Building practical open source alternatives through collaborative innovation. Specializing in security tools, compilers, and developer tooling that communities actually use.
We're a tech collective building open source alternatives and developer tools, with a focus on security, compilers, and dev tooling. Our projects range from container runtimes to firmware analysis tools, all built collaboratively and production-ready.
Core Domains: Security • Compilers • Developer Tooling • Competitive Programming • Web & Mobile Development • ML/AI • DevOps
- Thriving Open Source Community with members contributing to organizations like CNCF, AsyncAPI, OpenMRS, Git, Webpack, Arduino, Prometheus, and more
- Co-organized IICT 2025 (Innovations In Compiler Technology Workshop) at IISc Bangalore, an ACM sponsored event with India's first compiler-themed hackathon
- 1000+ participants across multiple editions of PBCTF (Point Blank Capture The Flag)
- 100+ Technical Workshops on open source, security, DevOps, compilers, and more
- 100+ Weekly Coding Contests (PB Hustle)
- 5/5 victory rate at Smart India Hackathon 2025
Whether you're interested in security research, building compilers, creating developer tools or contributing to open source, there's a place for you here.
- New to Open Source? Check out our good first issues
- Want to Contribute? Read our Contributing Guidelines
- Interested in GSoC? Visit our GSoC 2026 Ideas
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