At ORCONF 2016 Philipp Wagner of the FOSSi Foundation presented LibreCores, a new site to share digital hardware projects. The site advances the ideas of OpenCores and adds much-requested features from the community.

1. Let’s Talk About LibreCores
LibreCores
Free and Open Digital Hardware
Philipp Wagner

2. Introducing LibreCores 2October 08, 2016
OpenCores.org
photobyAndreGlechikof(Flickr),CCBY-SA

3. Introducing LibreCores 3October 08, 2016
Demo
List your project on LibreCores in 2 clicks

4. Introducing LibreCores 4October 08, 2016
Goals

5. Introducing LibreCores 5October 08, 2016
https://www.flickr.com/photos/pagedooley/8435953365, Kevin Dooley, CC-BY 2.0

6. Introducing LibreCores 6October 08, 2016
Non-Goals
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no hosting
– code
– documentation
– bug tracker
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GitHub, Bitbucket & Co. are excellent

7. Introducing LibreCores 7October 08, 2016
Looking Ahead
Francescahockey,WikimediaCommons,CC-BY-SA

8. Introducing LibreCores 8October 08, 2016
Looking Ahead
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Quality Metrics
– machine-generated
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commit statistics
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build/test status
– user-generated
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reviews, likes, “I’ve taped this
out”, etc.
– more ideas welcome!
Screenshot from Puppet Forge

9. Introducing LibreCores 9October 08, 2016
Looking Ahead (II)
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Integration with package managers (fusesoc)
– prior art: npm, packagist, cargo, puppet forge, Linux package
managers, and many more
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document FOSSi best practices
– license choices
– project hosting
– testing/verification

10. Introducing LibreCores 10October 08, 2016
Contributing
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Add your project
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Add your blog to Planet LibreCores
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Write, edit and comment on documentation
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Write code

11. Introducing LibreCores 11October 08, 2016
Contributing: how?
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Code, bug tracker, project planning
https://github.com/librecores/librecores-web
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Mailing list: dev@lists.librecores.org
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IRC: #librecores on freenode

12. me
Philipp Wagner
mail@philipp-wagner.com
www.philipp-wagner.com
let's talk!
FOSSi Foundation
discussion@lists.librecores.org
www.fossi-foundation.org
#librecores on freenode
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