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We are engineers who build the software soul of hardware, specialising in open source and embedded software

  • Open by default

    We build on open source, and give back to it.

  • Upstream first

    Mainline U-Boot and kernel, not stale vendor forks.

  • Part of your team

    We work alongside your engineers and share what we know.

  • We sign up

    Once we take on a machine, we stay until it ships.

About us Trusted IT Consulting FirmListed by KDE e.V.

Our Services

  1. Hardware Enablement

    From blinkenlights to the full-fledged software solution for your hardware product: bootloaders, device trees, drivers, power management and OS images.

  2. Qt/QML Development

    Qt6 and QML applications, KDE Frameworks and Plasma integration for embedded devices and the desktop.

  3. Training

    Custom tailored trainings for organizations, as well as students.

Selected Work

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Mecha Systems

A fully upstream Linux stack for a modular handheld

We moved the Mecha Comet off vendor forks and onto mainline, from the bootloader up.

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KDE

KDE Plasma and KDE Linux

We are regular contributors to KDE. We also contributed to QA infrastructure, backup and restore technology, and performance improvements across KDE Linux and Plasma, together with TechPaladin as part of the Sovereign Tech Agency’s investment in KDE.

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