> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://josephlyons.gitbook.io/face-control-digital-toolkit/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://josephlyons.gitbook.io/face-control-digital-toolkit/links/further-softwares.md).
# Software Index
**Arduino** - Open-source electronic prototyping platform enabling users to create interactive electronic objects.
**Ableton Live** - Ableton Live is a digital audio workstation for macOS and Windows.
**FaceOSC** - FaceOSC is a desktop application that converts face tracking data such as pose & gesture to OSC data.
**Max/MSP** - Max is a visual programming language for the specialized needs of artists, educators, and researchers working with audio, visual media, and physical computing.
**Max for Live** - Max for Live is a platform to build your own instruments and effects, tools for live performance and visuals, and more. It is an implementation of the Max/MSP software within Ableton Live.
**OSC** - Open Sound Control (OSC) is a protocol for communication among computers, sound synthesizers, and other multimedia devices that is optimized for modern networking technology.
**Puredata** - Pure Data (or just Pd ) is an open-source visual programming language for multimedia. It is very similar to Max/MSP and shares a lot of the same language and structure. (Within the toolkit we use Puredata Extended which is a very slightly edited version of puredata.)
**Processing** - Processing is a flexible software sketchbook and a language for learning how to code within the context of the visual arts.
**P5.js** - p5.js a JS client-side library for creating graphic and interactive experiences, based on the core principles of Processing.
**Shiftr.io** - Is an IOT prototyping platform used to connect MQTT enabled programs and microcontrollers and thus IOT objects.