iFixit started in a college dorm room in 2003 and has grown to become one of the largest Apple parts suppliers in the world and the largest online repair manual site, iFixit.com, which hosts thousands of repair manuals that are open source, free, and crowd-sourced, allowing millions of people to fix their own electronics. iFixit built their own industrial-strength publishing tool to allow for step-by-step repair instructions that can be used and edited by enthusiasts anywhere as electronics become more ubiquitous.