Designed to be the Platform of Choice, RDK is an open source software solution that standardizes core functions used in video, broadband, and IoT devices to drive business solutions for operators and service providers.
Our global community of operators, service providers, OEMs, SoCs, system integrators, app developers, and others collaborate to bring innovative products, services, and solutions that are completely customizable yet solve common business objectives. RDK Management, LLC, is the entity that manages the RDK code and provides structure and guidance to the overall community through technical support, documentation, best practices, business development leadership, marketing opportunities, and community events and conferences.
Use the RDK software stack as your foundation for video and broadband devices. Customize the experience, integrate your own apps and services, and tap into best practices shared by operators and partners worldwide.
Join working groups, technical sessions, and community discussions. Share your learnings, contribute code or feedback, and shape the roadmap so RDK continues to solve real-world challenges for operators and vendors.
Move from lab to live deployment with support from the RDK community and partner network. Reuse components, reduce integration time, and scale across devices and markets while staying aligned with the RDK code.
Become part of the RDK community and get access to the latest software, documentation, tools, and forums. Create your profile, connect your team, and discover what others in the ecosystem are building.
Our mission is to be the software platform of choice for video and broadband devices. We help operators and their suppliers improve efficiency, reduce complexity, and innovate at scale by giving them a common, proven base to build on. By aligning technology and community, we make it easier for everyone to create reliable, future-ready products.
There is no financial commitment to begin your RDK journey. Ano-cost/royalty-free open source license gets you started. You can then deepen your commitment with various levels of optional product offerings, technical support, and marketing opportunities.
To enhance the reach of the RDK community, all development is now done in an open source environment. The RDK code is more robust, stable, and successful because of the many contributions made by community members.
Many of our community members have made a single code contribution while others have made thousands. Access them all or make your own contribution to further enhance our constantly evolving code for video, broadband, or IoT products and services.
With more than a decade of growth and over 200,000,000 devices, you can count on code that has been vigorously tested with consistent performance in the field, ensuring reliability at scale.
·Get your team innovating, developing, and deploying quickly with a robust open source code that is easy to work with and fully tested to give you an advantage in a competitive marketplace.
Feature requests, code improvements, and innovation fuel growth and customer satisfaction. RDK’s cadence of robust releases puts the latest improvements in your hands and keeps you aligned with our ecosystem partners.
With RDK, a unique consortium of global operators collaborates and shares knowledge to build code that supports the latest demands from customers across the globe.
While cultural and business processes vary across geographies, one constant is the reliability and ability to innovate with the RDK code. It is on devices across multiple continents in a variety of deployment settings.
RDK Video provides a common way to manage video playback across gateways, set-tops, and streaming devices. It supports premium services like VOD, live streams, casting, modernDRM, 4K HDR, and advanced audio, so operators can launch consistent, branded entertainment experiences faster.
RDK Broadband provides a common software and data solution across all broadband access technologies including Fixed Wireless, DOCSIS, GPON, and DSL. It provides functionality such as routing, Wi-Fi, DNS, remote management, and the smaller image footprint eases deployment on legacy devices.
