PAPaulHoule·Mar 17, 2026Submission
Framedeck: A Framework mainboard based Cyberdeck
2 points · Open discussionbrickbots
framedeck
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framedeck
A Framework mainboard based Cyberdeck
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A Framework mainboard based Cyberdeck
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- penk/mainboardterminal · linked in 2 of the same discussions
Mentioned in the same Hacker News threads. That is not proof they are substitutes.
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Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 3:03:16 PM UTC.
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Observed mentions: 2022-05-15 20:46:32 UTC to 2026-03-17 22:29:21 UTC.
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 (partial) | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 3 | 0 |
What Hacker News says
8 sourcesFramedeck: A Framework mainboard based Cyberdeck (2022)
3 points · Open discussionGitHub – brickbots/framedeck: A Framework mainboard based Cyberdeck
3 points · Open discussionSure, it's entirely a coincidence that both https://github.com/brickbots/framedeck/ and https://github.com/penk/MainboardTerminal published 10 days ago, and they're both referenced in this framework announcement. Convenient for Framework that those two projects came out right before their upgrade launch!
But I don't just have my own innate cynicism to go on here! The framedeck project write-up actually contains this disclosure:
As they were preparing this documentation release, they emailed me to see if I'd be interested in a collaboration of sorts. They would provide one of their laptops and some additional modules for me to build something unique with the only condition being that I released the designs for public use.
Which is fine! This is earned media - Framework got some people to make and open source some cool designs. I wasn'
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t sure, last week, why they were doing that now in particular. Now I know why they're pushing that angle, and it makes sense.
Goodness, people are touchy.
We don't do trade-ins, but we have released projects to enable re-use of old Mainboards: https://github.com/FrameworkComputer/Mainboard
We're seeing some interesting outputs of that: https://github.com/brickbots/framedeck/ https://github.com/penk/MainboardTerminal
In The new and upgraded Framework LaptopOh how I wish laptops had keyboards like that, mechanical or otherwise. Framework is doing great work democratizing higher end computing, had no idea they released their mainboards separately.
Really appreciated the build tour: https://github.com/brickbots/framedeck/blob/main/docs/build_...
In Framedeck: A Cyberdeck built with the framework mainboardFramedeck: A Cyberdeck built with the framework mainboard
440 points · Open discussionAlso just released today from the Mainboard developer program: https://github.com/brickbots/framedeck
In Mainboard Terminal – A Retro-Style Computer with a Modern Core