> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://delta-robotics.gitbook.io/docs/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://delta-robotics.gitbook.io/docs/software.md).

# Software

Explore the Delta Robotics software stack, from the ThermoFlex Python API and ANVIL you can use today to the Delta Client and Motor Cortex on the roadmap

Delta Robotics hardware runs on an open software stack. Two pieces of it ship today. The ThermoFlex Python API is a serial control library for driving muscles, nodes, and networks straight from Python. ANVIL is a design tool rather than a control library: it turns solid parts and sealed internal cavities into printable gyroid lattices and returns them in your original CAD coordinates. Two larger control tools are on the roadmap: the Delta Client, a desktop app for configuring and testing hardware, and Motor Cortex, a higher-level motion layer. This section covers what ships now and what is coming.

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New to the stack? Start with the install and quickstart page, then keep the API reference open while you build.
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## Where to go next

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th>Page</th><th>What it covers</th><th data-card-target data-type="content-ref">Target</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>ThermoFlex Python API</strong></td><td>Install the library and flex your first muscle.</td><td><a href="/docs/software/thermoflex-python-api.md">ThermoFlex™ Python API</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>API reference</strong></td><td>Every function, class, mode, and exception.</td><td><a href="/docs/software/thermoflex-python-api/api-reference.md">API reference</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Firmware updates</strong></td><td>Keep your TF Node Controller current.</td><td><a href="/docs/software/firmware-updates.md">Firmware updates</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>ANVIL</strong></td><td>Lattice a sealed cavity and keep your CAD coordinates.</td><td><a href="/docs/software/anvil.md">ANVIL</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Software roadmap</strong></td><td>The Delta Client and Motor Cortex, in development.</td><td><a href="/docs/software/roadmap.md">Software roadmap</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

## Related pages

* [ThermoFlex Python API](/docs/software/thermoflex-python-api.md): install and quickstart
* [API reference](/docs/software/thermoflex-python-api/api-reference.md): the full library reference
* [Firmware updates](/docs/software/firmware-updates.md): update the TF Node Controller
* [ANVIL](/docs/software/anvil.md): turn sealed cavities into printable gyroid lattices
* [Software roadmap](/docs/software/roadmap.md): what is coming next
* [TF Node Controller](/docs/hardware/thermoflex/tf-node-controller.md): the hardware the API drives