Toolkit
The open source tools I actually use.
Not a list of everything that exists. These are the ones I reach for, with what each is good at, a command to get started, and the mistake that costs people an afternoon. Almost all of it installs free, which means a startup can run the same flow as an enterprise.
42 tools
7 categories
Every entry has a gotcha
By category
Pick where you are working.
- Silicon and FPGA 7 tools A complete RTL to GDSII flow that costs nothing to install.
- Circuits, boards and bench 7 tools The electrical side, and the instruments that show what the circuit really does.
- Network diagnosis 7 tools When somebody says it cannot be the network, these settle it in minutes.
- Security and secrets 7 tools Identity, scanning and the credential lifecycle.
- Supply chain and artifacts 5 tools Provenance, from build to the thing that actually runs.
- Platform and infrastructure 5 tools Provision, configure, and rebuild from the repository.
- Observability 4 tools Designed with the system, not after the first outage.
Using something here and stuck on it? Ask me - that is a free conversation.