lighty.io

lighty.io is a software development kit, powered by OpenDaylight to support, ease and accelerate the development and deployment of Software Defined Networking solutions in Java, Python, and Go.

lighty.io is used as a set of Java libraries, which enables SDN software developers to use OpenDaylight services in JavaSE frameworks. This means a smaller footprint in your system, faster boot time & more versatility.

It offers the ability to implement features outside of its controller runtime. They are called lighty.io client applications.

Karaf is used to start OpenDaylight features and components. lighty.io does this faster with better memory efficiency. Having Java SE as a runtime, you can use a framework of your choice, not only Karaf.

lighty.io provides a great platform to build SDN-microservice controller applications thanks to its minuscule build size. lighty.io reuses OpenDaylight’s mature components and features like YANG tools, MD-SAL, NETCONF, and clustering.

Thanks to its small distribution size, fast build time and swift startup features you can develop and deploy SDN applications with ease and speed.