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link: https://cooltech.zone/tangara/
tags:
  - openhardware
  - hardware
  - music
  - opensource
---
> Tangara is a portable music player. It outputs high-quality sound through a 3.5-mm headphone jack or Bluetooth, has great battery life, and includes a processor that's powerful enough to support any audio format you can throw at it. It's also 100% open hardware running open-source software, which makes it easy to customize, repair, and upgrade.

## CrowdSupply

Ran a [campaign on CrowdSupply](https://www.crowdsupply.com/cool-tech-zone/tangara), where I pre-ordered in February 2024. I received the player in mid December 2024. 

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## Open Hardware

The sources are available on Sourcehut <https://sr.ht/~jacqueline/tangara/sources>

## Tangara Companion

Tool for updating firmware, both graphical and CLI tooling <https://github.com/haileys/tangara-companion>

## Other things to explore

* [Lua scripting](https://cooltech.zone/tangara/docs/lua/) - likely not for me, but will be interesting to see what other people come up with!
* [Assembly / Disassembly](https://cooltech.zone/tangara/docs/assembly/) - yes, I'd love a custom printed case!
* [Themes](https://cooltech.zone/tangara/docs/themes/) - it's a colour screen so you can do Lua stuff with it

## Personal Setup

I'm keeping notes at [[Tangara Setup]]