DSM UI framework

[brainchild]

The user interface of DSM, presenting a self-contained windowed environment in a web brower served by an embedded device, is unlike any other user interface I have seen. I have been wondering whether this general solution is proprietary to Synology, or based on third-party components, which may be used in other end solutions.

Is any information available on the subject of the internal operation and structure of the DSM UI?

 

[brainchild]

I recently discovered a commercial package called Ext JS, which struck me for its visual similarity to the inferface of DSM.

Simple investigation revealed a handful a scattered remarks (e.g. an answer on StackExchange), which confirm the hypothesis.

Thus, it appears the answer is that for building the DSM UI, Synology has licensed Ext JS.

 

[DigitalBox]

DSM is based on an old version of ExtJS.
An attempt to generate a few documentation on that topic :

• GitHub - DigitalBox98/SimpleExtJSApp: Simple ExtJS Application for Synology DSM
• GitHub - DigitalBox98/SynoAppsDocs: Documentation on applications using Syno ExtJS framework