# Host software The Joulescope host software runs on a host computer and communicates with the Joulescope JS320 instrument over USB 2.0 high-speed. ## Joulescope User Interface The Joulescope User Interface (UI) is the quickest and easiest way to get started with your Joulescope. The UI works with Microsoft® Windows®, Apple® macOS®, and Linux®. See the [supported platforms](https://docs.joulescope.com/en/getting_started/install_ui.md#supported-platforms). For more information on the Joulescope UI, see the [Joulescope UI User’s Guide](https://docs.joulescope.com/en/software/joulescope_ui/index.md). ## Scripts and automation Want to go beyond the Joulescope UI? Automate a test? Integrate with a larger test setup? The Joulescope host software is ready to support you. The Joulescope software contains several layers that you can use to integrate. The easiest way to get started is with Python. You can use the original **joulescope** API or the newer, more powerful **joulescope_driver**. Both have python bindings. However, the **joulescope_driver** is a native C application, so you can integrate it with any programming language that can call into a dynamic library. For more detail, visit the GitHub repositories for each project: | Repo name | Python package name | Description | |--------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | [pyjoulescope_ui](https://github.com/jetperch/pyjoulescope_ui) | joulescope_ui | The Joulescope User Interface written in QT/PySide6 | | [joulescope_driver](https://github.com/jetperch/joulescope_driver) | pyjoulescope_driver | Native Joulescope user-space driver with asynchronous publish-subscribe API. Includes Python and Node.js bindings | | [pyjoulescope](https://github.com/jetperch/pyjoulescope) | joulescope | The Joulescope Python “driver” with synchronous API. Used pyjoulescope_driver backend. | | [jls](https://github.com/jetperch/jls) | pyjls | High performance file storage for Joulescope data | You can find examples of how to use Joulescope in your Python application at: [https://github.com/jetperch/pyjoulescope_examples](https://github.com/jetperch/pyjoulescope_examples) [https://github.com/jetperch/joulescope_driver/tree/main/pyjoulescope_driver/entry_points](https://github.com/jetperch/joulescope_driver/tree/main/pyjoulescope_driver/entry_points) Also see the documentation for [pyjoulescope](https://docs.joulescope.com/en/software/pyjoulescope/index.md) and the [Joulescope Driver](https://docs.joulescope.com/en/software/joulescope_driver/index.md). The Joulescope software depends upon other software and libraries. See CREDITS.html for [pyjoulescope_ui](http://htmlpreview.github.io/?https://github.com/jetperch/pyjoulescope_ui/blob/master/CREDITS.html) and [pyjoulescope](http://htmlpreview.github.io/?https://github.com/jetperch/pyjoulescope/blob/master/CREDITS.html).