Open-source hardware software
1351 open-source libraries, tools and applications tagged hardware, ranked by how closely hardware is their primary purpose, then by adoption and maintenance health. Each entry links to a page with sources, use cases and when to choose or avoid it.
1351 products, primary matches first, then adoption-weighted; health v2 shown.
| Product | Health v2 | Stars | Maturity |
|---|---|---|---|
| maziggy/bambuddy Bambuddy is a self-hosted web application that acts as a command center for Bambu Lab 3D printers, from a single printer to an entire print… | 80 | 3122 | active |
| bb-qq/r8152 A Synology DSM driver package (kernel module) for Realtek RTL8152/8153/8156/8157/8159 based USB Ethernet adapters, enabling 1G to 10G USB n… | 83 | 3099 | active |
| AMD-OSX/AMD_Vanilla A collection of binary kernel patches that enable near-native AMD CPU support on macOS via the OpenCore bootloader. It supports AMD 15h, 16… | 53 | 3097 | active |
| qmk/qmk_toolbox A cross-platform desktop application that packages multiple firmware flashing tools for QMK keyboards into one GUI, supporting auto-detecti… | 81 | 3086 | active |
| GoldHEN/GoldHEN GoldHEN is a homebrew enabler payload for jailbroken PlayStation 4 consoles, providing kernel patches, debug settings, and system enhanceme… | 49 | 3074 | active |
| KiCad/kicad-source-mirror KiCad is a cross-platform open-source EDA (Electronic Design Automation) suite for designing printed circuit boards and schematics, includi… | 95 | 3060 | active |
| macmade/Hot Hot is a macOS menu bar application that displays the CPU speed limit caused by thermal throttling, along with CPU temperature and thermal … | 23 | 3059 | active |
| XorTroll/Goldleaf Goldleaf is a multipurpose homebrew application for Nintendo Switch, similar in concept to FBI for Nintendo 3DS. It provides a graphical in… | 86 | 3043 | active |
| simplefoc/Arduino-FOC SimpleFOC is an Arduino/PlatformIO C++ library implementing Field Oriented Control (FOC) for BLDC and stepper motors. It supports many moto… | 71 | 3042 | active |
| RfidResearchGroup/ChameleonUltra ChameleonUltra is the open-source firmware for an RFID/NFC card emulation device based on the NRF52840, capable of reading, writing, decryp… | 80 | 3040 | active |
| LibrePCB/LibrePCB LibrePCB is a free, open-source electronic design automation (EDA) suite for drawing schematics and designing printed circuit boards. It ru… | 89 | 3024 | active |
| erpalma/throttled A Linux daemon that prevents firmware-induced CPU throttling on Intel systems by periodically restoring package power limits (PL1/PL2) and … | 94 | 2989 | active |
| google/mozc-devices Google's repository of circuit diagrams and C++ firmware source code for building DIY versions of Gboard novelty keyboards, formerly Google… | 76 | 2970 | active |
| TheOfficialFloW/PPPwn PPPwn is a proof-of-concept kernel remote code execution exploit for PlayStation 4 consoles up to firmware 11.00, exploiting CVE-2006-4304 … | 25 | 2965 | active |
| dalathegreat/Battery-Emulator Battery-Emulator is firmware that lets second-life EV battery packs be reused as stationary home energy storage by translating communicatio… | 94 | 2959 | active |
| jayofelony/pwnagotchi Pwnagotchi is a Raspberry Pi-based Wi-Fi penetration-testing gadget that leverages Bettercap to passively sniff or actively attack nearby W… | 90 | 2956 | active |
| i-am-shodan/USBArmyKnife USB Army Knife is firmware for ESP32-based USB devices (like the T-Dongle-S3) that turns them into a close-access penetration testing tool.… | 73 | 2954 | active |
| sharpie7/circuitjs1 CircuitJS1 is an electronic circuit simulator that runs entirely in the browser, ported from Paul Falstad's original Java applet using GWT.… | 32 | 2954 | active |
| probe-rs probe-rs is a Rust toolkit and library for on-chip debugging and flashing of embedded ARM, RISC-V, and Xtensa microcontrollers via debug pr… | 89 | 2949 | active |
| f1xpl/openauto OpenAuto is an AndroidAuto headunit emulator built on the aasdk library and Qt, designed to run smoothly on Raspberry Pi 3. It renders the … | 23 | 2924 | active |
| GHDL GHDL is an open-source analyzer, compiler, simulator, and experimental synthesizer for the VHDL hardware description language, supporting I… | 79 | 2907 | active |
| earlephilhower/arduino-pico An Arduino core that ports the Arduino development environment to the Raspberry Pi Pico's RP2040 and RP2350 microcontrollers, built on the … | 99 | 2887 | active |
| Universal x86 Tuning Utility Universal x86 Tuning Utility (UXTU) is a lightweight open-source GUI alternative to Ryzen Master and Intel XTU for tuning x86 laptops and d… | 97 | 2886 | active |
| awalol/DS5Dongle Firmware that turns a Raspberry Pi Pico 2 W into a wireless Bluetooth dongle for the DualSense (PS5) controller, making it appear as a wire… | 75 | 2875 | active |
| gem5 gem5 is the official open-source computer-system architecture simulator for research and teaching, modeling processor microarchitecture and… | 86 | 2871 | active |
| adafruit/Adafruit-GFX-Library Adafruit GFX is the core Arduino graphics library providing a common set of drawing primitives (points, lines, circles, bitmaps, fonts) sha… | 86 | 2859 | stable |
| sqfmi/Watchy Watchy is a fully open-source E-Ink smartwatch built on ESP32, accompanied by an Arduino library for developing custom watch faces and firm… | 36 | 2840 | active |
| tscircuit tscircuit is an open-source React/TypeScript framework and toolchain for designing, previewing, simulating, and manufacturing printed circu… | 71 | 2839 | active |
| ARMmbed/DAPLink Arm Mbed DAPLink is open-source interface firmware that runs on a secondary MCU attached to the SWD/JTAG port of an Arm Cortex application … | 63 | 2816 | active |
| espressif/esp32-camera Espressif's official camera driver library for ESP32-series SoCs (ESP32, ESP32-S2, ESP32-S3), supporting a wide range of image sensors like… | 93 | 2813 | active |
| coreboot/coreboot coreboot is an open-source firmware project that replaces proprietary BIOS/UEFI on computers, performing hardware initialization and then h… | 67 | 2807 | active |
| BitMaker-hub/NerdMiner_v2 NerdSoloMiner v2 is open-source firmware that turns ESP32-based boards (like the LILYGO T-Display S3) into a small Bitcoin solo CPU miner i… | 68 | 2804 | active |
| mvp/uhubctl uhubctl is a command-line utility that controls USB power per-port on smart USB hubs that implement per-port power switching. It is written… | 62 | 2804 | active |
| mike42/escpos-php A PHP library implementing a subset of Epson's ESC/POS protocol for thermal and impact receipt printers. It lets PHP applications generate … | 78 | 2792 | active |
| atar-axis/xpadneo An advanced Linux kernel driver for the Xbox One wireless controller (Bluetooth), built as a DKMS module in C. It fixes quirks of the stock… | 88 | 2785 | active |
| Koenkk/Z-Stack-firmware A repository providing compilation instructions and precompiled hex firmware files for Texas Instruments Z-Stack Zigbee firmware, targeting… | 66 | 2770 | active |
| Arduino Audio Tools An Arduino/PlatformIO/ESP-IDF library for ESP32 that implements the Bluetooth A2DP protocol for streaming audio, acting as either a sink (m… | 87 | 2755 | active |
| goodtft/LCD-show A collection of shell scripts and drivers that install and configure TFT LCD display and touchscreen support for various screen sizes (2.4"… | 74 | 2737 | active |
| liquidctl/liquidctl liquidctl is a cross-platform command-line tool and Python driver library for controlling AIO liquid coolers, fan controllers, LED controll… | 67 | 2696 | active |
| espressif/esp-iot-solution Espressif's official IoT library providing device drivers and code frameworks for ESP series SoCs, extending ESP-IDF with components for se… | 67 | 2691 | active |
| OpenHD/OpenHD OpenHD is an open-source digital FPV (first-person view) software suite for long-range, low-latency video transmission, telemetry, and RC c… | 67 | 2684 | active |
| Zer0-bit/gaggiuino Gaggiuino is an open-source firmware and hardware mod that upgrades a Gaggia Classic espresso machine with microcontroller-based control (S… | 98 | 2674 | active |
| guysoft/OctoPi OctoPi is a Raspberry Pi distribution (OS image) that ships with OctoPrint and mjpg-streamer preinstalled for controlling 3D printers over … | 62 | 2667 | active |
| TheTumultuousUnicornOfDarkness/CPU-X CPU-X is a free and open-source system profiling and monitoring application for GNU/Linux and FreeBSD, similar to CPU-Z on Windows. It repo… | 10 | 2658 | active |
| rust-embedded/embedded-hal embedded-hal is a Rust Hardware Abstraction Layer providing core traits for embedded systems, enabling platform-agnostic device drivers. It… | 57 | 2655 | stable |
| CNCjs CNCjs is a full-featured web-based interface for CNC milling controllers running Grbl, Grbl-Mega, Marlin, Smoothieware, TinyG, or g2core. I… | 96 | 2651 | stable |
| Modos-Labs/Glider Glider is an open-source low-latency E-ink monitor project, containing hardware designs and documentation, paired with the open-source Cast… | 70 | 2651 | active |
| nisargjhaveri/WirelessAndroidAutoDongle A DIY wireless Android Auto adapter built with Buildroot that runs on Raspberry Pi boards, letting cars with only wired Android Auto use wi… | 32 | 2646 | active |
| sanni/cartreader An open-source Arduino Mega shield and firmware for dumping video game cartridge ROMs and save files to an SD card without a PC. It support… | 10 | 2645 | active |
| kliment/Printrun Printrun is a suite of pure Python 3D printing host software consisting of Pronterface (GUI), Pronsole (interactive CLI), and Printcore (li… | 68 | 2636 | active |
| rbonghi/jetson_stats jetson-stats is a Python package for monitoring and controlling NVIDIA Jetson boards (Thor, Orin, Xavier, Nano, TX series). It provides jto… | 94 | 2627 | active |
| anthropics/claude-desktop-buddy A reference implementation and example firmware for the Bluetooth (BLE) maker API in Claude Cowork and Claude Code Desktop, including an ES… | 46 | 2625 | active |
| darklife/darkriscv DarkRISCV is an open-source RISC-V CPU softcore implemented from scratch in Verilog, supporting RV32E/RV32I and running on a wide range of … | 74 | 2622 | active |
| webosbrew/dev-manager-desktop A cross-platform desktop application for managing developer mode and rooted webOS TVs, built with Tauri, Rust, and Angular. It lets users a… | 91 | 2619 | active |
| google/cpu_features A cross-platform C99 library from Google for detecting CPU features (like available instruction sets) at runtime. It supports many architec… | 80 | 2619 | stable |
| imbushuo/mac-precision-touchpad A Windows Precision Touchpad driver implementation for Apple MacBook trackpads and Magic Trackpad 2, written in C. It supports USB (includi… | 23 | 10494 | maintenance |
| raspberrypi/rpi-imager Raspberry Pi Imager is a user-friendly GUI application for writing operating system images to SD cards and USB media for Raspberry Pi devic… | 95 | 2614 | active |
| RadioLib RadioLib is a universal C++ wireless communication library for embedded devices, providing a unified API to drive many radio modules (SX127… | 95 | 2614 | active |
| google-coral/coralnpu Coral NPU is an open-source neural processing unit (NPU) hardware IP core from Google Research, built on the 32-bit RISC-V ISA with matrix,… | 72 | 2604 | active |
| integralfx/MemTestHelper A C# WPF desktop application that automates running HCI MemTest for verifying RAM stability during memory overclocking. It is part of the i… | 23 | 2602 | active |
| FluidNC FluidNC is CNC motion control firmware for the ESP32, the successor to Grbl_ESP32, supporting multiple machine and tool types with a config… | 94 | 2593 | active |
| edk2-porting/edk2-msm An EDK2-based UEFI firmware port for Qualcomm Snapdragon mobile platforms, enabling phones to boot a UEFI environment. It serves as a boot … | 51 | 2593 | active |
| RaspiBlitz RaspiBlitz is a do-it-yourself software distribution that turns a RaspberryPi 4/5 into a Bitcoin and Lightning Network full node with an LC… | 77 | 2590 | active |
| libratbag Piper is a GTK graphical application for configuring gaming mice, acting as a frontend to the ratbagd DBus daemon from libratbag. It suppor… | 76 | 2587 | active |
| JeoJay127/RapidEFI-Tool RapidEFI is a free, offline GUI tool for configuring, auto-generating, and maintaining OpenCore EFI folders for Hackintosh (macOS on PC) se… | 92 | 2572 | active |
| OpenStickCommunity/GP2040-CE GP2040-CE is a multi-platform gamepad firmware for the Raspberry Pi Pico and other RP2040-based microcontroller boards, offering extremely … | 71 | 2566 | active |
| NicoHood/HID An Arduino library that adds enhanced USB HID functionality to standard Arduino boards, enabling them to act as keyboards, mice, gamepads, … | 23 | 2566 | stable |
| mofeng-git/One-KVM One-KVM Rust is a lightweight open-source IP-KVM solution written in Rust that enables BIOS-level remote management of servers and workstat… | 89 | 2558 | active |
| josefadamcik/SofleKeyboard Sofle is an open-source 6x4+5 column-staggered split ergonomic keyboard design with encoder support, based on the Lily58, Corne, and Helix … | 50 | 2550 | active |
| rtlamr A Go-based software-defined radio receiver that decodes Itron ERT smart meter transmissions in the 900MHz ISM band using an inexpensive rtl… | 73 | 2546 | active |
| xCuri0/ReBarUEFI A UEFI DXE driver (built with edk2) that enables Resizable BAR on motherboards that lack official support, injected into the firmware's DXE… | 44 | 2540 | active |
| cocotb/cocotb cocotb is a coroutine-based Python framework for writing testbenches that verify VHDL, Verilog, and SystemVerilog RTL designs via cosimulat… | 86 | 2538 | stable |
| signal11/hidapi HIDAPI is a multi-platform C library for communicating with USB and Bluetooth HID-class devices on Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, and macOS. It p… | 32 | 2537 | stable |
| tobiabocchi/flipperzero-bruteforce A Python script that generates .sub files for brute-forcing fixed OOK code subghz protocols using a Flipper Zero device. It supports multip… | 32 | 2529 | active |
| CTurt/FreeDVDBoot FreeDVDBoot is a PlayStation 2 DVD Player exploit written in C that lets users burn homebrew discs which boot on unmodified PS2 consoles. I… | 32 | 2526 | stable |
| OpenIntelWireless/IntelBluetoothFirmware A macOS kernel extension (kext) that uploads Intel wireless Bluetooth firmware to enable native Bluetooth support on Intel hardware. Firmwa… | 47 | 2518 | stable |
| miek/inspectrum inspectrum is a desktop tool for analysing captured radio signals, primarily from software-defined radio receivers. It provides a zoomable … | 48 | 2517 | active |
| No-Chicken/OV-Watch OV-Watch is an open-source smart watch project built on an STM32F411 microcontroller running FreeRTOS with an LVGL-based user interface. It… | 55 | 2504 | active |
| LinuxCNC/linuxcnc LinuxCNC is an open-source machine control software that drives CNC machines such as milling machines, lathes, 3D printers, laser and plasm… | 95 | 2501 | stable |
| corundum/corundum Corundum is an open-source FPGA-based network interface card (NIC) and platform for in-network compute, written in Verilog/SystemVerilog. I… | 32 | 2489 | active |
| mhaeuser/Battery-Toolkit A macOS menu bar application for Apple Silicon Macs that controls the platform power state, allowing users to set battery charge limits and… | 10 | 2475 | active |
| nRF24/RF24 An optimized C++ driver library for the nRF24L01(+) 2.4GHz wireless transceiver, acting as an OSI Layer 2 radio driver. It supports Arduino… | 85 | 2470 | active |
| Circuit-Digest/ESP-Drone ESP-Drone is a DIY drone firmware and hardware project built on the ESP32 and MPU6050 IMU, providing Wi-Fi-based stabilization and phone co… | 58 | 2464 | active |
| EdgeTX EdgeTX is an open-source firmware for RC radio transmitters, forked from OpenTX with a touch-enabled UI, Lua scripting support, and broad h… | 96 | 2452 | active |
| rbaron/b-parasite An open source DIY soil moisture sensor with ambient temperature, humidity, and light sensing, built on nRF52840/nRF52833 hardware and powe… | 79 | 2444 | active |
| Askannz/optimus-manager A Linux program for switching between Nvidia and Intel/AMD GPUs on Optimus laptops. It manages which GPU runs the desktop and handles displ… | 66 | 2444 | active |
| FlyGoat/RyzenAdj RyzenAdj is a command-line tool for adjusting power management settings on AMD Ryzen mobile processors (APUs), including STAPM/PPT power li… | 69 | 2439 | active |
| Konnect AI-assisted KiCAD tool A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that lets AI assistants like Claude directly control KiCAD for printed circuit board design. It expos… | 84 | 2431 | active |
| barbeau/gpstest GPSTest is the leading open-source Android application for testing GNSS/GPS receivers. It displays real-time satellite information for GPS,… | 86 | 2424 | active |
| OpenMouse-Project/openmouse OpenMouse is a browser-based application for configuring supported gaming mice (Logitech, Pulsar, Endgame Gear, WLMouse) directly via the W… | 58 | 2422 | active |
| dotnet/iot Official .NET libraries (System.Device.Gpio and Iot.Device.Bindings) for building IoT applications that interact with GPIO pins, serial por… | 80 | 2414 | active |
| VR-25/acc ACC (Advanced Charging Controller) is a shell-based Android tool for managing battery charging to extend lithium-ion battery service life. … | 42 | 2413 | active |
| ucb-bar/chipyard Chipyard is an open-source agile hardware design framework for building Chisel-based RISC-V systems-on-chip, including processor cores (Roc… | 81 | 2411 | active |
| MHeironimus/ArduinoJoystickLibrary An Arduino library that lets an Arduino Leonardo, Micro, or other ATmega32u4-based board appear as one or more USB HID joysticks or gamepad… | 23 | 2409 | stable |
| earlephilhower/ESP8266Audio An Arduino library for parsing and decoding audio formats including MOD, WAV, MP3, FLAC, MIDI, AAC, OGG/Opus, and RTTTL on ESP8266, ESP32, … | 95 | 2406 | active |
| AstraThreshold/oled-ui-astra A C++ UI framework for building smooth, animated menu interfaces on small OLED displays in embedded projects. It is designed to be easy to … | 31 | 2402 | active |
| linux-rdma/rdma-core rdma-core provides the userspace libraries and daemons for the Linux kernel's RDMA (drivers/infiniband) subsystem, including libibverbs, li… | 93 | 2399 | stable |
| pollen-robotics/AmazingHand AmazingHand is an open-source, low-cost, 3D-printable 8-DOF humanoid robotic hand with four fingers driven by Feetech servos, designed to m… | 52 | 2398 | active |
| DavidS95/Smokeless_UMAF A bootable USB tool that loads a custom UEFI form browser to expose AMD PBS/CBS (and possibly AMD Overclocking) BIOS menus without flashing… | 32 | 2398 | active |
| OpenGloves LucidGloves is an open-source DIY VR haptic glove project providing Arduino/ESP32 firmware and 3D-printable hardware files for finger track… | 41 | 2396 | active |