Case Study: Tools for Humanity open-sources the Orb with AllSpice.io

Tools for Humanity opens the Orb hardware to global review with AllSpice.io

Tools for Humanity (TFH), the company building the Orb hardware for the World ID project, faced challenges in open-sourcing their design. Their primary ECAD tool created paywalls that limited access for collaborators, and they lacked a centralized system for tracking issues during structured design reviews, which risked problems going unresolved between revisions.

By implementing AllSpice Hub, AllSpice.io provided a platform for barrier-free collaboration. This allowed anyone to view and comment on designs without a license and integrated reliable issue tracking directly into the hardware workflow. The solution enabled TFH to successfully open-source the Orb, achieving global community visibility, ensuring no design gaps were missed between revisions, and bringing software-level traceability and auditability to their hardware process.

Tools for Humanity (tfh)