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For the Cardputer and MicroPython crowd, MicroHydra is a small launcher that makes your own apps easy to run. Drop a Python file into the apps folder on flash or SD and it shows up in the menu. There's a community apps repo too. m5ware.com/projects/410 #Cardputer

Four close-ups of a Cardputer screen running MicroHydra: the launcher on a Game of Life app, the settings list, the file browser and a code editor.

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M5Ware @m5ware.bsky.social · 20h

Photographers, this one's for you. furble turns an M5StickC Plus2 or Core2 into a Bluetooth shutter remote for Fujifilm, Canon, Nikon, Sony and Ricoh cameras. It uses the camera's own Bluetooth, so there's no adapter to buy. m5ware.com/projects/416 #photography

An M5Stack Core2 showing the furble menu, with Connect, Scan, Delete, Settings and Off icons.

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M5Ware @m5ware.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

One of the originals: M5Stack-SD-Updater by @tobozo.eurosky.social has been around since 2018. Put your apps on an SD card and pick one from a menu on the device, no computer needed. It works with M5Unified too. m5ware.com/projects/407 #M5Stack

Four photos of an M5Stack running SD-Updater: an SD card app menu, an About screen, a QR code info page and a loading bar.

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M5Ware @m5ware.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Want a wall switch with a screen? openHASP turns an M5Stack Core2 into a touch panel for your smart home. You design the buttons and pages yourself, and it talks to your home automation over MQTT. m5ware.com/projects/396 #smarthome

openHASP's Lights and Covers page on a small touchscreen: two light buttons and up, stop and down buttons for two covers, with the time and 22.3°C at the top.

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M5Ware @m5ware.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The Cardputer makes a pretty good handheld. Cardputer Game Station has emulators for NES, SNES, Game Boy, Mega Drive, PC Engine and more than ten other systems. The keyboard is the controller, or plug in M5Stack's joystick unit. m5ware.com/projects/414 #Cardputer

Four photos of a Cardputer screen running NES games: Kung Fu, Tetris, Super Mario Bros. and Bomberman.

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M5Ware @m5ware.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Lots of M5Stack projects draw their screens with LovyanGFX by @lovyan03.com, and M5Stack's own M5GFX builds on it. It's fast, works with Arduino and ESP-IDF, and can even drive several displays at once. m5ware.com/projects/389 #M5Stack

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Lovyan GFX · M5Ware

SPI LCD graphics library for ESP32 (ESP-IDF/ArduinoESP32) / ESP8266 (ArduinoESP8266) / SAMD51(Seeed ArduinoSAMD51)

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M5Ware @m5ware.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Classic Mac OS on an M5Stack Tab5. Austin McChord ported the BasiliskII emulator to the ESP32-P4, and it runs System 7 through Mac OS 8.1 with touch, an on-screen keyboard and WiFi. Yes, it'll run Flying Toasters. m5ware.com/projects/411 #retrocomputing

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M5Tab Macintosh · M5Ware

BasiliskII Macintosh 68k emulator ported to ESP32-P4 / M5Stack Tab5 - Run classic Mac OS on embedded hardware

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M5Ware @m5ware.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

If you like trying different firmware on your Cardputer or StickC, Launcher makes it easy. It installs apps over WiFi from M5Burner or GitHub links, or from your SD card, so you can switch without plugging in a cable. m5ware.com/projects/388 #M5Stack

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Launcher · M5Ware

Firmware Launcher for ESP32 boards like: M5Stack, Lilygo, Marauder and CYD devices.

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M5Ware @m5ware.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Stack-chan is the open-source robot the community has been building since 2021. Give it a new face in the browser, install MODs from the gallery, or make your own with blocks. M5Stack sells a preassembled one if you'd rather not build it. m5ware.com/projects/390 #stackchan

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Stack-chan · M5Ware

A JavaScript-driven M5Stack-embedded super-kawaii robot.

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M5Ware @m5ware.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Hello Bluesky! M5Ware is an independent catalog of M5Stack software. Firmware, games, launchers, libraries and tools, over 2,000 projects you can filter by the device you own. We'll share some favourites here. m5ware.com #M5Stack

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M5Ware | M5Stack project catalog

The M5Stack project catalog for apps, firmware, games, tools, libraries, and guides.

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