Comment on Open Source Vacuum Avoids Cloud by Derpatron9000
Open Source Vacuum Avoids Cloud 29 Comments by: Bryan Cockfield July 21, 2026 Title: Copy Short Link: Copy As more and more of the technology that we paid for turns becomes a subscription, there’s slowly been a momentum shift in the open source world of building replacements for these intrusive rent-seekers. We see this all of the time for self-hosted media and communications servers, but now we’re starting to see it in hardware as well. The OOMWOO robotic vacuum cleaner is completely open source, from hardware to software, and requires no cloud services whatsoever.
- ▪Open Source Vacuum Avoids Cloud 29 Comments by: Bryan Cockfield July 21, 2026 Title: Copy Short Link: Copy As more and more of the technology that we paid for turns becomes a subscription, there’s slowly been a momentum shift in the open so
- ▪We see this all of the time for self-hosted media and communications servers, but now we’re starting to see it in hardware as well.
- ▪The OOMWOO robotic vacuum cleaner is completely open source, from hardware to software, and requires no cloud services whatsoever.
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| Canonical URL | https://hackaday.com/2026/07/21/open-source-vacuum-avoids-cloud/#comment-8323853 |
| Publication time | Thu, 23 Jul 2026 14:56:57 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-07-23T15:03:04.842Z |
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Open Source Vacuum Avoids Cloud 29 Comments by: Bryan Cockfield July 21, 2026 Title: Copy Short Link: Copy As more and more of the technology that we paid for turns becomes a subscription, there’s slowly been a momentum shift in the open source world of building replacements for these intrusive rent-seekers. We see this all of the time for self-hosted media and communications servers, but now we’re starting to see it in hardware as well. The OOMWOO robotic vacuum cleaner is completely open source, from hardware to software, and requires no cloud services whatsoever. Although it’s open source, not every component is something one could buy off the shelf.
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