# alexa/avs-device-sdk

An SDK for commercial device makers to integrate Alexa directly into connected products.

Repository: https://github.com/alexa/avs-device-sdk
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/avs-device-sdk
Homepage: https://developer.amazon.com/alexa/alexa-voice-service
Language: C++
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: alexa, amazon-alexa, alexa-voice-service
Archived: true
Last push: 2024-01-16T00:40:27+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3492, "days_push": 961, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1252, forks 603 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:08.413562+00:00)

## What it is
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 The repository has been archived and is no longer maintained by Amazon.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
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: speech-recognition, sdk, audio-processing
- domain: speech-processing, iot, embedded-systems
- platform: cpp, embedded, cross-platform
- tags: alexa-voice-service, voice-assistant, smart-speaker, device-makers, archived, voice-assistants, linux

## Member repositories
- alexa/avs-device-sdk (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:08.413562+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T05:07:32.021662+00:00, confidence not recorded.
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- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.