OpenStick

In development

Open hardware for your TV.

OpenStick is a 4K HDR streaming stick with a published design, a home screen without ads, and built-in control from the smart home you already use.

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OpenStick, assembled.

Every part, documented.

The board, case and remote are designed in the open and published under an open hardware licence. Anyone can inspect them, repair them, or build on them.

  • Top case
  • Heatsink
  • Main board
  • Bottom case
  • HDMI connector
OpenStick taken apart: top case, heatsink, main board, bottom case and HDMI connector.Bottom casePublished CADMain boardSchematics and layout publishedHeatsinkPassive, no fanTop casePublished CADHDMI connectorPlugs straight into the TV

What it does

Streams at full quality

Netflix, YouTube, Disney+, Prime Video and HBO Max in 4K HDR, through each service’s own certified app. Google Cast is built in.

A home screen without ads

No sponsored rows and no autoplaying trailers. Your apps, in the order you choose.

Part of your smart home

Turn the TV on, open an app or show a notification from Home Assistant, Apple Home or Google Home. Or script it with the local API.

Private by default

OpenStick’s own software collects nothing. During setup you see what Google and the streaming apps collect, with every optional setting off.

Open where it can be, and clear about where it can’t

Streaming services only deliver 4K to certified devices running verified software. So every OpenStick ships locked. Everything else, we publish.

Published

Main board
Schematics, layout and parts list
Case and remote
CAD files you can print or change
Home screen and integrations
Source code, Apache-2.0
Your unit
Unlock it from settings and install any OS

Locked

Shipped software
Verified at every boot
Device keys
Installed in the factory, kept inside the chip
Google services and Play Store
Provided by Google
Streaming apps
Provided by each service

Unlocking is your choice. An unlocked OpenStick runs any operating system you like; streaming services then play in a browser at up to 720p, and everything else keeps working. How unlocking works

Where the project is

  1. Partner search
  2. Engineering samples
  3. Board and software
  4. Certification and beta
  5. Launch

We’re choosing a chip vendor and certification partner that allow an open board design. OpenStick isn’t for sale yet. Follow the work on GitHub.