Small-batch hardware and software

New tools for old machines and other things we think should exist

Hardware and software for practical projects from vintage computing to home automation to whatever's next

Nibble, the Duckling Works mascot, at a workbench with vintage computers and electronics tools

Vintage computing

Open hardware

Useful tools

First project

Pintail

Pintail floppy drive emulator logo featuring a northern pintail duck on dark water

A modern floppy drive emulator for vintage Macintosh computers

Pintail is being designed as a clean, understandable bridge between old Macs and modern storage, with source, notes, and hardware files published as they become ready

Coming soon

About

Duckling Works is a tiny LLC for projects that need a real home: experiments, boards, utilities, documentation, and the occasional useful oddity. The goal is to keep the work approachable, inspectable, and pleasant to hack on