coreboot is an extended firmware platform that delivers a lightning fast and secure boot experience on modern computers and embedded systems. As an Open Source project it provides auditability and maximum control over technology.
The OpenBIOS project provides you with most free and open source Open Firmware implementations available. Here you find several implementations of IEEE 1275-1994 (Referred to as Open Firmware) compliant firmware.
Among its features, Open Firmware provides an instruction set independent device interface. This can be used to boot the operating system from expansion cards without native initialization code.
It is Open Firmware's goal to work on all common platforms, like x86, AMD64, PowerPC, ARM, Sparc and Mips. With its flexible and modular design, Open Firmware targets servers, workstations and embedded systems, where a sane and unified firmware is a crucial design goal and reduces porting efforts noticably.
Open Firmware is found on many servers and workstations and there are several commercial implementations from SUN, Firmworks, CodeGen, Apple, IBM and others.
In most cases, the Open Firmware implementations provided on this site rely on an additional low-level firmware for hardware initialization, such as coreboot or U-Boot.
Small as a mouse, fast as a cheetah and available for free. NetSurf is a multi-platform web browser for RISC OS, UNIX-like platforms (including Linux), Mac OS X, and more. Whether you want to check your webmail, read the news or post to discussion forums, NetSurf is your lightweight gateway to the world wide web. Actively developed, NetSurf is continually evolving and improving.
Written in C, this award winning open source project features its own layout engine. It is licensed under GPL version 2.
Git server: https://source.netsurf-browser.org/
As it turns out, Bionic Reading isn't all that special, it's just a bunch of CSS hackery. This is an open source version that, theoretically, could be turned into a browser plugin or added to a website.
LYNX's goal is to create a customizable computer control system that accommodates the individual needs of each user. The project stands on two pillars: open source, which provides all necessary files and instruction for self assembly, and the shop, where the tool can simply be purchased.
Github: https://github.com/LYNX-workshop
Desk-sized, affordable, open-source robotic pets. Right now there are only two, Nybble (robocat) and Bittle (robodog). Programmable and hackable. Can be customized and expanded with a little work. Can even be expanded with a RasPi and a little work for more on-board processing power. Can be controlled wirelessly over Bluetooth or wifi.
PicoCat v2 is a complete redesign of the original opensource Opencat project; that is to say each part has been remodelled in Fusion 360 to allow for the different size of servo used. The old model used either the SG90 or the MG90. The DS-929MG is slightly longer than the sg90 and mg90. The only parts not changed are the head assembly parts.
Fast open-source firmware for the PineTime smartwatch with many features, written in modern C++. Based on rtOS.
The PineTime is a free and open source smartwatch capable of running custom-built open operating systems. Some of the notable features include a heart rate monitor, a week-long battery, and a capacitive touch IPS display that is legible in direct sunlight. It is a fully community driven side-project which anyone can contribute to, allowing you to keep control of your device.
We envision the PineTime as a companion for not only your PinePhone but also for your favorite devices — any phone, tablet, or even PC. In its current state the PineTime ships with a community firmware called Infinitime, which works with Linux computers and phones, Windows machines, and Android devices. IOS support is currently being looked into for Infinitime.
UnifiedPush is a set of specifications and tools that lets the user choose how push notifications* are delivered. All in a free and open source way.
TL;DR I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT TO INSTALL: ntfy (Android)
HACKERS is a print-and-play card game for 4 (or 3 in a pinch) players.
Until such time as someone DMCAs my ass you can purchase nice printed copies of the game from The Game Crafter: https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/hackers1
A list of open source games and game-related projects that can be found on GitHub - old school text adventures, educational games, 8-bit platform games, browser-based games, indie games, GameJam projects, add-ons/maps/hacks/plugins for commercial games, libraries, frameworks, engines, you name it.
The metaverse is here: an immersive Web full of social virtual and augmented reality experiences. However, mega-corporations want to lock it down and wall it up to make another addictive, toxic ad-selling platform. We’re taking it in a different direction because we dream of a democratized new era of the Web where creators own their content, users own their data, and no single entity exhibits undue influence on the community as a whole.
Immers Space is a social networking application that runs alongside your Immersive Web experience. It provides account registration and login for your site, allows users to login to your site with their existing accounts from other immers, and publishes social updates for users on your site (e.g. sharing a link to invite friends to meet up at your site).
Github: https://github.com/immers-space/
Javascript, but it's supposed to run in a browser. What can you do?
switching.software is a grassroots website, that is trying to let people know about ethical and easy-to-use alternatives to well-known websites, apps and other software.
CatSniffer is an original multiprotocol and multiband board made for sniffing and communicating with IoT (Internet of Things) devices. It was designed as a highly portable USB stick that integrates the new generation of the chips TI CC1352, Semtech SX1262, and Microchip SAMD21E17.
This board is an auditing tool for security researchers looking into IoT security. The board can be used with different types of software including third-party sniffers such as SmartRF Packet Sniffer, Sniffle, zigbee2mqtt, Z-Stack-firmware, our custom firmware, or you can even write your own firmware for your hacking needs.
It can also be (pre-)ordered here: https://electroniccats.com/store/catsniffer/
James Bowman's seminal paper on the J1 CPU was presented in 2010. At under 200 lines of Verilog, the J1 was a real breakthrough in simplicity. It also happens to be a very powerful Forth processor.
The Chad CPU, like the J1, has excellent semantic density. The application of the J1 was a UDP stack in a Xilinx FPGA. The code was 70% smaller than the equivalent C on a MicroBlaze. The code just wouldn't fit in memory, so the J1 was used instead. Admittedly, MicroBlaze is a hog. However J1 has a lot going for it. Calls and jumps take only a single cycle. Often a return is combined with an ALU instruction to cause a return in zero instructions. It's a little freaky to watch in simulation if you're used to control flow changes having to deal with pipelines.
The system can be understood and maintained by one person due to simplicity.
Built for security. The ISA doesn't support random read of code memory, which makes reverse engineering and hacking the code an exercise in chip probing if it can even be done. The MCU boots from SPI flash, which is encrypted using a stream cipher. The weak spot then becomes key management: How secure are keys, how hard can you make it to probe memory busses on the ASIC die, etc.
In-system programming (ISP) is handled by hardware state machines, not firmware. The SPI flash controller integrates a UART and processor memories so that the RAMs can be loaded from flash at boot time. The UART can also be used to program flash by any host computer with a serial port. It can also reset the processor.
A customisable New Tab page, with widgets and beautiful backgrounds. Customizable. Widgets:
- RSS and Atom feeds: can be used to see the news or follow a website.
- Weather
- To do list: track things you need to do.
- Quick Links: show links, with optional icons and subheadings.
- Top Sites: shows your most frequent websites.
- Daily Goals: enter a daily goal.
- Bookmarks: shows bookmarks from the bookmark toolbar.
- Greeting: be greeted based on the time of day.
- Clock: show the current time, choose between 12 and 24 hours.
- Notes: jot down notes in a freeform text area.
- Age: shows your current age with way too much precision.
- Search: a search bar, with support for changing the search engine.
- Web Comics: show the most recent panel from a web comic.
- Upcoming Space Flights
- More...
Web version: https://web.renewedtab.com/
Source code: https://gitlab.com/rubenwardy/renewedtab
A repository for your personal data, and an extensible analysis engine.
There already exist many apps and fitness trackers that gather and attempt to make sense of your data. Most of these services are isolated - your phone's fitness tracking software knows nothing about your browser's time-tracking extension. Furthermore, each app and service has its own method for downloading data (if they offer raw data at all!), which makes an all-encompassing analysis of life extremely tedious. Heedy offers a self-hosted open-source way to put all of this data together into a single system.
Open-source and self-hosted. Extensible.
Most heedy plugins use Python.
An open source VR headset with SteamVR support for $200us. Steam VR support. Natively displays 2K resolution at 120FPS. Compatible with Arduino. Experimental Body-Tracking. Relativty is not a consumer product. We made Relativty in my bedroom with a soldering iron and a 3D printer and we expect you to do the same: build it yourself.
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