# aolofsson/awesome-opensource-hardware

List of awesome open source hardware tools, generators, and reusable designs

Repository: https://github.com/aolofsson/awesome-opensource-hardware
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/awesome-opensource-hardware
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-03-02T13:40:07+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 64/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 70, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1609, "days_push": 184, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2410, forks 233 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:44.322930+00:00)

## What it is
A curated, categorized list of open source hardware tools, EDA software, PDKs, reusable circuit designs, and educational resources. It serves as an index linking to source repositories for silicon design, FPGA development, and verification workflows.

## Use cases
- find open source EDA tools for chip design
- discover open source FPGA toolchains
- locate open PDKs like sky130 or gf180 for tapeouts
- find RISC-V SoC design frameworks
- learn hardware design with open source resources
- find HDL simulators and verification tools
- explore open source CPU and accelerator designs

## When to choose
- starting an open source silicon or FPGA project and needing tooling
- comparing EDA tools, simulators, or PDKs
- building a curriculum or learning path for hardware design
- looking for reusable open hardware designs and generators

## When to avoid
- you need a working tool rather than a directory of links
- you need proprietary commercial EDA tool recommendations
- you need detailed tutorials rather than one-line project descriptions

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: developer-tools, documentation, compiler, simulation, machine-learning
- domain: hardware, awesome-lists, developer-tools, education, compilers
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: open-source-hardware, eda, fpga, asic, pdk, rtl, chip-design, curated-list

## Member repositories
- aolofsson/awesome-opensource-hardware (main) score 64

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:44.322930+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:33:59.570332+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/aolofsson/awesome-opensource-hardware (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:44.322930+00:00, sha 9868b9fea566)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.