Berlin Swapfest – Electronics flea market
Hey HN, After scrounging the local classifieds and our version of Craigslist to find pre-owned equipment and getting frustrated I decided that there needs to be a flea market but for electronics tools and homelab stuff. The Berlin Swapfest follows in the same spirit as the MIT Swapfest! I’ve partners with a long time hacker space in Berlin c-base who will be hosting this event! Would love for local hackers to come by and buy and sell their old gear! Details on the site!
Berlin Swapfest – Electronics flea market launched on March 1, 2025 with 308 votes, #116 of 7,215 launches that month and more than 99% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 1 year on.
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Berlin Swapfest is an electronics flea market hosted at c-base hackerspace where buyers and sellers can exchange pre-owned equipment, tools, and homelab gear. Inspired by the MIT Swapfest, it addresses the difficulty of finding used electronics through conventional classifieds. The event is designed for local hackers and enthusiasts looking to buy, sell, or trade hardware and equipment.
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The Berlin Swapfest is a place for people to buy, sell, and swap electronics, computer equipment, and tools.
In association with c-base — the oldest discovered space station under Berlin — now long-running ( 30 years ) hackerspace, we're hosting a quarterly second-hand electronics flea market. In tune with the spirit of right-to-repair as well as reuse-reduce-recycle, the goal of the Berlin Swapfest is for people to bring electronics, equipment, and tools they no longer use but wish to bring to a good home. If you've been trying to find the perfect equipment to build your home-lab or looking for new electronic components, music equipment or tools, this is the place for you. Berlin Swapfest is inspired by the MIT Swapfest , now celebrating their 40th anniversary. We will try to make things…from swapfest.berlin
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