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Welcome to the Maya Developer Help Center. Here you can find information about the Maya devkit, including the Maya C++ and Python API references, as well as information about commands and scripting.

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What's new

Changes to library versions, APIs, and commands, and new minimum versions of operating systems and compilers

What's new in the devkit and in scripting
Information about the migration to Qt6
Information about the move to .NET 8
Minimum requirements
Open source components

C++

Developing custom Maya plug-ins using C++

Setting up your build environment
Setting up CMake
Maya API basics
Command plug-ins
Dependency graph plug-ins
A first C++ plug-in walkthrough
Plug-in and application examples
Maya C++ API Reference

Python

Developing custom Maya plug-ins using the Maya Python APIs

Maya Python API 1.0 vs Maya Python API 2.0
Python API 1.0
Python API 2.0
Command plug-ins
Dependency graph plug-ins
A first Python plug-in walkthrough
Maya Python API 2.0 Reference

Scripting

Python and MEL scripting in Maya

MEL scripting
mayapy, the Maya Python interpreter
Managing Python packages with mayapy and pip
Installing PyMEL
Running venv with mayapy
MEL command reference
Python command reference

Other resources

Qt, .NET, and Viewport development

Migration to Qt6
Working with Qt
The Viewport 2.0 API
The Maya .NET API
Maya UFE API Reference