The open source hardware community has exploded since the first Open Hardware Summit in 2010. The community has grown to include an incredibly diverse

State of Open Source Hardware 2021

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The open source hardware community has exploded since the first Open Hardware Summit in 2010. The community has grown to include an incredibly diverse group of people working on an incredibly diverse set of hardware. From science researchers to musicians, from educators to designers, from multinational companies to local hackerspaces, open hardware has expanded in every conceivable direction.

This resource encourages you to step back and reflect on the growth of the community. It relies heavily on OSHWA’s Open Hardware Certification Program , the annual Open Hardware Summit , and the annual Open Hardware Community Survey to understand how the open hardware community got here and where it might be headed. The Certification Program is a free way for open source hardware creators to confirm to the world that their projects comply with the community definition of open source hardware . The Open Hardware Summit is the place for the entire open hardware community to come together in order to learn, share, and grow. And the Community Survey is a snapshot of how the community has grown around open hardware. While no single resource can capture the full breadth of open hardware, we hope that everyone sees a bit of themselves here. Thank you for being part of the community.

The Open Hardware Certification Program gives us an easy way to track the worldwide expansion of open source hardware since the program launched in 2016. The data - now accessible via API - illustrates how the open hardware community has grown into a truly international movement. Today the community has certified hardware from over 45 countries on every continent except Antarctica.