Lux Development

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title: Lux Development
description: Lux is a framework for building modern widget-based UI experiences that run on a ServiceNow instance. Create pages, widgets and reusable components, configure experience behavior, and safely extend applications using Lux development tools and frameworks.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/application-development/lux-development-landing.html
release: australia
topic_type: reference
last_updated: "2026-10-01"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Building pro-code applications, Developing your application, Classic app development, Building applications]
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# Lux Development

Lux is a framework for building modern widget-based UI experiences that run on a ServiceNow instance. Create pages, widgets and reusable components, configure experience behavior, and safely extend applications using Lux development tools and frameworks.

## Get started

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</table>## Key benefits of Lux

-   Admin configuration changes survive platform upgrades
-   Extend or override another app's experience without forking it or coordinating release schedules
-   Users see content instantly with no spinners, and search engines can index the fully rendered markup
-   Lux applies design system styling and theming automatically, letting admins override tokens per tenant without a rebuild
-   Build components and widgets once and reuse across pages, apps, AI placement, and chat surfaces
-   One consistent build-deploy pipeline and architecture across the CLI, Lux Lab, and Maven, regardless of app size