Axis Developer Community

Turn your ideas into reality. Explore tutorials and documentation, access tools and SDKs, and stay up to date with the latest from Axis developer teams. Here we have everything you need to develop software for integration with Axis products.

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VAPIX® Library

 The complete reference library to the open API to our products.
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AXIS Camera Application Platform (ACAP)

 Develop apps for Axis devices.
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What's new?

Explore the latest in development and integration of Axis products.
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Breaking changes: Removal of root-privileged access and ACAP application signing as default

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Learn what's new in the upcoming AXIS OS 11.10

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Body Worn Integration API, Container name change in 11.11

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New release ACAP version 4.13

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The next AXIS OS LTS track, is planned for launch in Q3, 2024. After which AXIS OS 12 will be released and with that some breaking changes will be introduced. Read more about upcoming AXIS OS versions and breaking changes in the AXIS OS portal.

Product information and services

Find product characteristics, firmware information, and try Axis products.
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AXIS Virtual Loan Tool

 Get online access to Axis products to run compatability and product tests.
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Product selector

 Find characteristics for your product in the product selector.
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AXIS OS portal

 See release notes and new and upcoming features in AXIS OS releases.
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AXIS OS beta releases

 The AXIS OS beta releases can be used to perform early compatibility tests.
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Integration guidelines and examples

Get started with examples, sample code, and recommendations.

Integration guides

AXIS Body Worn

AXIS Object Analytics counting data

AXIS S30 Recorder Series

Hybrid machine learning - Hard hat detection

Industry 4.0 integration guidelines

Metadata and metadata streams

Network audio

Network door controllers

Network I/O relay modules

Network strobe siren

Radar

Radar-video fusion camera

Signed video

Testing guidelines

Video

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ACAP examples

ACAP Native SDK examples

ACAP Computer vision SDK examples

Integration between Axis devices and Microsoft Azure

Integration between Axis devices and Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Integration between Axis devices and Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Modbus ACAP

OPC UA server ACAP

Precision time protocol ACAP

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Download SDKs and development tools.

ACAP SDK

ACAP version 4 contains two complementing SDKs addressing different needs.

AXIS Media Control SDK

Windows SDK for applications that stream live video and audio from Axis products.

AXIS Media Parser SDK

Windows SDK for video and audio recordings and synchronized playback

AXIS Dewarping SDK

Windows SDK for client-side dewarping, (stretching out 360° or 180° video from an Axis panoramic camera with a fisheye lens.)

AXIS Joystick SDK

Windows SDK for adding joystick and control board support to your software application.

AXIS Metadata Monitor

Capture and visualize the metadata stream produced by an Axis device.

Need help?

Ask questions, provide feedback, troubleshoot, and learn more about Axis products.

Ask the community

Ask questions and help others through the discussions tab on Axis GitHub organization.

Report bugs

Report bugs and provide feedback about our open source code through the issue tracker on the respective repository.

FAQ

Find answers to your questions about Axis products and development tools.

Troubleshooting

Get tips of what you can do to solve your development challenges.

Testing guidelines

Test smarter and more efficiently.

Learning portal

Build your expertise – from training to webinars, to articles, videos, and more.

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Get involved in Axis projects

Explore Axis open source engagements and get involved in Axis projects.

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Engineering at Axis

Learn about the magic and people behind our technology in our blog.
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Challenges of an Electronics Engineer

2024-04-02

Get a quick overview of some areas where Electronics Engineer often face problems.

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The unsung hero of productivity: Why you should make good documentation a habit

2024-03-18

Documentation is an important but often overlooked part of the software development process. In this blog post I explain why you should make documentation a habit.

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Small, Friendly Linux Devices

2024-02-05

Axis devices are small, friendly Linux® devices. At Axis, we know this of course, but outside our company walls, it seems not to be common knowledge.

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