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+# StreamDeck Plugin API bindings for Go
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+Elgato allows developers to write plugins that can display information and respond to buttons pressed on their range of StreamDeck products. They officially offer API bindings for JavaScript, C++ and Objective-C. This repo is an unofficial library for writing plugins using Go.
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+# Examples
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+Check out the `examples` directory to see some working StreamDeck plugins written using this library.
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