# skot/bitaxe

Open source ASIC Bitcoin miner hardware

Repository: https://github.com/skot/bitaxe
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/bitaxe
License: CERN-OHL-S-2.0
License Family: other
Topics: bitcoin, hardware, kicad, mining, bm1387, bm1397, bitaxe, bm1366
Last push: 2025-08-27T23:09:13+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 40/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 39, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1570, "days_push": 371, "days_rel": 607, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1367, forks 215 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:31.443458+00:00)

## What it is
Bitaxe is a fully open source hardware Bitcoin ASIC miner design (KiCad files, BOM, gerbers) built around Bitmain's BM1366 SHA256 ASIC and an ESP32-S3 for standalone WiFi mining. This original repository has split into model-specific repos under the bitaxeorg organization, with the Ultra revision verified and actively maintained.

## Use cases
- build my own open source bitcoin asic miner
- mine bitcoin solo directly to a pool over wifi without a computer
- order and assemble a low-power home bitcoin miner from gerbers and a BOM
- experiment with BM1366 ASIC voltage and power autotuning
- learn open source hardware design for crypto mining
- fork a bitcoin miner hardware design and customize it

## When to choose
- you want a fully open source, standalone, low-power Bitcoin miner you can build yourself
- you enjoy electronics projects and can order PCBs and solder SMD parts
- you want to study or modify open hardware mining designs in KiCad

## When to avoid
- you just want to buy a working miner and not assemble anything
- you need large-scale or high-hashrate mining
- you expect plug-and-play consumer hardware with support

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: embedded, iot
- domain: hardware, embedded-systems
- platform: embedded, iot
- tags: open-source-hardware, bitcoin-mining, asic, kicad, esp32, pcb-design, solo-mining, cryptocurrency

## Member repositories
- skot/bitaxe (main) score 40

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:31.443458+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 2026-08-30T04:41:09.333246+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/skot/bitaxe (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:31.443458+00:00, sha 2699712e4658)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.