# IvoryOS – Orchestrate an Autonomous Lab

> Source: <https://ivoryos.ai/>
> Published: 2026-09-21 15:39:00+00:00

[Open source](https://github.com/ivoryos-ai/IvoryOS)

# Orchestrate an

 autonomous lab

 in minutes.

IvoryOS is open-source orchestration software. It discovers your instruments and brings workflows and autonomous runs into one interface.

## How it works

### Instant setup. The interface keeps up.

IvoryOS reads the instruments already in your Python. Add one, or swap one for different hardware, and the controls update with it.

Two instruments in the namespace.

#### Less code to manage

No registry, no decorators, no interface code.

#### Hand off without retraining

Changes ship without an onboarding session.

#### One interface, every platform

Learn it once. The next setup is familiar.

### From idea to experiment in minutes.

Design a workflow, run it, and trace every result back to the step that produced it. IvoryOS generates all of it automatically, straight from your drivers.

### Build protocols visually

Drag and drop instrument actions onto a canvas to construct multi-step workflows. Add logic, loops, and conditions without writing any orchestration code.

#### Shaped like an experiment

Prep, main, cleanup, with iteration built in.

#### Optimizers you can watch run

Ax, BayBE, NIMO, or your own.

#### Custom plugins

Your own visualizations and control panels.

#### Networked instruments

Coordinate whole labs across the network.

## Why IvoryOS?

### Set up in minutes. No training session.

#### Without IvoryOS

A UI of your own to build, and to rebuild every time the hardware changes.

Someone has to sit with them and walk through a one-off interface.

## Automation Hub

### Your whole setup, before anything is installed.

### Select from open source

350+ instruments, read straight out of the open-source packages the community already publishes. Not there yet? Ask for it and we will add the driver.

[Browse instruments](https://ivoryos.ai/hub/devices)

### Design the workflow

Build against real driver signatures. No installation required.

[Open the Designer](https://ivoryos.ai/designer)

### One click to local setup

Download the generated setup and run the same workflow on real hardware.

### Build with the IvoryOS community

Setup help, shared integrations, and an open-source project you can contribute to.