Scope and Release Coverage

HSDK applications can turn camera, sensor, network, or generated data into a running pipeline. This guide focuses on the decisions that shape an application: how work is connected, how data is represented, how samples are selected, how a graph is built and run, and how a result reaches a display, another process, or a control path.

The guide uses the C++ application model as its main thread. It covers image processing, inference, visualization, multisensor fusion, control-oriented results, Tensor data, structured schemas, run control, and process boundaries. The examples use synthetic data when that keeps the idea independent from a particular device; camera pages explain the additional steps when physical acquisition matters.

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Choose a Starting Point

Use the route that matches what you need to do next:

If you need to...	Start with
Understand what Holoscan is useful for and how the pieces fit together	Holoscan SDK at a Glance
Understand the path from an application description to execution	Architecture and Execution Model
Install the SDK and run a complete example	Build, Run, and Validate
Learn the vocabulary used by every application	Operators and Graphs and Tensor Contracts and Memory Types
Write an operator or assemble a custom application	Application, Graph, and Operator Anatomy
Select a ready-made processing or camera stage	Core operator reference or Holoscan Camera
Adapt an existing application	Migration Concept Map

Follow the Learning Flow

The pages follow one path through the application-development process:

Overview explains the outcomes, the graph mental model, and the compose–compile–run path.
Build, Run, and Validate gets one example running and separates setup problems from application problems.
Core Concepts defines graphs, operators, ports, samples, payloads, timing, Tensor data, memory, and process boundaries.
User Guides show how to write applications and operators using that vocabulary.
Operator Reference and Examples help you choose a ready-made stage or adapt a complete workflow.

Official Documentation and Supporting References

The official NVIDIA Holoscan SDK documentation remains the authoritative source for the complete installation matrix, API reference, and broader platform coverage. Use the official Getting Started sequence when you want NVIDIA's installation-to-first-application route, or when a platform requirement must be verified against the current documentation.

The SDK Source Map and Current Rules page provides traceability into the implementation.

Continue

Continue with Holoscan SDK at a Glance to see the user-facing pipeline model. Then follow Build, Run, and Validate and Run SDK Examples to build the SDK and run the first complete example.

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