Join the Movement to Democratize Medical Devices

Be part of a growing community of developers, researchers, and clinicians building the future of open-source healthcare

Open Source, Always AGPL 3.0
2 Core Platforms Open-LIFU & Open-Motion
Growing Community Join us

Contribute Without a Unit

Most of our community will never receive a physical Openwater device, and that's fine. The platform is open-source — the highest-leverage work happens in code, documentation, quality, research methodology, and clinical workflow design. Five lanes. Two good-first-issues each. A named human on every lane. Pick one and ship.

Best for: Developers

Code

Ship Python, Slicer, and tooling improvements against simulators and fixtures. The MATLAB-to-Python migration is the highest-leverage place to start.

Good-first-issues
Open Code issues
Best for: All roles

Documentation

Make the platform legible to the next contributor. Tutorials, glossaries, API docs, translations. Your work is the first thing a new arrival reads.

Good-first-issues
Open Document issues
Best for: Developers

Quality

Triage, reproduce, audit. The work that keeps the platform trustworthy as the community grows.

Good-first-issues
Open Quality issues
Best for: Researchers

Research

Build the shared knowledge base future trials will rely on. Literature synthesis, schemas, methodology.

Good-first-issues
Open Research issues
Best for: Clinicians

Clinical

Shape the workflow future recipients of devices will follow. IRB templates, plain-language summaries, safety reporting.

Good-first-issues
Open Clinical issues

Already have an Openwater device?

Get onboarded to the community: repos, Discord, the safety-data pool, and the protocol library.

Onboarding guide →

What We're Building

Key areas where the community is focused

🧠

Open-LIFU — Low Intensity Focused Ultrasound

Open-source platform for therapeutic ultrasound research and development

Active
📡

Open-Motion — Optical Imaging

Open-source optical imaging platform for clinical and research applications

Active
📚

Documentation & Onboarding

Building guides, tutorials, and API references to lower the barrier for new contributors

Ongoing
🤝

Community Growth

Developing contributor pathways and partnership frameworks for institutions and researchers

Ongoing

Where We're Headed

Our vision for the Openwater open-source ecosystem

Clinical Partnerships

We're actively seeking clinical partners to validate Open-LIFU and Open-Motion in real-world settings. If your institution is interested in early collaboration, we'd love to talk.

Learn More →

Research Collaborations

Our open-source architecture is designed for researchers who need to customize parameters and protocols. We're looking for academic partners to co-develop and publish.

Get Started →

Open Source Ecosystem

Built on and compatible with leading open-source tools

Ready to Build the Future of Healthcare?

Join developers, researchers, and clinicians making medical devices accessible to all

Start Contributing Schedule a Demo

AGPL 3.0 Licensed • Open Source • Enterprise Support Available

Openwater's platform is exclusively intended for research purposes and is not cleared or approved by the FDA for clinical use.