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circuitpython
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adafruit / circuitpython

circuitpython

CircuitPython - a Python implementation for teaching coding with microcontrollers

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0Explicit recommenders
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REPOSITORY AT A GLANCE

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What it is

CircuitPython - a Python implementation for teaching coding with microcontrollers

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Where it is used

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 6:01:08 PM UTC.

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Mentions over time

HN mentions by year5 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2018-09-28 21:03:30 UTC to 2023-11-04 09:29:19 UTC.

0122018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments20182019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments20202021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 1 submissions, 1 comments2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 comments2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2023

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
20182018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20192019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20202020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20212021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC211
20222022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC110
20232023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

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You probably looked at the 'xxx ahead, yyy commits behind miscropython' bit here and subtracted them to get that number? Even though I agree CP is definitely more than just a rebrand (in fact it's fairly interesting what they did), relating number of commits to the rebranding statement is not entirely correct. Because you're measuring features and/or amount of work done in number of commits, and that is not a simple fixed relationship. Just browse the first couple of commit pages [1] to see what I mean (just 2 examples: a commit with message 'pre-commit' which deletes 4 newlines, a commit with message 'alphabetical' which moves 2 statements around). Could also take a look at the MicroPython commits [2] in turn to see what a, in my opinion, very sane git tree looks like) [1] https://github.com/adafruit/circuitpython/commits/main [2] https:
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