# Lightning SDK

The Lightning-SDK helps you build great Lightning-based TV apps!

It contains [Lightning](https://github.com/rdkcentral/Lightning) and several useful tools for App development, such as:

- Router plugin
- VideoPlayer plugin
- Image plugin
- Language plugin
- Various helpers

Check out the complete [SDK documentation](https://rdkcentral.github.io/Lightning-SDK/) for more information.

## Lightning 3

[Lightning 3](https://github.com/lightning-js/renderer) and [Blits](https://github.com/lightning-js/blits) are now available.

## Feedback, bugs, questions and support

In case you find any _bugs_ or have _feature requests_, feel free to open an [issue](https://github.com/rdkcentral/Lightning-SDK/issues/new) on the GitHub repository.

If you have _questions_ or need _support_ building your App with Lightning and the Lightning-SDK, then we're happy to
help you out on our [Discourse Forum](https://forum.lightningjs.io/) on [LightningJS.io](http://www.lightningjs.io).

## Contributing

The Lightning-SDK is an open source project. If you want to contribute to it, please consider the following:

- the **master** branch is the latest stable release
- the **dev** branch is used for upcoming releases
- all development should be done in dedicated *topic branches* (from latest `dev`-branch)
- please send in your PR against the `dev`-branch

Before you submit your PR, make sure you install the projects dependencies, as this will activate automatic
linting and code formatting in a Git commit hook.

## Changelog

Checkout the changelog [here](./CHANGELOG.md).