Software Development Kits (SDKs)
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Software Development Kits (SDKs)
{' '} Cognite's SDKs are open-source and available on GitHub. Contributions are welcome.{' '}
## Software Development Kits (SDKs) and toolkits
Not all our SDKs have the same functionality, and they expose functionality differently. We have three types of SDKs:
- [**General**](#general-sdks) SDKs for interacting with the Cognite Data Fusion (CDF) APIs.
- [**Specialized**](#specialized-sdks) SDKs that offer a tailored experience for specific tasks or areas.
- [**Industry**](#industry-sdks) SDKs that expose industry-specific functionality.
The general Python and JavaScript SDKs for CDF are primarily for backend and frontend work, respectively. The Python SDK is also used from the Jupyter Notebook and Streamlit-powered web experiences, and the JavaScript SDK is used from Node.js.
We also offer [**toolkits**](#toolkits) for setting up and handling CDF projects, as well as for creating extractors to import data into CDF.
## Support and maintenance
The general [**Python**](sdks/python/index.md) and [**JavaScript**](sdks/js/index.md) SDKs for CDF are **supported** by Cognite.
Other SDKs and toolkits are actively developed and are **community-supported** with contributions from Cognite engineers. They are provided **as-is**, without any support or warranties from Cognite.