# FlightPortrait

> Documentation for the FlightPortrait frame and network.

- [Welcome](https://docs.flightportrait.com/introduction.md): The FlightPortrait frame and network, and where to start.
- [How it works](https://docs.flightportrait.com/how-it-works.md): What the frame does all day, and why nothing on the internet can reach into your home.
- [Open source](https://docs.flightportrait.com/diy/overview.md): The firmware, the protocol, and the supported paths around our server.
- [The firmware](https://docs.flightportrait.com/diy/firmware.md): The complete source of what a FlightPortrait runs.
- [Bring your own server](https://docs.flightportrait.com/diy/byos.md): Point a stock frame at any server that speaks three endpoints.
- [Build your own frame](https://docs.flightportrait.com/diy/byod.md): An ESP32-S3, a Spectra 6 panel, and the same open firmware.
- [An open flight tracker](https://docs.flightportrait.com/network/overview.md): A live tracker built on community receivers and openly licensed data.
- [Feed the network](https://docs.flightportrait.com/network/feed.md): One line in a feeder config; never exclusive.
- [Run your own instance](https://docs.flightportrait.com/network/self-host.md): The whole tracker from one repository and one compose file.
- [Data and licensing](https://docs.flightportrait.com/network/data.md): What the network serves, under which licenses, with what privacy floor.
- [The public API](https://docs.flightportrait.com/api/reference.md): Live and historical flight data. No key, no account.