Alpaca

ASCOM Alpaca is the HTTP/JSON REST protocol, with UDP discovery, that imaging software uses to reach astronomy hardware over a network. Clients such as NINA and PHD2 speak it, so a conformant device works with them without per-vendor code.

• goalpaca — the Go framework: server, client, simulators, registry, and a conformance harness
• goalpaca-devices — standalone Alpaca drivers, one binary per device