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Show HN: FlopperZiro - A DIY open-source Flipper Zero clone
Author : iraton
Score : 145 points
Date : 2025-07-09 17:34 UTC (5 hours ago)
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| forgetbook wrote:
| This rocks; the idea of flipperzero phoning home is the(my)
| primary concern given its use case
| jmole wrote:
| What use case?
|
| I got mine to make a backup copy of the remote controls that
| I'm worried about losing, which happen to be sub-GHz and
| infrared.
| gaudystead wrote:
| Would you be willing to elaborate on the FZ phoning home?
| varenc wrote:
| It's a very dumb device. If you don't put in a separate wifi
| module it literally has no way to phone home.
| ThrowawayTestr wrote:
| The firmware is open source
| forgetbook wrote:
| Edit for all replies: I'm coming from a place of lack of
| education; it's not that I know FZ is phoning home, it's that I
| know I wouldn't be able to tell if it was.
| karolist wrote:
| There's also https://capibarazero.com/
| conradev wrote:
| I wonder if modern smartphones could bus power one of these in a
| phone case. I love my Flipper, but it's a chonker and I have to
| charge it.
| iraton wrote:
| Yes is possible, it doesn't consume too much, but the hardware
| remains bulky
| zeroq wrote:
| I know this is a hobby project, but the whole appeal of Flipper
| Zero is that you can get one for $200 and it instantly grants you
| a seat on Joe Rogan or Shawn Ryan show where you can wave it
| front of camera, flip a switch and say "all you base are belong
| to mine".
| segmondy wrote:
| nope, the whole appeal of flipper zero to me and for my friends
| is what you can do with it, not that you can get one for $200.
| __float wrote:
| Is it not...a bit of both? There's some dollar amount where
| "what you can do with it" wouldn't make up for the price, no?
| iraton wrote:
| yes, but it's not fun
| 0xdeadbeefbabe wrote:
| Mr. Ryan hands out gummy bears.
| Chihuahua0633 wrote:
| 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.
| iraton wrote:
| 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
| general1726 wrote:
| It is exactly same problem like Raspberry Pi vs all other
| (cheaper, better) single board computers.
| blacksmith_tb wrote:
| Except the RPi competition isn't better, only cheaper,
| because it has terrible software; and without a big
| community, no support?
| buzzerbetrayed wrote:
| Totally depends on what "better" means to you and your use
| case.
| anfractuosity wrote:
| Don't suppose anyone has seen in person one of the clones of the
| flipper zero that are on Aliexpress?
| macawfish wrote:
| I love the name
| iraton wrote:
| thanks, i have a lot of fantasy
| Neywiny wrote:
| Not seeing it mentioned here but the big difference from a first
| glance is the RF capability. This is little more than a 433 MHz
| replay attacker. Maybe you can generate arbitrary data out, as
| long as it's the ook modulation. I'm sure there's a great use-
| case for this, but avoid any delusions of grandeur, this is very
| cut down.
| thekevan wrote:
| " Important Notice: This is just a fun project, it was started
| to pass the time, it is not at all professional and is not
| intended to be. Is not an alternative for professional device."
| ASalazarMX wrote:
| The title blurb seems to present it as a functional clone,
| rather than a limited copy.
|
| "A Flipper Zero clone, but cheapest, DIY and simply Open
| Source, made with Arduino IDE"
|
| Why not?
|
| "A hobby partial Flipper Zero clone, cheaper, DIY and Open
| Source, made with Arduino IDE"
|
| So it doesn't have to be clarified further down. I get that
| it's not that down, but the title is what will be shared and
| seen in web previews everywhere.
|
| That being said, it looks very cool, and the name is fun.
| Neywiny wrote:
| That's my thinking. It's not a clone. I finally remembered
| the term I was looking for. It's a "demake" - a remake but
| worse
| iraton wrote:
| yes i know that is simply a replay attack, for now i was all
| that i want, in the future I will see what can be done
| Neywiny wrote:
| And that's very fair but an OOK replayer is not a clone. The
| hardware isn't nearly the same capability. That's fine, it's
| just a different product entirely
| aitacobell wrote:
| But does it look like a Tamagotchi?
| iraton wrote:
| In the first version i added It, probably on the initial commit
| you can see It, but It have a problem with the microcontroller
| that i use, so for now i removed it
| boznz wrote:
| The LilyGo T-Embed CC1100 has similar hardware capabilities of
| the FlipperZero plus WiFi/bluetooth and runs the Bruce Pentest
| firmware all for under half the price of the flipper. The Bruce
| firmware works well on it but is not as polished as the flipper
| zero but both hardware and software are open source and easily
| modded.
| iraton wrote:
| Yes i know It, but when i started It this, It didn't exist yet
| boznz wrote:
| Its sometimes fun re-inventing the wheel, at least you get to
| understand it all better.
| netsec_burn wrote:
| Also the Kiisu which is 1:1 with capabilities, plus a few more.
| the__alchemist wrote:
| What is going on with the PCB? It looks like the soldered several
| dev boards to a big PCB. I can't think of a good reason to do
| this.
| kennywinker wrote:
| Some good reasons off the top of my head:
|
| It's easier to do pcb-layout wise. Allows you to re-use most
| components between board revisions, or when you're done with
| the project. Probably less ewaste overall because of that.
| dylan604 wrote:
| I mean, yeah, why not? You take a bunch of off the shelf boards
| and put them together on the PCB as is. To make a PCB with all
| of the components on it would not be very DIY. That's a custom
| board and out of scope for DIY.
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