DIY & Making

Curated GitHub list of DIY electronics resources, tools, suppliers and learning material.

The original enormous archive of step-by-step DIY projects across electronics, woodworking, food and craft.

The magazine that named the maker movement, still publishing projects, skill builders and tool reviews.

Project hosting where makers document builds in progress, often with full logs and schematics.

Thousands of free, genuinely well-written electronics tutorials from beginner LEDs to complex builds.

Clear electronics fundamentals and sensor guides, the other half of the classic maker education canon.

Official collection of Arduino projects with code and wiring diagrams you can copy directly.

Free, open source PCB design suite that is now genuinely competitive with commercial EDA tools.

Free textbook-quality electronics theory alongside practical articles and a busy forum.

Breadboard-style circuit documentation tool, perfect for turning a prototype into a shareable diagram.

Browser-based circuit simulator that animates current flow, the fastest way to understand a schematic.

Large community project database filterable by board, difficulty and component.

Free structured project paths from the Raspberry Pi Foundation, good for kids and adults alike.

Trustworthy home improvement and repair guides backed by actual tradespeople.

Decades of serious joinery and finishing technique from working craftspeople.

The definitive knitting and crochet community, with a pattern and yarn database nothing else comes close to.

Reference for hundreds of wood species with photos, workability notes, hardness and toxicity warnings.

Find or start a local free repair meetup, plus resources for fixing things instead of binning them.