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What is
Tango Controls ?

A free open source device-oriented controls toolkit for controlling any kind of hardware or software and building SCADA systems...

Why choose
Tango Controls ?

Because it is easy to use, flexible, and highly scalable. It provides a complete set of features for controlling equipment and lot of services for managing systems.

How to use
Tango Controls ?

Just download it and install it. Then reuse or write a device server, deploy and marvel at how it works!

Open Source
SCADA and DCS

Tango is an Open Source solution for SCADA and DCS. Open Source means you get all the source code under an Open Source free licence (LGPL and GPL). Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems are typically industrial type systems using standard hardware. Distributed Control Systems (DCS) are more flexible control systems used in more complex environments. Sardana is a good example of a Tango based Beamline SCADA.

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Latest News

18/07/2025 - Tango Controls web site and forum updated

A major new release of the Tango Controls website software stack has been made. We are now running on Wagtail and Django. The forum has been moved to Discourse. These major improvements will help to continue building our community. Please try them out and feedback your comments to the forum. Help and suggestions welcomed - please send us your input to contact@tango-controls.org.

13/07/2025 - release candidate for cppTango release 10.1.0

A new release candidate for the upcoming cppTango 10.1.0 has been made available. See news item for details.

News

cppTango / Tango Source Distribution 9.3.7 release

Dear all,

We're pleased to announce the immediate availability of cppTango/Tango Source Distribution 9.3.7.

It's available from [1] and [2]. In case you encounter issues, please don't hesitate to report them.

Remember this is a release from the LTS branches, compatible with older compilers.
The latest "more modern" release is 10.0.0. If unsure, choose 10.0.0.

The cppTango release notes can be accessed from our updated API documentation [3], which includes different versions of the cppTango documentation.

The cppTango Windows assets are also available [4].

On behalf of all the developers involved,
Reynald

[1]: https://gitlab.com/tango-controls/cppTango/-/releases/9.3.7
[2]: https://gitlab.com/tango-controls/TangoSourceDistribution/-/releases/9.3.7
[3]: https://tango-controls.gitlab.io/cppTango/9.3.7/news.html
[4]: https://gitlab.com/tango-controls/cppTango/-/packages/33214426