Developers site

Full API documentation and guides for developing Tizen TV apps.

Tizen Studio

IDE for TV apps development including Tizen TV Emulator.

Smart View SDK

Official Android, IOS and JavaScript SDK for communication between remote device and Samsung Smart TV.

Samsung TV Developers Forum

Ask questions and share tips when developing apps with Samsung SDKs.

Samsung Smart TV Bug Bounty

If you find bug in Samsung TV, submit it here and get a reward $1000+.

vscode-extension-tizentv

A Visual Studio Code extension that provides a lightweight IDE for Tizen application developers.

Wits

A tool for reloading tv app's JavaScript/CSS without reinstalling the app every time you make a change.

samsungctl

Library and command line tool for remote controlling Samsung televisions via a TCP/IP connection. It currently supports both pre-2016 TVs as well most of the modern Tizen-OS TVs with Ethernet or Wi-Fi connectivity (Python).

samsung-tv-remote

Node.js module to remotely control Samsung Smart TV starting from 2016 (JavaScript).

homebridge-samsungtv2016

A plugin for Homebridge that allows you to control your 2016 Samsung TV with HomeKit and Siri (JavaScript).

homebridge-samsung-tizen

A plugin for Homebridge that allows you to control your Samsung Tizen TV with HomeKit and Siri (JavaScript).

samsung-remote-models-2014-and-newer

Encrypted communication with the internal web service of Samsung TV models 2014+.

SmartCrypto

SmartView2 encrypted handshake API implementation in C/Python.

samsung-messagebox

Python script to show notifications on Samsung TVs.

samsung-tv-control

Library for remote control Samsung TV in your Node.js

Identification of Samsung TV models 2008-2017

How to get screen size, matrix type, year of development, series and other parameters from Samsung TV model name.

Tizen Studio development references

Documents focused on web apps for Smart TVs e Professional Monitors, based in personal researches.

Beam-TV

Open-source, no-account media player for Samsung Tizen TVs. Plays USB and local-network (DLNA) video/audio/subtitles directly on the TV (JavaScript).

Invidious Tizen

An Invidious client for Samsung Tizen TVs via TizenBrew, with D-pad navigation and full remote-control support (TypeScript).

Platforms >LG webOS

webOS TV Developers Site

WebOS TV apps development principles, tutorials, API documentation and packaging tools.

webOS TV IDE + SDK

IDE for apps development including a Command Line Interface and emulator.

Connect SDK

Open source framework developed by LG that connects your mobile apps with multiple media device platforms. Currently supports 8 platforms. But seems abandoned.

webOS TV Developers Forum

Ask questions, share information and learn about Smart TV app development with other developers.

lgtv2

Node.js module for remote control of LG webOS TV via WebSocket messages (JavaScript).

node-red-contrib-lgtv

Module for Node-RED allowing remote control of LG webOS Smart TVs (JavaScript).

In 2 lists

node-webos

Node.js module to discover and control webOS TVs (JavaScript).

lgtv2mqtt

Interface between LG WebOS Smart TVs and MQTT (JavaScript).

In 2 lists

ares-webos-sdk

webOS CLI as separate NPM module (JavaScript).

pylgtv

Library to control webOS based LG Tv devices (Python).

LGWebOSRemote

Command line tool for webOS remote control of LG TVs (Python).

homebridge-webos-tv

A plugin for Homebridge which allows you to control your webOS TV.

In 2 lists

PyWebOSTV

A generic & entensible WebOS 3.0 Client Library (Python2, Python3).

LG Magic Motion Remote - Point, Click, and Control

Operate TV like a computer mouse.

openlgtv.org.ru

A non-commercial project for legal reverse engineering and research on LG Television firmware. Seems a bit outdated but contains a lot of information.

Identification of LG TV models 2011-2017

How to get screen size, matrix type, year of development, series and ohter parameters from LG TV model name.

Platforms >Android TV

Android TV Developers site

Documentation, tutorials and best practises for building Android TV apps.

How to develop Android TV App?

An article about developing apps for Android TV.

Platforms >Apple tvOS

tvOS Developers Site

SDK, documentation and tutorials for developing tvOS apps.

In 3 lists

TVML

Apple TV Markup Language for creating tvOS apps.

Platforms >Google Chromecast

Google Cast SDK

Official Google Cast SDK documentation and tutorials.

TVs with Chromecast built-in

List of vendors supporting built-in Chromecast and advantages over traditional TV remote controller.

Cross-platform frameworks

react-tv

React development for TV: renderer for low memory applications and Packager for WebOS, Tizen, Orsay.

In 2 lists

TOAST

Samsung open-source framework for multi-platform TV apps developemnt.

Enyo

LG framework for development apps for all major platforms, from phones and tablets to PCs and TVs.

Smartbox

Smart TV universal library for Samsung, LG, Philips, SmartTV Aliance, STB Mag app development.

Mautilus Smart TV SDK

A platform-agnostic framework for developing TV Apps. Supports Samsung, LG, Philips, Sony, Panasonic and VESTEL Smart TVs.

BBC TAL

An open source library for building applications for Smart TV developed by BBC engineers.

PureQML TV

A declarative front-end framework for web-based SmartTV/STB platforms. Has experimental support of Android TV.

ZombieBox

An open source Smart TV framework. Strongly typed JavaScript, component based, built-in D-PAD navigation management, abstract video API with DRM for all platforms. Supports many platforms like Tizen, webOS, Android TV, etc.

Remote control protocols

DLNA

Industry-wide standard for sharing data over a home network. Depending on the DLNA-compatible devices you own, you might be able to stream films from your laptop to your TV, play an MP3 stored on your phone over your hi-fi system, or print a photo from your tablet on your home printer.

DIAL

Developed by Netflix and Google, this protocol alows client devices (like smartphone, tablet, or computer) to discover apps on server devices (like a smart TV or streaming box) and launch content on them.

Wi-Fi Direct

Standard enabling devices to easily connect with each other without requiring a wireless access point.

Miracast

Standard for wireless connections from devices (such as laptops, tablets, or smartphones) to displays (such as TVs, monitors or projectors). Works over Wi-Fi Direct.

Cross-platform tools

smartest-tv

CLI and MCP server for playing Netflix, YouTube, and Spotify on any smart TV by name. Deep links content across LG, Samsung, Android TV, and Roku — say "Frieren S2E8" and it plays (Python).

Fluxcast

A user-friendly Python utility for mirroring Linux desktops to Smart TVs via Miracast and DLNA, supporting GNOME, KDE, and wlroots/Wayland.

Navigation libraries

lrud

Left, Right, Up, Down. A spatial navigation library for devices with input via directional controls.

js-spatial-navigation

A javascript-based implementation of Spatial Navigation.

react-js-spatial-navigation

A wrapper of js-spatial-navigation to react components.

react-key-navigation

Spatial Navigation components for React. Similar to the "Focus Management" of the BBC TAL.

react-spatial-navigation

HOC-based Spatial Navigation (key navigation) solution for React.

Testing

Suitest

Test automation solution for Smart TVs, gaming consoles, streaming sticks etc.

stb-tester

Automated User Interface Testing for Set-Top Boxes & Smart TVs (python).

In 2 lists

Misc

LIRC

A package that allows you to decode and send infra-red signals of many (but not all) commonly used remote controls.

awesome-smarttv

Another list of Smart TV resources. Discovered after this one was already done :roll_eyes:.

docker-tizen-webos-sdk

Docker image with Samsung Tizen CLI and LG webOS CLI. Allows to develop, build, launch and debug Smart TV apps without installing Tizen Studio and webOS SDK.

Community

Stack Overflow

Reddit

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