Badge Catalog
Every conference badge, kit, and side-project BadgePirates has shipped since 2018 — organized by year and event with build guides and resources linked where they exist.
For a complete machine-friendly index of every BadgePirates public repo (all 60+, auto-generated from GitHub), see the Project Index. This page is the curated, story-first version.
If you've got a build guide write-up, restoration story, or photos of a badge in the wild, open an issue and we'll add it.
Conference Badges
| Year | Event | Project | Repo | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | DefCon SecKC 25 | DC25 SecKC Badge | DefCon_SecKC_25 | Earliest public DefCon SecKC entry |
| 2018 | BSidesKC 2018 | BSidesKC 18 | BSidesKC_2018 | First BSidesKC badge in the public archive |
| 2018 | DefCon SecKC 26 | DC26 SecKC Badge | DefCon_SecKC_26 | |
| 2019 | BSidesKC 2019 | BSidesKC 19 | BSidesKC_2019 | |
| 2019 | BSidesKC Kids 2019 | Baby Shark Badge | BSidesKC_Kids_2019 | Kids' track |
| 2019 | BSidesSTL 2019 (St Louis) | BSidesSTL 19 | BSidesSTL_2019 | |
| 2019 | DefCon SecKC 27 | DC27 SecKC Badge | DefCon_SecKC_27 | Plus a Party Star variant (DefCon_SecKCPartyStar_27) |
| 2019 | OzSec 2019 (Wichita) | OzSec Badge | Misc_OzSec_2019 | |
| 2020 | DefCon SecKC 2020 | Project Llama | — | |
| 2021 | BSidesKC 2021 | Project Aragorn | BSidesKC_2021 | |
| 2021 | OzSec 2021 (Wichita) | OzSec 21 Badge | Misc_OzSec_2021 | |
| 2022 | BSidesCHS 2022 (Charleston) | BSides Charleston | BSidesCHS_2022 | |
| 2022 | BSidesKC 2022 | BSides22 | BSidesKC_2022 | |
| 2022 | Cisco Security Day 2022 | Cisco Security Day Badge | — | Corporate collab |
| 2022 | SANS Hackfest 2022 | SANS Hackfest 22 Badge | SANSHackfest_22 | |
| 2023 | BSidesKC 2023 | BSides23 | BSidesKC_2023 | |
| 2023 | BSidesSTL 2023 (St Louis) | BSidesSTL 23 | BSidesSTL_2023 | |
| 2023 | CactusCon 11 | CactusCon 11 Badge | CactusCon_11 | |
| 2023 | CactusCon 12 | CactusCon 12 Badge | CactusCon-12 | |
| 2023 | DefCon 30 BiohackVillage | BHV DC30 Badge | BiohackVillage_DC30 | |
| 2024 | BSidesKC 2024 | BSides24 | BsidesKC_2024 | |
| 2025 | BSidesKC 2025 | Project Suplex | — | Internal/private repos only |
| 2025 | CactusCon 13 | Project CC13 | CactusCon13 | |
| 2025 | DefCon 31 BiohackVillage | BHV DC31 Badge | BioHackingVillage_31 | Build guide |
| 2026 | BSidesKC 2026 | BSidesKC 2026 (ESP32-S3, Lunar Lander) | badgepirates-wifi-marauder | Build guide — firmware repo private; Marauder port public |
| 2026 | CactusCon 14 | CactusCon14 | CactusCon14 | Resources |
| 2026 | TBA | Project Ad Aspera | — | In design (private until release) |
Side Projects, SAOs & One-Offs
| Year | Project | Repo | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1,000 Twitter Followers Badge | Misc_1ktwitterfollowers | Milestone celebration |
| 2019 | Stormtrooper Marksmanship Badge | Celebration_2019_MarksmanshipBadge | Star Wars Celebration 2019 |
| 2019 | BR Cruise 2019 Badge | Misc_BRCruise_2019 | |
| 2019 | Color Swatches | Misc_color-swatches | Solder mask / silkscreen color tests |
| 2021 | Project Omega | — | |
| 2021 | Project Brass Coffee | — | |
| 2021 | Project Solo — Ray Gun Laser Tag | — | |
| 2022 | SAO BadgePirates | SAO_BadgePirates | DefCon Shitty Add-On |
| 2022 | Badge Stand (powered) | Misc_BadgeStand | Stand for displaying running badges |
| 2022 | Project HomeBase | — | |
| 2023 | Wedding Badge | — | One-off custom |
| 2023 | Project MinimumUSB (HHV USB) | — | |
| 2023 | Project MindLink (NFC SAO) | — | RC522 NFC, DC31 SAO template |
| 2023 | Project Prospect v3 | — | |
| 2023 | Project GhostRider (KC Chiefs Skull) | — | |
| 2024 | Project RTV | — | |
| 2024 | Project Sparky — Continuity Tester | — | Active / unarchived |
| 2024 | Disney Treasure Badge | — |
Learn-to-Solder Kits
A series of low-cost learn-to-solder kits used at workshops and outreach events. Most are still buildable from the public sources.
| Year | Kit | Repo | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | BP Solder Kits (generic) | LTS_BPSolderKits | Foundational LTS kit |
| 2020 | LTS White Hat | — | White Hat security education kit |
| 2020 | LTS JCL | — | Johnson County Library project |
| 2022 | LTS Level 1 | — | |
| 2022 | LTS Snow Flake | — | Holiday LTS kit |
| 2024 | LTS Level 1.5 | — | Step-up from Level 1 |
| 2025 | BSidesKC 2025 Learn to Solder | — | Workshop guide |
| 2024 | Solder Station Trays | SolderStationTrays | Trays + accessories for two solder-station versions |
SAOs (Shitty Add-Ons)
BadgePirates has shipped a series of SAOs over the years — the small badge-add-ons that share the DefCon two-pin standard. The repos live under Project Index (filter for SAO_*); standouts include the original BP SAO, Hank Propane, Holder Sword, Matrix Hands, Wu-Tang, and a small fleet of others.
Tooling & Shared Libraries
Reusable building blocks across the badge fleet — not products themselves, but referenced in many of the projects above.
| Project | Repo | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| BadgePirates Common Library | BadgePirates_Common_Library | Shared KiCad symbols, footprints, and logos used across BP designs |
| ESP32 Flasher (web) | esp32-flasher | Browser-based ESP-Web-Tools flasher for BP badges. Live at firmware.badgepirates.com |
| Badge Pirates Connector | — | Phone app for connecting to a badge |
| Badge Maker Training | badgemaking | Materials for teaching others to make badges |
Help us fill the gaps
This catalog is a living index. If a badge above is missing a build guide, a link to its Tindie listing, a hero photo, or a "what it does" blurb, we'd love a contribution — open an issue or PR. The badges nobody documents are the ones future badge-makers can't learn from.