Who We Support
The activities and programmes by the open communities shape the essence of Kinabalu Coders. Each of the open community is led by passionate volunteers. To find out more about our specific community and activity, connect with us or contact the leads and organisers listed for each community. We also have a downloadable PDF flyer if you need to go offline.
MakerSpace Kota Kinabalu
Makerspace is a meetup of community-led activities for robotics and maker enthusiasts. Activities centres around peer-learning and knowledge sharing in the form of workshops, presentations, and lectures. Our makerspace test lab is equipped with affordable, open source electronic materials, workshop equipment such as CNC machines, 3D printing, and other awesome maker equipment.
Event Community Fork: Roboneo
A yearly event, gathering robots and enthusiasts of all shapes and sizes!
Google+ Community Fork / Physical Location: Smart Space KK
A physical Makerspace for the public in Kota Kinabalu. Let's build stuff!
Have a look around (and find out whether anybody is in!) at camera.sabah.io
Facebook Community Fork: Kota Kinabalu Raspberry Jam
Raspberry Pi enthusiasts unite! Play, learn and code all at once. We meet up every last Saturday of the month.
Facebook Community Fork: 3D Printer Borneo
Community for 3D printer/modelling enthusiast who are interested in this field
Google Developer Group Kota Kinabalu
Google Developer Group Kota Kinabalu (or simply known as GDGKK) is an open group where you can come learn about building services using Google technologies. We'll be bringing in technology experts from within and outside of KK to share their knowledge, and use this platform to support each other in building up our expertise.
Major event(s): Google I/O Extended, DevFest, Women Techmakers
Google Business Group Kota Kinabalu
Google Business Group (GBG) is a community of business professionals, entrepreneurs or basically anyone who are interested in web technologies.
Major event(s): GDayX (Google Days)
CoderDojo Kota Kinabalu
CoderDojo is an open source, volunteer-led network of free computer programming clubs for young people aged 7 to 17. CoderDojo puts an emphasis on self-motivated learning through project work, peer-to-peer mentoring and the creation of socially innovative projects.
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Game Developer Club KK
This is a open meetup / learning group for people who have interest in game development! Our mission is to grow the game developer community together and discover awesome ways to build games. We currently focus on using Unity, Unreal, virtual reality, as well as 3D modeling and animation.
Software Testing Community
The Software Testing Community is an effort to promote best practices in software development by creating awareness of the importance of testing in their work.
Related: Version Control
We run a freely-available GitLab server at gitlab.sabah.io. Host up to 10 git projects privately or publicly!
Community Fork: Open Data Initiative
The advent of Big Data in Malaysia will require new ways of sharing and analysing public and private data.
Open data, especially open government data, is a tremendous resource that is as yet largely untapped.
Community Fork: Penetration Testing
A small independent pentesting community for knowledge-sharing. You can find our channel at the TechBorneo community Slack server.
Sabah Open Source Group
SOSG, founded in 2009, is KK's friendly Linux User Group (LUG). Its mission is to advocate Open Source and Free Software awareness in Sabah.