# SPIRIT-org/SPIRIT

Smartphone based on the Raspberry Pi CM 5.

Repository: https://github.com/SPIRIT-org/SPIRIT
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/spirit
Language: MATLAB
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: debian, electronics, electronics-engineering, electronics-projects, mobile, raspberry-pi, compute-module-5, raspberry, rpi, rpi5, digikey, kicad, kicad-pcb, kicad-schematics, raspberrypi, raspberrypi5
Last push: 2026-08-21T15:55:07+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 67/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 35, longevity 54
- inputs: {"age_days": 757, "days_push": 12, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1284, forks 55 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:14.592683+00:00)

## What it is
SPIRIT is an open-source smartphone hardware project built around the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5, with KiCad PCB designs and schematics released publicly. It aims to be a repairable, privacy-focused phone made from available off-the-shelf components, currently in active development.

## Use cases
- build your own open source smartphone
- privacy-focused phone with hardware kill switches
- repairable smartphone alternative to proprietary phones
- learn smartphone electronics design with KiCad
- DIY phone based on Raspberry Pi CM5
- open hardware mobile device project

## When to choose
- you want a fully open, repairable smartphone you can build and modify yourself
- you prioritize privacy controls and hardware switches over polish
- you want to study or contribute to open-source mobile hardware design

## When to avoid
- you need a finished, production-ready phone for daily use today
- you expect commercial warranty, app store, or cellular certification out of the box
- you are not comfortable with DIY electronics assembly and development-stage software

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: experimental
- function: embedded, security, privacy, developer-tools
- domain: hardware, mobile-development, privacy, self-hosted, embedded-systems
- platform: embedded, cross-platform
- tags: open-hardware, smartphone, raspberry-pi-compute-module-5, kicad, diy-electronics, repairable-hardware, pcb-design, linux

## Member repositories
- SPIRIT-org/SPIRIT (main) score 67

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:14.592683+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 2026-08-30T04:56:42.896832+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/SPIRIT-org/SPIRIT (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:14.592683+00:00, sha 8c6915f1a60e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.