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title: BrightSign Players
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createdAt: 2025-03-11T07:00:15.332Z
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BrightSign players run on a highly efficient, embedded system specifically designed for connectivity and the processing of media files. Our players are purpose-built from the ground up for digital signage!

# Software

The BrightSign operating system (BrightSignOS or BOS) is an open-source Linux-based OS based on the Yocto and OpenEmbedded projects. It includes substantial BrightSign modifications that include a read-only root filesystem in flash memory, a Chromium rendering engine, and additional components for audio/video processing and security.

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Thanks to the built-in Chromium engine, BrightSign players are able to run any HTML/JavaScript application.

BrightSign players are highly specialized and although they are based on a Linux OS, they are *not* general-purpose Linux PCs. They cannot run Linux apps nor are they capable of running apps for Android, iOS, or Windows. However, if you have a native Android, iOS, or Windows app, we may be able to help you leverage your existing code to run natively on our players.

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Some of BrightSign’s software components are open source, and the open source code is freely available on BrightSign’s website. See [BrightSign Open Source](docId\:xZGELiJeq8J84xudeHoTO) for more information.

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Note that the term “firmware” is occasionally used in BrightSign’s documentation. “Firmware” refers to BrightSignOS.
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# Hardware

BrightSign players are compact, highly-efficient, and, because they’re fan-less, virtually silent. Performance is maximized by running all video decoding and encoding through dedicated hardware.

With an efficient heat-dissipating enclosure and no moving parts that can break down, BrightSign players are extremely reliable even when they're running 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Indeed, the reliability and longevity of BrightSign players are widely viewed as unmatched in the industry.

You can learn more about the current BrightSign hardware lineup [here](https://www.brightsign.biz/digital-signage-products).

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