generated: '2026-08-13'
method: searched
source: >-
  https://developer.adobe.com/express/embed-sdk/docs/guides/ ,
  https://developer.adobe.com/document-services/docs/overview/pdf-embed-api/ ,
  https://opensource.adobe.com/spectrum-web-components/ ,
  https://developer.adobe.com/photoshop/uxp/ ,
  https://developer.adobe.com/uix/docs/ ,
  https://developer.adobe.com/express/add-ons/docs/guides/
note: >-
  Client-side and embeddable surfaces only. Server-side SDKs live in
  packages/adobe-suite-packages.yml. Adobe is unusually strong here — embeddable editors
  and design-system web components are a first-class part of its developer surface, and
  several of these are the only self-serve, no-contract way to consume an Adobe product.
families:
- family: Embedded editors
  components:
  - name: Adobe Express Embed SDK
    kind: hosted-embed
    version: v4
    loader: https://cc-embed.adobe.com/sdk/v4/CCEverywhere.js
    docs: https://developer.adobe.com/express/embed-sdk/docs/guides/
    reference: https://developer.adobe.com/express/embed-sdk/docs/v4/
    quickstart: https://developer.adobe.com/express/embed-sdk/docs/guides/quickstart/
    auth: API Key credential (client-side)
    surfaces: [full editor, quick actions, design creation, template browsing]
    note: >-
      Embeds the full Adobe Express editor into a third-party web application. Distributed
      from Adobe's CDN at a pinned major version (v4) — the minor/patch behind that path
      floats, so a consumer cannot pin an exact build.
  - name: Adobe PDF Embed API
    kind: hosted-embed
    loader: https://acrobatservices.adobe.com/view-sdk/viewer.js
    docs: https://developer.adobe.com/document-services/docs/overview/pdf-embed-api/
    auth: client ID bound to an allowlisted domain
    surfaces: [full window, sized container, in-line, lightbox]
    features: [annotations, commenting, search, analytics events, save callbacks]
    pricing: free
    note: >-
      Free and self-serve, with no Document Transaction cost — the only Adobe document
      surface with no metered price. The loader URL is unpinned and always resolves to
      latest.
- family: Design system web components
  components:
  - name: Spectrum Web Components
    kind: web-components
    repo: https://github.com/adobe/spectrum-web-components
    docs: https://opensource.adobe.com/spectrum-web-components/
    registry: npm (@spectrum-web-components/* scope)
    license: Apache-2.0
    note: >-
      Adobe's Spectrum design system as framework-agnostic custom elements. Used by Adobe's
      own add-on and extension surfaces and available to third parties.
  - name: React Spectrum
    kind: react-components
    repo: https://github.com/adobe/react-spectrum
    docs: https://react-spectrum.adobe.com/
    registry: npm (@adobe/react-spectrum)
    license: Apache-2.0
- family: In-application extension surfaces
  components:
  - name: Adobe Express Add-on SDK
    kind: iframe-sandbox
    docs: https://developer.adobe.com/express/add-ons/docs/guides/
    types_package: "@adobe/ccweb-add-on-sdk-types"
    types_version: 1.38.0
    types_published: '2026-08-11'
    surfaces: [add-on UI panel, Document Sandbox / Document API]
    note: >-
      Runs a developer's UI inside Adobe Express. Two runtimes — an iframe UI and a
      sandboxed document scripting context. Actively released; the changelog is the most
      frequently updated Adobe developer surface in this repo.
  - name: UXP (Unified Extensibility Platform)
    kind: native-plugin-runtime
    docs: https://developer.adobe.com/photoshop/uxp/
    hosts: [Photoshop, InDesign, Premiere Pro, After Effects]
    surfaces: [panels, dialogs, hybrid plugins, WebView UI]
    note: >-
      HTML/CSS/JS plugin runtime embedded in the desktop applications. Premiere Pro
      support shipped 2025-12; hybrid plugins for Premiere shipped 2026-04.
  - name: UI Extensibility (UIX)
    kind: iframe-extension
    docs: https://developer.adobe.com/uix/docs/
    guest_package: "@adobe/uix-guest"
    guest_version: 1.1.11
    guest_published: '2026-08-03'
    hosts: [Adobe Experience Manager, Adobe Commerce, Adobe Experience Cloud shell]
    note: Extension points for injecting third-party UI into Experience Cloud applications.
- family: Storefront / commerce components
  components:
  - name: Edge Delivery Services for Commerce (drop-ins)
    kind: web-components
    docs: https://developer.adobe.com/commerce/storefront/
    note: >-
      Prebuilt storefront "drop-in" components (product details, cart, checkout, account)
      backed by the Adobe Commerce GraphQL API.
- family: Embedded analytics and personalization
  components:
  - name: Adobe Web SDK (alloy.js)
    kind: js-library
    docs: https://experienceleague.adobe.com/en/docs/experience-platform/web-sdk/home
    endpoint: https://edge.adobedc.net/ee/
    spec: openapi/adobe-suite-data-collection-openapi.yaml
    note: >-
      The client half of the Edge Network API harvested in this repo — the single tag that
      feeds Analytics, Target, AEP and Journey Optimizer from the browser.
  - name: Adobe Target at.js / Delivery API
    kind: js-library
    docs: https://developer.adobe.com/target/implement/delivery-api/
gaps:
- >-
  Every CDN-distributed loader above (CCEverywhere.js v4, viewer.js, alloy.js) is
  distributed unpinned or pinned only to a major version, so a consumer cannot determine
  which build they are executing. Recorded as a finding, not a version.
summary:
  families: 5
  components: 12
  cdn_distributed: 3
  npm_distributed: 5