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INDI - Instrument Neutral Device Interface. You can basically think of it as ASCOM but not just for Windows.
Technically speaking it's quite different to ASCOM, but as far as the end-user goes it fills the same spot.
INDI is a protocol, a way for application developers to communicate with device drivers in a way that makes the drivers accessible to any programming language or platform. The drivers themselves still need platform-specific code internally, but that's hidden from the application developers.
The guys at Cloudmakers are working on INDI as well. AstroImager has support for INDI, but it's not turned on by default. You can download INDI as a separate install, from Cloudmakers, and then use any driver within their INDI server.
Things to note is that INDI is a protocol, not necessarily something you can download... but Cloudmakers have implemented that protocol and distribute a server that contains several drivers from CCDs to domes, filter wheels etc. It's some really great work that I hope continues to gain traction because it'll make it so much easier for application developers to focus on what matters, and produce great applications for end-users.
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