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A curated list of awesome DIY software.
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# awesome-diy-software



A curated list of awesome DIY software. Inspired by [awesome-go](https://github.com/avelino/awesome-go) and [this HN post](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16591918).



What awesome-diy-software has in common:



-   Describe a technology or feature by implementation.

-   Ideally in no more than few thousands lines of code (and not just 10-20 line code snippets).

-   Idea is to teach about underlying technology by a hands-on project, which is not overwhelming like trying to implement full-feature game engine and yet captures the essence of technology.

-   All have the "Weekend Projects" feel






## Compilers



-   [The Super Tiny Compiler](https://github.com/jamiebuilds/the-super-tiny-compiler)

-   [Let's Build a Compiler](https://compilers.iecc.com/crenshaw/)



## Cryptocurrency



-   [Nativecoin - build your own crypto-currency](https://lhartikk.github.io/)



## Game Development



-   [Unity's roll-a-ball tutorial](https://unity3d.com/learn/tutorials/s/roll-ball-tutorial)  pretty good for starting out with their IDE and also gives some decent exposure to C# basics.



## Interpreters: Lisp Based



-   [Write You a Scheme](https://github.com/write-you-a-scheme-v2/scheme) Haskell to write a Scheme!

-   [Build Your Own Lisp](http://www.buildyourownlisp.com/)

-   [Scheme from Scratch](http://peter.michaux.ca/articles/scheme-from-scratch-introduction)

-   [Make a LISP](https://github.com/kanaka/mal)

-   [Writing an Interpreter in Go](https://interpreterbook.com/)



## Image Processing and Computer Vision



-   [Build a Kick-Ass Mobile Document](https://www.pyimagesearch.com/2014/09/01/build-kick-ass-mobile-document-scanner-just-5-minutes/)



## Interpreters: Other (Non - Lisp)



There is a separate section, for lisp interpreters



-   [Crafting Interpreters](http://www.craftinginterpreters.com/)

-   [Create your own programming language](http://createyourproglang.com/)



## Java Virtual Machine



-   [Simple.vm](https://github.com/skx/simple.vm)



## Laravel



-   [Writing a full-featured multi-tenant Laravel app from scratch](https://medium.com/@ashokgelal/writing-a-full-featured-multi-tenant-laravel-app-from-scratch-a0e1a7350d9d)

-   [Let's Build A Forum with Laravel and TDD](https://laracasts.com/series/lets-build-a-forum-with-laravel)



## Operating Systems



-   [nand2tetris](http://nand2tetris.org/)

-   [Containers in 500 lines](https://blog.lizzie.io/linux-containers-in-500-loc.html)

-   [Malloc tutorial](https://danluu.com/malloc-tutorial/)

-   [Bitwise](https://github.com/pervognsen/bitwise) - An educational project to create a software/hardware stack for a computer from scratch.

-   [Baby's First Garbage Collector](http://journal.stuffwithstuff.com/2013/12/08/babys-first-garbage-collector/)

-   [A TDD approach for building a simple microprocessor model in Python](http://joaoventura.net/blog/2017/simple-microprocessor/)

-   [Linux From Scratch](http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/)



## Regular Expressions



-   [A Regular Expression Matcher](https://www.cs.princeton.edu/courses/archive/spr09/cos333/beautiful.html)



## Retracers and 3D Rendering



-   [Build your own 3D renderer](https://avik-das.github.io/build-your-own-raytracer/)

-   [Ray Tracing in One Weekend](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01B5AODD8)



## Software renderer



-   [learn how the principles of computer rendering work](https://github.com/ssloy/tinyrenderer/wiki/Lesson-1:-Bresenham%E2%80%99s-Line-Drawing-Algorithm)



## Storage and Databases



-   [Build a simple database](https://cstack.github.io/db_tutorial/)

-   [Implementing a Key-Value Store](http://codecapsule.com/2012/11/07/implementing-a-key-value-store-part-1-what-are-key-value-stores-and-why-implement-one/)

-   [Build your own Redis](https://rohitpaulk.com/articles/redis-0)



## Text Editor



-   [Kilo: Build Your Own Text Editor](https://viewsourcecode.org/snaptoken/kilo/)



## Version Control



-   [Implements the basics of the git version control system](http://gitlet.maryrosecook.com/docs/gitlet.html)



## Web Apps: Usage



These are tutorials for learning to use web frameworks:



-   [Some useful links for React.js](https://github.com/markerikson/react-redux-links/)

-   [How to Build Tinder with React Native & Expo](https://www.udemy.com/how-to-build-tinder/)

-   [Writing a full-featured multi-tenant web app from scratch](https://medium.com/@ashokgelal/writing-a-full-featured-multi-tenant-laravel-app-from-scratch-a0e1a7350d9d)



## Web frameworks: Internals



These tutorials are geared towards building a frontend web framework and can be used to get a better understanding of internals.



-   [Build your own React](https://github.com/hexacta/didact)

-   [Build Yourself a Redux](https://zapier.com/engineering/how-to-build-redux/)

-   [Build Your Own Angular JS](https://teropa.info/build-your-own-angular/)



## Web Programming



-   [Building a basic HTTP server from scratch in Python](http://joaoventura.net/blog/2017/python-webserver/)






## Unsorted



PRs to organize these resources are very welcome!



-   [Handmade Hero](https://handmadehero.org/)

-   [Build your own Sinatra](https://getgood.at/build-your-own/sinatra)

-   [Destroy All Software's "From Scratch" series](https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/screencasts/catalog)

-   [Building an online marketplace from scratch](https://www.voucherify.io/blog/building-an-online-marketplace-from-scratch-introduction)

-   [Build a game with Lua and LÖVE](https://github.com/SSYGEN/blog/issues/30)

-   [Let's Make a Voxel Engine](https://sites.google.com/site/letsmakeavoxelengine/)



## Other similar lists



-   [500 Lines or less](http://aosabook.org/en/index.html) Book with many small tutorials covering a wide range of topics

-   [Project Based Learning](https://github.com/tuvtran/project-based-learning)