This past week we have been testing Git and Github as Flukso's version control system and repository respectively. Being very impressed by both (The import from an existing SVN repository into Github is a killer!), and getting more confident at using these tools all the while, we have decided to switch to Github for hosting the official Flukso code and hardware schematics/layout.

You can find the project here. Currently a master and develop(ment) branch exists. If you'd like to keep up to date with the most recent developments, there's an RSS feed that tracks the commit history. Should you wish to check out the code and poke around, then this is a good introductory Git book available online, written by one of the Github developers. Although I don't have any experience with the Github issue tracking system, I'd like to suggest we use Github for submitting bug reports as well.

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After some nine months of alpha testing, we are very happy to announce that Flukso is now in beta. What does this mean for you? For starters, we have a first production batch of Flukso boxes available, ready to be installed. A Flukso box contains a Fluksometer that reports your home's electricity usage to the Flukso servers at five minute intervals. As such, you will be able to closely monitor your consumption through the online web application. We are displaying our own electricity consumption on the Flukso home page. If you're interested in purchasing a Fluksometer and joining our community, feel free to contact us through the contact form.

The Flukso Stack

Flukso is based on a number of high-quality open source software components, such as openwrt, rrdtool, drupal, apache, etc. We would like to conduct our development in the same philosophy. We have therefore released our custom code under the GNU GPL v2 license. The code, as well as the hardware schematics and layout of our sensor board can be found in the Jokamajo repository.