Ignition

Judgement

What it is

Framework or platform

What it does

Industrial application platform for building SCADA, HMI, MES and IIoT systems, licensed per server with unlimited tags, clients and screens.

Adopt it when

A manufacturer or integrator wants to build plant-wide SCADA and dashboards without per-tag or per-client licensing.

Watch out

You build the application yourself or through an integrator, so quality depends on who does it.

Ready for

Production-ready

Runs as

Self-hosted server and desktop app

Built with

Java and Python (Jython)

What the license allows

Closed source: you use it under the maker's terms and cannot change or resell the code.

Judged on 2026-11-03 from the maker's description and Wikipedia. The license and age lines are worked out directly.

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Under it

Every program, Ignition included, runs on a microchip.

How compilers were built, back to punched paper tape