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title: Lux release notes
description: Lux is a Lit-based platform for building widget-based UI experiences that run on a ServiceNow instance. You create pages using widgets as Lit components. Release notes are organized by version.
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# Lux release notes

Lux is a Lit-based platform for building widget-based UI experiences that run on a ServiceNow instance. You create pages using widgets as Lit components. Release notes are organized by version.

## About Lux

-   Build widget-based UI experiences that run on your instance, using Lit components for pages and widgets.
-   Render pages on the server and stream the HTML to the browser, which hydrates it into an interactive single-page app.
-   Show fully rendered content on first load, with markup that assistive technology and search engines can read.
-   Fetch data on the server with loaders that run near your instance.
-   Map your pages directory to URLs with file-based routing.
-   Inherit the design system automatically through Tailwind and DaisyUI styling.
-   Share data across widgets with the Context API, and across pages with layout data.
-   Deploy your scoped application to an instance on its own schedule with the ServiceNow SDK.

See the Lux documentation for more information, .

## Activation and other requirements

-   **Activation information**

    No activation is required. Lux is installed automatically on instances running Australia Patch 5 or later or Zurich Patch 12 or later.


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