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Hacker Fab
Hacker Fab provides documentation, guides, and contribution information for an open-source semiconductor fab.
About Hacker Fab
Hacker Fab is the documentation site for an open-source semiconductor fab project. It collects build guides, standard operating procedures, process notes and contribution guidelines for low-cost nanofabrication tools, covering areas such as patterning, deposition, etching, annealing, electronic design automation, and metrology. The site also lists individual Hacker Fabs at named universities and states that ten had been established as of August 2026, with others underway.
Key features
- Build guides for tools such as a lithography stepper, spin coater, sputtering chamber and evaporator
- Standard operating procedures for etching, deposition, annealing, wafer cleaving and probe stations
- Process documentation including self-aligned NMOS and a CMOS sputtered gate stack marked in progress
- Contribution guidelines plus templates for build manuals, equipment, SOPs and bills of materials
- Directory of individual Hacker Fabs at ten universities, including CMU and Waterloo
- Discord community with a Gitbook and GitHub-based merge request workflow
Best for: Students, hobbyists and researchers who want to build, document or contribute to open-source nanofabrication tools.
Good for
- Includes published build cost figures for individual tools, such as a $3,015 stepper and $200 spin coater.
- States that no prior nanofabrication experience is needed to make meaningful contributions.
- Names ten established Hacker Fabs as of August 2026, with others underway.
Watch out for
- Many pages and processes are marked as works in progress.
- Some contributors keep working notes on external services such as Google Drive or Notion before content moves to Gitbook.
- Documentation is provided in English.
Hacker Fab at a glance
- Website
- docs.hackerfab.org
- Type
- Website
- Pricing
- Not confirmed. Check the site
- Platforms
- Web
- Open source
- Not stated
- Language
- English
- Last checked
- Oct 5, 2026 · Online when checked
- Listed
- Oct 5, 2026
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Hacker Fab FAQ
Do I need nanofabrication experience to contribute?
No. The site states that you do not need prior nanofabrication experience to create meaningful contributions, and that you do not need to build an entire fab to take part.
How do I add my work to the documentation?
Use the Contribute button, place your content in the appropriate Gitbook section, then submit a merge request selecting Jay Kunselman and Alexander Hakim as reviewers. A free Gitbook account is enough to submit change requests, and contributions can also be made through GitHub.
How many Hacker Fabs exist?
As of August 2026, the site reports ten established Hacker Fabs, with others underway. Individual fab pages cover institutions including Carnegie Mellon, Waterloo, Ohio State, UC Irvine, IIT Bombay and Georgia Tech.
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