Are you sick and tired of consumer hardware products that has a short life, is needlessly bundled with "smart" (but actually insecure and non-open software), is impossible to repair, is poorly designed and is made of parts that cannot be reused? Have you too been radicalized by the "Buy Now" documentary on Netflix?
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This site is our attempt to document various resources (like open hardware products, consumer-friendly brands, repair or part providers etc) across various product categories - specifically for India.
We have the following criteria for listing products on this site:
- Better than industry-average warranty period
- Third-party repair permitted and enabled (via availability of parts and manuals)
- Modular design for reusability of parts
- Preferably made in India for better product availability (i.e. no custom duty hassles) and service /support
- Open-source schematics, code and CAD designs (like how Framework does it)
There are other initiatives like:
- Repair Wiki and Consumer Action Task Force wiki by YouTuber Louis Rossmann
- iFixit which is famous for their teardowns and repairability ratings
- OSHWA.org who tries to certify open-source hardware products (they have about 60 open-source hardware projects listed from India).
- https://caps.wiki/
We intend our wiki to be even more helpful to Indian consumers. Over time, we hope to build a strong community and influence OEMs and policies by voting with our ₹, speech and votes. We would like to see Framework like companies in each of these product categories.
- Electronics
- Mechanical
- Vehicles
- Household Appliances
- Musical Gear
We also have information on how to buy from international sites and repair maps for various Indian cities.