Get started with MDK

Get started with MDK: drop the UI Kit into your app, adopt the App Toolkit, extend the backend with plugins, or talk to ORK from any client

New to MDK? Go from stack to dashboard

Three short tutorials take you from a running MDK stack to a browser dashboard demo. First you watch the stack run, then you drive it from the CLI, then you launch the demo dashboard on top. Climb straight through, or jump to the rung you need.

1. Run the stack

Observe — one command brings up ORK with a mock device registered

2. Control from the CLI

Interact — drive a running stack from a REPL over IPC

3. Run a dashboard demo

Demo — run a React dashboard with live charts on the stack

Build with MDK

Add MDK data to an existing app

Use the frontend tools to bring MDK telemetry and controls into a React, Vue, or Svelte app

Connect directly to ORK from any client

Start with the backend stack tutorials: run ORK with a mock device, then control it from a CLIStart the backend stack path →

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Build a full MDK app from scratch

Coming soon: Adopt the App Toolkit shell. Frontend and backend wired together, extended via pluginsLearn about the release schedule →

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Align the MDK backend with your business logic

Coming soon: Use the backend tools to plug a library of custom routes and aggregations into the MDK App NodeLearn about the release schedule →

Framework quickstarts

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React

Pick a path: lean Quickstart, full Tutorial, or browse the component packages

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Vue

Reactive hooks for VueLearn about the release schedule →

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Svelte

Reactive hooks for SvelteLearn about the release schedule →

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Web Components

Framework-agnostic Web ComponentsLearn about the release schedule →

Next steps

Learn more about the high-level architecture: runtime stack and deployment modes
Compare deployment topologies: single process or supervised services
Run a site from the deployment how-tos
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