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Monorepo with the TypeScript libraries used to build DatoCMS plugins.
You should not need to install these packages manually. Follow our Build your first plugin guide to easily scaffold a plugin with both packages already set up.
From there, the Plugin SDK documentation and real-world examples cover everything else.
datocms-plugin-sdk- TypeScript SDK to build DatoCMS plugins.
datocms-react-ui- React component library to mimic the DatoCMS interface inside plugins.
To work on the packages themselves (e.g. to prepare a PR or debug an issue in the framework itself), see the "Developing" section of each package's README: datocms-plugin-sdk, datocms-react-ui. Both are developed in this Lerna monorepo and released in lockstep.
This repository is published under the MIT license.
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Talking to DatoCMS from code:
- Content Delivery API (CDA) — the fast, read-only GraphQL API your website/app uses to fetch published content.
- Content Management API (CMA) — the REST API for creating and updating content, models, and project settings (think scripts, migrations, integrations).
- CLI — terminal tool for schema migrations and importing from Contentful/WordPress.
Framework guides: end-to-end recipes for fetching content, rendering Structured Text, optimizing images/video, handling SEO, and setting up live preview with visual editing in Next.js, Nuxt, Svelte, and Astro.
Want a head start? Browse our starter projects — ready-to-deploy example sites for popular frameworks.