I am all new to HE after 10 years on Vera. I have developed a device driver for Hikvision cameras that I would like to put on my public github repository and release to the world. This will be my first time releasing anything I've written to the world. Key question I have is: What do I need or what…

Github encourages you to put a LICENSE file (along with a README.md) in your repository. Then at least reference that in the body of your code. I would call that 'standard'. You can do far less but if you really wish to allow the code to be used by others, you must say so. Your example would be fine…

There is also a wiki with a list of Community supported devices, which may be worth updating: [image] Custom Device Drivers [Wiki] Custom Drivers The purpose of this Wiki post* is to maintain an active list of community based drivers that are currently running on the Hubi…

[image] csteele: However, most developers have come to rely on the community developed Hubitat Package Manager . I would say not just developers but users as well, some users only like to install from HPM, and may not know how to install the code manually.

A simple license and HPM it is. And the wiki too which I found earlier. Lots to learn... thanks guys

ps... just didn't expect it to be so much. The HPM json structures are easy to build but ONCE AGAIN, the doc assumes you know what do with them, using terminology that makes no sense. So the first thing I have to do is a "manual Pull" to get me into the master? Ok, well, how do I do that? I have no …

I would suggest you 'start from the end." :slight_smile: Create the PackageManifest.json first. (Call it anything, but PackageManifest is common.) It's the json that tells HPM what you define as the package. Might be one file, might be a hundred, split between driver code, app code, files and bundl…

This is all excellent information, thank you. So I'll be getting myself well versed in HPM and json soon enough and looking forward to it. Because I think my Hikvision camera driver has some potential for becoming a built-in after some time spent in Community, perhaps with some professional massagin…

Help for newbe who wants to put a custom device driver into the public domain

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sburke781 December 28, 2023, 3:03pm 3

There is also a wiki with a list of Community supported devices, which may be worth updating: