Open hardware

First published: 2020-09-23

Last Edited: 2025-03-28

Number of edits: 4

Open hardware is the counter-part to the Open Source software movement, and it may even share some open source values. The only difference is that it focus on physical tools, which create a different set of constraints.

Meta discussions about Open Hardware:
Open-Hardware practices
- Sharing reproducible models
List of open hardware projects:
There are some discussions on open hardware business model:

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