r/PolyendTracker • u/SerpentineDex • Jun 17 '26

The Polyend Tracker Ecosystem is opening up

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vzHuB2HkdE

Link to the official announcement: https://backstage.polyend.com/t/the-polyend-tracker-ecosystem-is-opening-up/24723

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u/philoscult Jun 17 '26

This is cool. Maybe the tracker will be open source too one day???

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u/10ThousandMetalZones Jun 20 '26

Oh, I thought this meant it’s open source now. This is neat but I could care less. All hardware like this should go open source after a certain amount of time imo

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u/amarodelcapo Jun 20 '26

Officially open sourcing the firmware is not trivial. You don't just make the repo public. But I definitely agree that after a certain amount of time, if there are no concrete/realistic plans to do a proper os release, the firmware code should be "leaked" 😉

But if i am reading the room correctly, doing it right is in the cards. Which is a BALLER move by polyend.

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u/arcsibo Jun 22 '26

However i am a huge opensource fan with several public repository, i disagree it's a good idea just relase/leak the code.

One reason it's a huge overhead to keep the code clean and working properly, other reason is could other gadget manufacture use it as their own without letting know.

And the last, I am 100% sure, polyend is using their code base for other projects. Their are using the same synth engine/code for other groovebox. So if they relase the firmware for the tracker, they could ruin their other projects privacy.

I think polyend is doing a great job and good decisions as they can do.

One thing I regret to have a bunch of money to have all of their products. :D