A Collecti'Frog project

The collective builds its own stage tools.

Founded in 2025, the association Collecti'Frog is a joyful collective born somewhere between two lily pads, croaking with creative ideas. Scenography, VJing, lighting and other hybrid techniques — we put our paws to work crafting events and support other organisations in their artistic and technical adventures, with enthusiasm and a touch of freshness.

Collecti'Frog animated logo
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What the collective puts into its tools.

Reliability

Timing first

DMA output, frame buffers in PSRAM, the critical path in SRAM. A steady refresh beats one more feature.

Autonomy

No laptop needed

Display, encoder, standby scenes and microSD playback: the device can run the show on its own, with the network down.

Openness

Everything is published

MIT-licensed code, documented hardware, standard parts. Repairable by any workshop.

Creations, residencies, services and gear — everything the collective does lives on its own site, collecti-frog.fr.
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How to contribute.

Contribute

Open a ticket

Issues, notes from the road, tests on other pixel families — it all happens on the repository.

Thanks

Standing on open work

Built on ESP-IDF and esp-web-tools, and on the open formats of Art-Net, sACN, xLights and FPP.

Licence

MIT

Firmware, host tools and the KiCad shield are published in the same repository, under the same terms.