About Us

Octopart is a search engine that lets you compare the prices and availability of electronic parts across different distributors. It was started by two physics grad students who were tired of searching for identical electronic parts in lots of different catalogs. Our search engine is a work in progress and we appreciate comments and suggestions.

The data on the site comes from distributor feeds and is updated in real time as we get it.

Manufacturers & Distributors

Listing inventory and sending us data for display on the site is a very easy process. If you are a distributor or manufacturer and you would like to see your parts on Octopart please fill out our Company Tools signup form.

We like hearing from you

Please send all emails, flowers, hate mail, love mail and pictures to us via email at contact@octopart.com. We respond to every email.