Websites on old hardware
24 Apr 2026
I love the idea of repurposing old hardware, especially if it's something simple and low power. This site's running on an ESP32 badge. Here are some others:
- Dom Corriveau's blog running on a recycled android phone
- Notes From The Dork Web - running on an openwrt router
- compost.party - shared server running on a solar-powered repurposed smartphone
- dominika's experiments in making a tiny solar-powered server
- see also low tech magazine's solar powered website
It's the tiniest of protests against "bigger" tech and overconsumption, but it feels good, so go and give it a go! And let me know about it so I can add it to this list.
- I completely forgot about Caolan's great list of "servers with personality", which features these and even more, so go and check that out