Top 12 open-source-hardware Open-Source Projects

Cores-VeeR-EH1

8 774 0.0 SystemVerilog

VeeR EH1 core
OURS-project

2 609 6.0 Python

Step-by-step instructions to build a smartphone that is open-source, upgradeable, repairable, and Big Tech free.
InfluxDB

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Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.
PipelineC

46 546 9.5 Python

A C-like hardware description language (HDL) adding high level synthesis(HLS)-like automatic pipelining as a language construct/compiler feature.

Project mention: PipelineC Example: FM Radio Demodulation (FPGA SDR) | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-03-03

Related: PipelineC: A C-like hardware description language (HDL):
https://github.com/JulianKemmerer/PipelineC

kicanvas

4 528 9.0 TypeScript

The KiCAD web viewer

Project mention: Tesla shares 48V architecture with other automakers to move the industry | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-12-07

calyx

2 447 9.4 Rust

Intermediate Language (IL) for Hardware Accelerator Generators

Project mention: Calyx, a Compiler Infrastructure for Accelerator Generators | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-03-04

Round-Anything

13 440 1.5 OpenSCAD

A set of OpenSCAD utilities for adding radii and fillets, that embodies a robust approach to developing OpenSCAD parts.

Project mention: How can I create a quarter cylinder? | /r/openscad | 2023-05-24

In the vein of "lots of ways to do things", my personal favorite for rounding is Round Anything: https://github.com/Irev-Dev/Round-Anything

awesome-open-hardware

1 366 4.4

🛠Helpful items for making open source hardware projects.
SaaSHub

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pymtl3

5 351 4.6 Python

Pymtl 3 (Mamba), an open-source Python-based hardware generation, simulation, and verification framework

Project mention: Firrtl – Flexible Intermediate Representation for RTL | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-07-15

Cores-VeeR-EL2

1 222 9.0 SystemVerilog

VeeR EL2 Core
fanpico

1 96 7.8 C

Fanpico: Open Source Smart PWM (PC) Fan Controller
8Q

1 79 0.0 Python

General Purpose 8 Qubit Optical Quantum Computer
Newone

3 74 0.0 Python

3D printed, low cost transport vehicle controlled over mobile internet and programed in Python

NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).

open-source-hardware related posts

Tesla shares 48V architecture with other automakers to move the industry

1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 7 Dec 2023
Effective June 7, 2026, Autodesk will no longer sell nor support EAGLE

6 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 13 Jun 2023

Index

What are some of the best open-source open-source-hardware projects? This list will help you:

	Project	Stars
1	Cores-VeeR-EH1	774
2	OURS-project	609
3	PipelineC	546
4	kicanvas	528
5	calyx	447
6	Round-Anything	440
7	awesome-open-hardware	366
8	pymtl3	351
9	Cores-VeeR-EL2	222
10	fanpico	96
11	8Q	79
12	Newone	74