diff --git a/conf/layer.conf b/conf/layer.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7ddf537
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conf/layer.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# We have a conf and classes directory, add to BBPATH
+BBPATH .= ":${LAYERDIR}"
+
+# We have recipes-* directories, add to BBFILES
+BBFILES += "${LAYERDIR}/recipes-*/*/*.bb \
+			${LAYERDIR}/recipes-*/*/*.bbappend"
+
+BBFILE_COLLECTIONS += "helium-tango"
+BBFILE_PATTERN_helium-tango = "^${LAYERDIR}/"
+BBFILE_PRIORITY_helium-tango = "6"
+
+# This should only be incremented on significant changes that will
+# cause compatibility issues with other layers
+LAYERVERSION_helium-tango = "2"
+
+
+LAYERDEPENDS_helium-tango = "core openembedded-layer"
+LAYERSERIES_COMPAT_helium-tango = "langdale mickledore"
diff --git a/recipes-protocols/libtango/libtango.inc b/recipes-protocols/libtango/libtango.inc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3fd5a05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-protocols/libtango/libtango.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+SUMMARY = "Tango Controls kernel library"
+LICENSE = "LGPL-3.0"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=8195c2d9416e5fc98eb30ee334511b73"
+
+SRC_URI = "https://gitlab.com/tango-controls/cppTango/-/archive/${PV}/cppTango-${PV}.tar.gz"
+
+S = "${WORKDIR}/cppTango-${PV}"
+
+DEPENDS = "omniorb-native omniorb tango-idl zeromq cppzmq jpeg"
+
+EXTRA_OECMAKE += " -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release"
+
+inherit cmake python3native pkgconfig
+
+BBCLASSEXTEND = "nativesdk"
diff --git a/recipes-protocols/libtango/libtango_9.5.0.bb b/recipes-protocols/libtango/libtango_9.5.0.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dc67004
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-protocols/libtango/libtango_9.5.0.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+require libtango.inc
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "8f8cd49d5287f66f84088a1cf2fa427c98a4a567fb81cce8479e1b14c4307b16"
diff --git a/recipes-protocols/omniorb/files/0002-python-shebang.patch b/recipes-protocols/omniorb/files/0002-python-shebang.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7dcaf6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-protocols/omniorb/files/0002-python-shebang.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+Index: omniORB/src/tool/omniidl/python/scripts/omniidl.in
+===================================================================
+--- omniORB.orig/src/tool/omniidl/python2/scripts/omniidl.in
++++ omniORB/src/tool/omniidl/python2/scripts/omniidl.in
+@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
+-#!@PYTHON@
++#!/usr/bin/env python
+ # -*- python -*-
+ #                           Package   : omniidl
+ # omniidl.in                Created on: 1999/10/29
+Index: omniORB/src/tool/omniidl/python3/scripts/omniidl.in
+===================================================================
+--- omniORB.orig/src/tool/omniidl/python3/scripts/omniidl.in
++++ omniORB/src/tool/omniidl/python3/scripts/omniidl.in
+@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
+-#!@PYTHON@
++#!/usr/bin/env python3
+ # -*- python -*-
+ #                           Package   : omniidl
+ # omniidl.in                Created on: 1999/10/29
diff --git a/recipes-protocols/omniorb/omniorb_4.3.2.bb b/recipes-protocols/omniorb/omniorb_4.3.2.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5cea845
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-protocols/omniorb/omniorb_4.3.2.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+DESCRIPTION = "OmniORB High Performance ORB"
+HOMEPAGE = "http://omniorb.sourceforge.net"
+LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-only"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=1b422f7cda3870b9c4b040b68ba1c0fe"
+
+DEPENDS += "omniorb-native python3"
+
+SRC_URI = "http://downloads.sourceforge.net/omniorb/omniORB-${PV}.tar.bz2"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "1c745330d01904afd7a1ed0a5896b9a6e53ac1a4b864a48503b93c7eecbf1fa8"
+
+SRC_URI += " \
+    file://0002-python-shebang.patch \
+"
+
+S = "${WORKDIR}/omniORB-${PV}"
+
+EXTRA_OECONF += "--disable-longdouble"
+
+CONFFILES:${PN} += "/etc/omniORB.cfg"
+FILES:${PN}-dev += "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_BASEVERSION}"
+
+do_compile () {
+	export TOOLBINDIR=${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}
+	oe_runmake
+}
+
+do_compile:class-native () {
+	oe_runmake
+}
+
+do_install:append () {
+	install -d ${D}${sysconfdir}
+	install -m 0644 ${S}/sample.cfg ${D}${sysconfdir}/omniORB.cfg
+
+	# Set sane defaults
+	sed -i 's,^traceThreadId.*,traceThreadId = 0,g' ${D}${sysconfdir}/omniORB.cfg
+	sed -i 's,^traceTime.*,traceTime = 0,g' ${D}${sysconfdir}/omniORB.cfg
+}
+
+PARALLEL_MAKE = ""
+
+inherit autotools python3native pkgconfig
+
+BBCLASSEXTEND = "native nativesdk"
diff --git a/recipes-support/tango-idl/tango-idl.inc b/recipes-support/tango-idl/tango-idl.inc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e01670a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-support/tango-idl/tango-idl.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+SUMMARY = "IDL definitions for Tango Controls"
+LICENSE = "GPL-3.0"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=6c9432eab6a070a936cf9da6191d6db6"
+
+SRC_URI = "https://gitlab.com/tango-controls/tango-idl/-/archive/${PV}/tango-idl-${PV}.tar.gz"
+
+S = "${WORKDIR}/tango-idl-${PV}"
+
+DEPENDS = "omniorb-native"
+
+inherit cmake
+
+BBCLASSEXTEND = "nativesdk"
diff --git a/recipes-support/tango-idl/tango-idl_5.1.0.bb b/recipes-support/tango-idl/tango-idl_5.1.0.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d501190
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-support/tango-idl/tango-idl_5.1.0.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+require tango-idl.inc
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "864dc73510fea5d71c8d7120ecb0d0df13510b37319120367305b94490b5751e"
diff --git a/recipes-tools/starter/tango-starter.inc b/recipes-tools/starter/tango-starter.inc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9516ca5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-tools/starter/tango-starter.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+SUMMARY = "Tango Controls Starter"
+LICENSE = "GPL-3.0"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=1ebbd3e34237af26da5dc08a4e440464"
+
+SRC_URI = "https://gitlab.com/tango-controls/starter/-/archive/Starter-${PV}/starter-Starter-${PV}.tar.gz"
+
+S = "${WORKDIR}/starter-Starter-${PV}"
+
+DEPENDS = "libtango omniorb"
+
+inherit cmake
diff --git a/recipes-tools/starter/tango-starter/0001-8.3-detect-linux-not-glibc.patch b/recipes-tools/starter/tango-starter/0001-8.3-detect-linux-not-glibc.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..411e34b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-tools/starter/tango-starter/0001-8.3-detect-linux-not-glibc.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- starter-Starter-8.3/CheckProcessUtil.h	2023-11-24 21:30:37.000000000 +0100
++++ starter-Starter-8.3-musl/CheckProcessUtil.h	2024-03-08 00:00:17.685887663 +0100
+@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
+ #		include <fcntl.h>
+ #		include <sys/stat.h>
+ #		include <pwd.h>
+-#	if (!defined __GLIBC__) && (!defined __darwin__) && (!defined __freebsd__)
++#	if (!defined __linux__) && (!defined __darwin__) && (!defined __freebsd__)
+      /* solaris */
+ #		include <procfs.h>
+ #		include <fcntl.h>
diff --git a/recipes-tools/starter/tango-starter_8.3.bb b/recipes-tools/starter/tango-starter_8.3.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d5e7ac8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-tools/starter/tango-starter_8.3.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+require tango-starter.inc
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "4d6e9b4bc2ab0582c871d167fb6dae4db7d8aeeae5abd0bc0705c58c8b3d0b44"
+
+SRC_URI += "https://gitlab.com/tango-controls/TangoCMakeModules/-/archive/main/TangoCMakeModules-main.tar.gz;name=CMakeModules"
+SRC_URI[CMakeModules.sha256sum] = "238d2d1caf26ce217750dec599400c9c207d55c9f086752ec8fac4255eb17954"
+
+SRC_URI += "file://0001-8.3-detect-linux-not-glibc.patch"
+
+do_configure:prepend() {
+	# Starter 8.3 doesn't include TangoCMakeModules
+	cp ${WORKDIR}/TangoCMakeModules-main/* ${WORKDIR}/starter-Starter-${PV}/TangoCMakeModules
+}