Official Box Tools

The following tools are actively developed and supported by Box. These tools receive regular product updates, as well as security updates. 

SDK Client Libraries & CLIs

	Tool	Maintained?	Parity?
	Java SDK - Use the Box content APIs from your server-side Java application	☑️ Full	☑️ Full
	.NET SDK - Use the Box content APIs from your server-side .NET application	☑️ Full	☑️ Full
	Python SDK - Use the Box content APIs from your server-side Python application	☑️ Full	☑️ Full
	Node SDK - Use the Box content APIs from your server-side Node application	☑️ Full	☑️ Full
	CLI - Use the Box content APIs from your command line	☑️ Full	☑️ Full
	iOS Content SDK - Use the Box content APIs from your iOS app	☑️ Full	🔸Partial
	Android Content SDK - Use the Box content APIs from your Android app	☑️ Full	🔸Partial

Maintained: Fully maintained projects are actively developed by Box. They receive the latest security updates and new features. For support with these projects please visit GitHub or our Platform support forum.

API Parity:  Projects with full API parity are actively updated with all platform functionality as this becomes available on the Box Platform. Projects with partial API parity lack some functionality while we work on bringing these projects to full parity.

UI Libraries

Extend your application with pre-built UI components to browse, share, and preview files on Box.

Browse Navigate and manipulate your files on Box using our pre-built UI	Share Share files with our pre-built UI elements for file & folder collaboration	Preview Preview over 120 files types, from PDFs to HD videos, with a rich preview experience

	Platform	Maintained?
	Android Browse SDK, Share SDK, Preview SDK	☑️ Full
	iOS Browse SDK, Share SDK, Preview SDK	☑️ Full
	Javascript Box UI Elements	☑️ Full

Maintained: Fully maintained projects are actively developed by Box. They receive the latest security updates and new features. For support with these projects please visit GitHub or our Platform support forum.

Unofficial & Community Tools

The following tools are developed by Box and maintained by Box and its community members. These tools do not receive regular product updates or security updates.

	Tool	Maintained?	Parity?
	Salesforce SDK Use the Box content APIs from your Salesforce application.	🔸 Limited, by Box and community members	🔸 Partial
	Ruby SDK Use the Box content APIs from your server-side Ruby application.	🔸 Limited, by Box and community members	🔸 Partial
	Client-Side JS SDK Use the Box content APIs from your client-side Javascript application.	🔸 Limited, by Box and community members	🔸 Partial
	Chrome App SDK Use the Box content APIs from your Chrome App.	🔸 Limited, by Box and community members	🔸 Partial
	R SDK Integrate Box APIs into your R workflow.	🔸 Limited, by Box and community members	🔸 Partial

Maintained: Projects with limited maintenance are updated by Box in collaboration with the community. They receive irregular security updates. If you are a Box customer on a premium support plan, please contact customer services for any urgent feature requests for these tools. For other support queries with these projects please visit GitHub or our Platform support forum.

API Parity:  Projects with limited API parity can lack some functionality as new features are not automatically rolled out to these projects as they become available for the Box Platform. If you are a Box customer on a premium support plan, please contact customer services for any urgent feature requests for these tools.

Collection of sample code

The following sections aggregate existing demo application built with Box SDKs or CLI and showcases the functionality. Projects that are built by and for the Box developer community

You can reference it and use it as inspiration. Support for these projects is provided by the individual maintainers and might vary from one project to the next.

For Box's official SDKs or CLI, and any other officially supported examples make sure to head over to developer website.