alexa/avs-device-sdk
An SDK for commercial device makers to integrate Alexa directly into connected products. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
10/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
Flags: archived
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 3492
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 961
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1252 stars · 603 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
The Alexa Voice Service (AVS) Device SDK is a C++ SDK for commercial device makers to integrate Alexa voice assistant capabilities directly into connected hardware products. The repository has been archived and is no longer maintained by Amazon.
Use cases
- integrate Alexa voice assistant into a smart speaker
- build a voice-controlled connected device
- add wake word detection and speech capture to embedded hardware
- implement Alexa client on a Linux-based IoT device
- stream audio to Alexa Voice Service from a custom device
When to choose
- you are maintaining a legacy Alexa Built-in device that already uses this SDK
- you need reference C++ code for how AVS device integration worked
When to avoid
- you are starting a new Alexa device integration - AVS developer tools are no longer generally available
- you need an actively maintained SDK
- you want to build Alexa skills rather than device software
- you want a non-Alexa voice assistant
Facets
library · maturity abandoned
speech-recognition sdk audio-processing speech-processing iot embedded-systems cpp embedded cross-platform alexa-voice-service voice-assistant smart-speaker device-makers archived voice-assistants linux
10 sources
- readme: https://github.com/alexa/avs-device-sdk · fetched 2026-08-28 · 7f0b8d2e8499
- homepage: https://developer.amazon.com/alexa/alexa-voice-service · fetched 2026-08-29 · 4c464fe09e4c
- site_page: https://developer.amazon.com/alexa/alexa-developer-documentation-welcome · fetched 2026-08-29 · e6e49a9c4467
- site_page: https://developer.amazon.com/en-US/docs/alexa/ask-overviews/what-is-the-alexa-skills-kit.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · 821857a7e5b3
- site_page: https://developer.amazon.com/en-US/docs/alexa/documentation-home.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · fa74b5176011
- site_page: https://developer.amazon.com/docs/smarthome/understand-the-smart-home-skill-api.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · a253e485b256
- site_page: https://developer.amazon.com/docs/smapi/ask-cli-intro.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · 96d3bd9590df
- site_page: https://developer.amazon.com/docs/alexa/ack/overview.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · 2a275d53f220
- site_page: https://developer.amazon.com/en-US/docs/alexa/alexa-smart-properties/about-alexa-for-hospitality.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · be527ea20677
- site_page: https://developer.amazon.com/en-US/docs/alexa/alexa-smart-properties/about-asp-in-senior-living.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · be527ea20677
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| alexa/avs-device-sdk | main | 10 |
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