# Open sourcing the Firebase SDKs

DevFeed: [Open sourcing the Firebase SDKs](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/open-sourcing-the-firebase-sdks-16197.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://firebase.blog/posts/2017/05/open-sourcing-firebase-sdks>)

Author: Salman Qadri

Published: 2017-05-19T00:00:00Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [Firebase Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/firebase-blog.md>)

Topics: [Firebase](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/firebase.md>), [SDKs](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/sdks.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [GitHub](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github.md>), [JavaScript](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/javascript.md>), [Node.js](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/node-js.md>)

Tags: [admin-sdk](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/admin-sdk.md>), [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [authentication](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/authentication.md>), [cloud-messaging](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud-messaging.md>), [cloud-storage](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud-storage.md>), [firebase](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/firebase.md>), [github](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github.md>), [java](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/java.md>), [launch](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/launch.md>), [news](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/news.md>), [node-js](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/node-js.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [python](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/python.md>), [release](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/release.md>), [sdks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sdks.md>)

## AI overview

Firebase announces the open sourcing of several client SDKs for iOS, JavaScript, Java, Node.js, and Python under the Apache 2.0 license. The article describes initial repositories, contribution through GitHub, and plans to open source additional components, including the Android SDK and Firebase Authentication.

## Source excerpt

News, tutorials, and updates from the Firebase team.