Manufacturing and Sourcing

How Can We Bring Change,
When Other Companies Have Not?

Todd Weaver evaluating CPU Fusing OptionsAll other companies, when sitting down at the negotiation table, negotiate first for price, mean time between failure, quality, warranty, availability, then revisit price again. We, on the other hand, are not a typical company: we negotiate first and foremost for users’ rights to Free Software, privacy, and security, then we seek the highest quality, and then we negotiate pricing and availability. We make suppliers aware that it matters to users, and then we discuss how best to make that happen. We want you at the negotiating table with us—your support for Purism gives us the leverage we need to push upstream to the manufacturers of component parts. We are here to fight for your rights—please help us do that by supporting us!

Globally, Purism sources its hardware and software according to our strict philosophy, where we will source and manufacture the highest quality hardware, making every effort to source the best component parts that operate using free/libre and open source software, making every effort to manufacture the best computers overall. Purism sources component parts from around the world, does regional manufacturing based on product category with some products manufactured in the United States with all product final assembly and fulfillment done in United States.

Librem Key is manufactured in its entirety in USA, and has a very strict “Made in USA” label.

Librem 5 USA has all electronics manufactured in the USA.

We adhere to the following negotiating and sourcing priority list whenever possible:

  1. Freedom respecting
  2. Ethical working conditions
  3. Ecological impact
  4. Quality
  5. Price
  6. Availability
  7. Mean-time-between-failure
  8. Warranty
  9. Quantity breaks

Here is a simple breakdown of how we do what we do:

 Sourced, Manufactured, DevelopedAccepts input from Purism1
All BatteriesSourced
No
All CamerasSourced
No
Laptops/Server/Mini/Key chassisSourced & Manufactured
Yes
Librem 5 chassisManufactured
Yes
Purism Kill SwitchesManufactured
Yes
Hinge CoverManufactured
Yes
MotherboardManufactured
Yes
Wireless CardSourced
No
SSDsSourced
No
CPUSourced
Yes
SpeakersSourced
No
MemorySourced
No
FanSourced
No
HeatsinkSourced
Yes
Daughter CardsSourced
No
KeyboardSourced
No
KeycapsSourced & Manufactured
Yes
Laptop DesignManufactured (from reference designs)
Yes
Phone DesignManufactured (Purism design)
Yes
Librem 5 USAElectronics Manufactured in USA (Purism design)
Yes
Librem Key DesignManufactured in USA (Purism design)
Yes
Product ColorManufactured
Yes
Product BrandingManufactured
Yes
BIOSSourced & Developed
Yes
KernelSourced & Developed
Yes
Operating SystemSourced & Developed
Yes
SoftwareSourced & Developed
Yes
Librem 5 Mobile OS AdaptationsDeveloped by Purism
Yes
Trackpad DriverSourced & Developed
Yes
Bluetooth DriverSourced & Developed
Yes
Shipment PackagingSourced
See why Purism to learn more about how and why we do what we do.