Open Source Hardware Association

Educate the general public about Open Source Hardware and its socially beneficial uses:oshwa received a grant from the sloan foundation to start a fellowship program of academics who were creating Open Source Hardware. These fellows are given funds to write about how they are accomplishing Open Hardware in the academic sphere, creating a library of resources for other academics to learn from. Each fellow has their own set of directives to further educate about Open Hardware, these include workshops, case studies, literature reviews, and documenting their Hardware so others may follow in their footsteps.

Organize the Open Source Hardware movement around shared values and principles:oshwa certification program + apioshwa certifies Open Source Hardware based on requirements that follow the community-based Open Hardware definition. Compliance with our certification grants you license to use our trademark and a unique identifier. The certification produces a database of all certified Open Source Hardware projects. At the end of 2023 there were approximately 2,620 certified Open Source Hardware projects in our database.

Encourage collaborative learning, knowledge exchange, and social cohesion through conferences and other events focused on Open Source hardware:open Hardware summit (ohs) is a conference to learn about Open Hardware, manufacturing, and policy. Oshwa had an in-person summit in 2023, and had 226 people in our audience and approximately 2100 viewers on our video feed.