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Show HN: FlopperZiro – A DIY open-source Flipper Zero clone

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353 points iraton | 1 comments | 09 Jul 25 17:34 UTC | HN request time: 0.224s | source
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boznz ◴[09 Jul 25 21:12 UTC] No.44514787[source]▶
The LilyGo T-Embed CC1100 has similar hardware capabilities of the FlipperZero plus WiFi/bluetooth and runs the Bruce Pentest firmware all for under half the price of the flipper. The Bruce firmware works well on it but is not as polished as the flipper zero but both hardware and software are open source and easily modded.
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tgsovlerkhgsel ◴[09 Jul 25 23:55 UTC] No.44515905[source]▶
The popularity and usefulness of many devices like the Arduino and the Raspberry Pi doesn't stem from the hardware capabilities, but the "communities of scale" (lots of people use it -> it's much easier to find compatible software, hardware, guides etc.)

I would expect this to be the same for the Flipper Zero.

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1. 0xEF ◴[10 Jul 25 08:31 UTC] No.44518687[source]▶
True, but while there is a decent sized Flipper Zero community, I found it to be significantly smaller and less prone to fresh development than the other two you mentioned by comparison. The Flipper Zero is stunted by a good portion of that community being individuals who want a pocket hack toy without having to do any work to make it go, resulting in perceived stagnation of the device.

Perhaps I missed something when I owned mine? So many people I encountered in said community really just wanted a wifi deauther, which could have been built or purchased in a variety of cheaper ways. I got bored with it quickly, and returned to doing interesting things with Arduino and ESP32, but YMMV.