| title | Libraries |
|---|---|
| subtitle | Pre-made language bindings that make accessing the EV3 device drivers easy |
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If you are looking to write a program that takes advantage of the EV3's motors, sensors, or other native devices, using a language binding is the way to go. We have a repository of officially maintained language bindings, as well as many more that are maintained separately by contributors on GitHub.
Our official "unified" language binding repository currently has support for C++, Lua, Node.js, and Python. These libraries are all built around a single API specification that ensures that interface is almost identical for each, and they are being updated and enhanced regularly.
There is also a GLib/GObject based toolkit that provides a number of programming interfaces for ev3dev, including user interface and device driver interface. It is written in vala, but since it uses GObjects, it can be used with many languages via GObjectIntrospection. The Brick Manager for ev3dev is written using this library.
We also have many great contrubutors that are maintaining extra libraries for languages not included in our other repository. Note that some of these libraries may be outdated due to the fast development cycle of ev3dev.