Contrib Cal: Your Commits, Now On Display
September 4, 2025
Introducing Contrib Cal—a glowing, hackable GitHub contribution calendar that transforms your coding activity into a physical light display. Built on Raspberry Pi Zero W, it pulls your real GitHub data and lights up your desk with every commit.
Key Features
- Lights up with every commit—green for wins, red for shame (fully customizable)
- Runs Python and Shell based firmware
- 3D-printed enclosure and custom PCB from PCBWay
- Weather animations: LEDs show sun, rain, clouds, and temperature
- Web interface for controlling LEDs, settings, and addons
- Addons: Tailscale, Syncthing, Pi-hole, and more
- Open-source and fully customizable in Python and Shell
Sponsored by PCBWay — Professional PCB manufacturing.
© 2025 Contrib Cal. Open-source hardware.