MNT September 2026 Update
Big developments, small developments, and a tiny bit of fun marked our September at the MNT headquarters.
MNT Developments and Updates
MNT Station Mini Campaign Has Ended
The Crowd Supply campaign of our space-saving fanless open hardware computer MNT Station—which you can use as a desktop, in your homelab, or mounted on a wall as an edge device/router—has ended.
A big Thank-You to all backers and, as always, to Crowd Supply (especially Brendan Nystedt). We are grateful for your support and will be organizing the production of parts in the upcoming weeks.
If you missed the campaign and don't want to wait until MNT Station is in our online shop, you can still put an order in on the campaign page.
The First MNT Reform Next Batch Has Shipped
Good news: the first batch of 2 went out last week!
If you wonder why 2 (instead of more): It's the first time we're shipping MNT Reform Next laptops, so we wanted to make sure that they go through customs and arrive safely at Crowd Supply. This process is more risky with a big batch, so we better start small. It seems like everything worked out as planned, so now we can ship batches containing more units.
Assembly is going well, but we had a small setback: around 50% of the trackpad's button boards weren't soldered correctly by the board house, so we had to rework them. Otherwise, things are moving fast and we'll be shipping out more batches in October and November.
The handbook looks pretty great, too:
As always, you can also access the handbook online as PDF version or HTML version.
MNT Reform Mainboard 3.0 Batch in Production
A batch of 44 MNT Reform mainboards 3.0 are finally in production. This took longer as expected because one chip that is needed for the production took one month to arrive at JLC (and it was a complicated process to switch our PCBA manufacturing to JLC in general). We're glad that this difficult step is done, so we can (hopefully, if the boards pass QA) ship your orders in the coming weeks.
Order Fulfillment Table
Here's the updated order fulfillment table for you to track our progress on your orders:
| Product | Order Placement Date (Range) | Estimated Shipment Date | Delays / Roadblocks |
|---|---|---|---|
| MNT Reform | ordered after 2025-12-10 | 8-10 months after order date | mainboard 3.0 batch in production |
| MNT Pocket Reform | any | 5-6 months after order date | waiting for more RK3588 modules, waiting for Quasar modules |
| RK3588 upgrades for MNT Pocket Reform and MNT Reform | any | 3-4 months after order date | waiting for more RK3588 modules |
| Quasar QCS6490 | any | 4-6 months after order date | in production |
| MNT Reform Mainboard 3.0 | any | 5-6 months after order date | in production |
| MNT Pocket Reform Mainboard 2.0 | any | 3-4 months after order date | production starts in Oct |
| MNT Pocket Reform Keyboard PCB | any | 2-3 months after order date | in stock |
| MNT Pocket Reform Standalone Keyboard | any | 2-3 months after order date | production in Oct |
| ZZ9000 | any | 2-3 months after order date | in stock |
| ZZ9000AX | any | 2 months after order date | in stock |
| HALO-90 Earrings (any color) | any | 2 months after order date | in stock |
| Keyboard (purple case) | any | 2-3 months after order date | in stock |
| Keyboard (black case) | any | 2-3 months after order date | in stock |
| Other items | any | 1-3 months after order date | in stock |
| Crowd Supply orders | any | please contact Crowd Supply | |
| Mouser orders | any | please contact Mouser |
Table last updated: 2026-10-01
You can also access this table on our FAQ page and in our support system under the category My Order. We aim to update it at least once a month. Note that we have no information about orders placed on Crowd Supply and Mouser. Please contact their customer support if you need information.
Fun Stuff
Fun things we've discovered using MNT devices.
MNTfiles
Internally at MNT, we've been using a custom software for our TODOs and other stuff, coded by Lucie. She has now open-sourced it:
If you'd like to contribute (as have Annika Backstrom and Cosmic—thank you!), we welcome you to do so.
Amiga and the Internet
Liaizon discovered something nice during their Amiga testing sessions:
MNT in the Media
FSFE at the Veganmania 2026 in Vienna
Franz Gratzer from the FSFE initially reached out to us for stickers and other MNT promotional material for the Veganmania summer festival, but it was a bit too short notice for us to provide anything other than permission to include us in a flyer that would be handed out to visitors of the FSFE booth. A review of the festival, which took place in Vienna at the end of September 2026, is now online. It's nice to see that many people who haven't had a lot of information on open source before are interested in alternative software and hardware when given information. Thank you, Franz, for including and supporting our efforts.
Fall is coming and will be exciting, we think. Thanks for reading our news updates and see you on here in one month or (nearly) daily on the Fediverse!