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Re:Show HN: FlopperZiro – A DIY open-source Flipper Zero clone by Chihuahua0633 on Wednesday July 09, 2025 @02:54PM (#44513593)
Do this device and the other alternative mentioned (Capibara Zero) have the same level of software support as the Flipper Zero? I imagine the strong community behind the Flipper Zero is a big factor in its ongoing popularity.
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Re:Show HN: FlopperZiro – A DIY open-source Flipper Zero clone by iraton on Wednesday July 09, 2025 @02:57PM (#44513622)
Exactly, the flipepr have a enormous community that help, beyond all the people that work for flipper. So in this case is no, the software support is not even remotely comparable
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Re:Show HN: FlopperZiro – A DIY open-source Flipper Zero clone by general1726 on Wednesday July 09, 2025 @05:13PM (#44514794)
It is exactly same problem like Raspberry Pi vs all other (cheaper, better) single board computers.
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Re:Show HN: FlopperZiro – A DIY open-source Flipper Zero clone by blacksmith_tb on Wednesday July 09, 2025 @06:20PM (#44515291)
Except the RPi competition isn't better, only cheaper, because it has terrible software; and without a big community, no support?
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Re:Show HN: FlopperZiro – A DIY open-source Flipper Zero clone by buzzerbetrayed on Wednesday July 09, 2025 @06:23PM (#44515318)
Totally depends on what “better” means to you and your use case.
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Re:Show HN: FlopperZiro – A DIY open-source Flipper Zero clone by general1726 on Wednesday July 09, 2025 @09:53PM (#44516457)
Having a SATA or M2 is something what I would consider definitely better, however software is usually garbage stuck on one specific Linux Kernel and that's the reason why better hardware will never catch on.
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Re:Show HN: FlopperZiro – A DIY open-source Flipper Zero clone by mrheosuper on Wednesday July 09, 2025 @09:59PM (#44516488)
what do you mean "terrible software", as long as they have linux kernel for it, i don't see how it's more terrible than raspberry
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Re:Show HN: FlopperZiro – A DIY open-source Flipper Zero clone by dietr1ch on Wednesday July 09, 2025 @11:06PM (#44516797)
Terrible as in you will be stuck in the pretty much only kernel image that runs on it without being able to update things beyond the kernel
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Re:Show HN: FlopperZiro – A DIY open-source Flipper Zero clone by opan on Thursday July 10, 2025 @10:51AM (#44521756)
If you stick to RockChip stuff, it's not bad.
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Re:Show HN: FlopperZiro – A DIY open-source Flipper Zero clone by Technetium on Wednesday July 09, 2025 @07:05PM (#44515608)
The firmware repo was archived Apr 12, 2025. I don't think it's going to be revived or be feature-competitive.
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