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FabGL
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fdivitto / FabGL

FabGL

ESP32 Display Controller (VGA, PAL/NTSC Color Composite, SSD1306, ST7789, ILI9341), PS/2 Mouse and Keyboard Controller, Graphics Library, Sound Engine, Game Engine and ANSI/VT Terminal

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REPOSITORY AT A GLANCE

What to know before exploring

What it is

ESP32 Display Controller (VGA, PAL/NTSC Color Composite, SSD1306, ST7789, ILI9341), PS/2 Mouse and Keyboard Controller, Graphics Library, Sound Engine, Game Engine and ANSI/VT Terminal

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Where it is used

No documented product use has been verified yet.

What people are saying

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Also in these discussions

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 8–Nov 15 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/15/2026, 11:19:25 AM UTC.

No direct repository links were found in the indexed HN discussions over the past seven days. Older discussions are available below.

Mentions over time

HN mentions by year14 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2019-04-23 08:31:05 UTC to 2025-01-22 19:30:49 UTC.

0123452019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 5 mentions; 2 submissions, 3 comments20192020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 3 mentions; 1 submissions, 2 comments2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments20222023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2025

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
20192019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC523
20202020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC312
20212021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC202
20222022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20232023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20242024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC202
20252025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

5 sources
andrewstuart·Jul 28, 2019
Clickable: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bASIWiZPp8 On this device: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/33014937190.html With FabGL, from this repo: https://github.com/fdivitto/FabGL And if Turbo Pascal ain't enough for you: Emulating Altair 8800 on esp32 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFYpXwqQZ_I Wordstar 4 word processor on esp32 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiB7WgNVZLs Altair Basic on esp32 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZEusFKKmTg BBC Basic, Nevada Basic, forth, lisp on esp32 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_Y5Z7Ks5yA CP/M Formatting C and D - MBASIC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiSvToO-7sc
In Turbo Pascal 3 on $13 esp32 microcontroller
andrewstuart·Jul 28, 2019Submission

Turbo Pascal 3 on $13 esp32 microcontroller

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bASIWiZPp8 On this device: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/33014937190.html With FabGL, from this repo: https://github.com/fdivitto/FabGL And if Turbo Pascal ain't enough for you: Emulating Altair 8800 on esp32 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFYpXwqQZ_I Wordstar 4 word processor on esp32 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiB7WgNVZLs Altair Basic on esp32 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZEusFKKmTg BBC Basic, Nevada Basic, forth, lisp on esp32 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_Y5Z7Ks5yA CP/M Formatting C and D - MBASIC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiSvToO-7sc
8 points · Open discussion
Zanni·May 18, 2019
Just copying the whole post to make the links active: The machine has 8MB PSRAM so it can run micropython: https://docs.micropython.org/en/latest/esp32/tutorial/intro.... Videos of it in action: Network terminal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5c27-y5tm4&t=154s Collision detection: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3OPSq4HhDE Double buffering: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRQcIiWQCJw Space Invaders: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LL8J7tjxeXA Video modes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Urp0rPukjzE&t=7s Github repo: https://github.com/fdivitto/FabGL Link to buy the machine: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/TTGO-VGA32-V1-1-Controller-P...
In New $14 esp32 VGA/mouse/keyboard/VT100 computer capable of running micropython
andrewstuart·May 17, 2019Submission

New $14 esp32 VGA/mouse/keyboard/VT100 computer capable of running micropython

The machine has 8MB PSRAM so it can run micropython: https://docs.micropython.org/en/latest/esp32/tutorial/intro.html Videos of it in action: Network terminal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5c27-y5tm4&t=154s Collision detection: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3OPSq4HhDE Double buffering: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRQcIiWQCJw Space Invaders: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LL8J7tjxeXA Video modes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Urp0rPukjzE&t=7s Github repo: https://github.com/fdivitto/FabGL Link to buy the machine: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/TTGO-VGA32-V1-1-Controller-PS-2-Mouse-And-Keyboard…
58 points · Open discussion

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