A universal JavaScript library for developing SmartTV applications across Samsung, LG, Philips, and STB platforms.
Smartbox is a universal JavaScript library for developing applications that run on multiple SmartTV and set-top box platforms including Samsung, LG, Philips, and STB devices. It solves the problem of platform fragmentation in the TV ecosystem by providing a consistent API that abstracts away manufacturer-specific differences.
Developers building applications for SmartTVs and set-top boxes who need to support multiple TV platforms without maintaining separate codebases for each manufacturer.
Developers choose Smartbox because it significantly reduces development time and complexity by allowing them to write once and deploy across multiple TV platforms, with built-in plugins for common TV app requirements like navigation, input handling, and media playback.
SmartTV universal library for Samsung, LG, Philips, SmartTV Aliance, STB Mag app development.
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Supports Samsung (2011+), LG, Philips (2012+), and STB Infomir devices, abstracting manufacturer-specific differences to enable write-once, run-anywhere development.
Includes ready-made plugins for navigation, input fields, virtual keyboard, voice management, and video player, speeding up development of common TV app features.
Built on EventEmitter or compatible libraries for handling asynchronous events, making it well-suited for interactive TV applications with remote controls.
Detects the current TV platform and provides methods like SB.readyForPlatform() for executing platform-specific code seamlessly, reducing conditional logic.
Relies on jQuery 1.8.1+, Underscore/Lodash, and EventEmitter, which are outdated and add significant bundle size, not aligning with modern JavaScript tooling.
Documentation is split across multiple files with some parts in Russian, lacking a unified guide, which can hinder onboarding and troubleshooting.
Only covers TV platforms up to 2012 models; newer ecosystems like Android TV or Roku are unsupported, requiring custom extensions or alternative solutions.