# 0x23/MicroManipulatorStepper

> An open-source low-cost motorized XYZ micro-manipulator with sub-micron precision for optical alignment, probing electronics, and microscopy. Controlled via G-code over USB serial, with a Python API and GUI.

- Magnitude: 4.8 out of 10 — Breakout
- Stars: 1,973 total · +70 stars measured 2026-10-18, 13:08–15:12 UTC, ≈ 96 by evening
- Star trust: star growth looks organic
- Category: Hardware, IoT & robotics · Language: C++ · Created: 2025-08-28 · Last push: 2026-10-11
- GitHub: https://github.com/0x23/MicroManipulatorStepper · Page: https://gitnova.dev/en/r/0x23/MicroManipulatorStepper

## Why it’s here

- Star-counter measurements on 2026-10-18 (UTC), 13:08–15:12: 1903 → 1973 stars (+70). This is the change over that interval.
- Estimated end-of-day forecast: about +96 stars, using observed gains and the previous day.
- Before this, the repository barely got any stars — about 2 per day.
- Hacker News: “Open MicroManipulator – A sub-micrometer 3D motion control plattform” — 81 points, 4 h ago.
- Recent forks include notable developers: @millette (310 followers).

## Star trust

Star growth looks organic.

Star-trust labels are heuristics based on the repository’s behavior, not a check of every stargazer.

## Numbers

- Forks: 276
- Issues and pull requests: 68
- Watchers: 93
- Average over the last week: 15 per day
- Usual pace: 2 per day
- Stars in the last hour (measured): 26

## Stars per day, last 30 days (oldest → newest, today is partial)

2026-09-19 … 2026-10-18: 2, 1, 2, 1, 0, 1, 0, 3, 0, 3, 1, 2, 1, 1, 4, 1, 4, 2, 0, 0, 0, 3, 4, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 4, 70

## Hacker News

- Open MicroManipulator – A sub-micrometer 3D motion control plattform — 81 points, 6 comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50140001

## Spotted in now

- Spotted on Hacker News

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Days are UTC. “So far today” is a fact; “expected by the end of the day” is a forecast.
Summaries and use cases are written by an LLM (DeepSeek V4.1 Flash) from the README and may be inaccurate: verify specific claims (benchmarks, speed, hardware) in the repository itself.
Data as of 2026-10-18 15:21 UTC, updated every 30 minutes.