Awesome Raspberry Pi

The Raspberry Pi is a series of credit card-sized single-board computers developed in the United Kingdom by the Raspberry Pi Foundation to promote the teaching of basic computer science in schools and developing countries. Official Link: Raspberry Pi Homepage

Contents

• Models
• OS Images
• Tools
• Projects
• Resources

Models

The complete collection of (consumer) Raspberry Pi models consist of:

• Raspberry Pi 1, Model A & Model B (2012, discontinued)
• Raspberry Pi 1, Model B+ (July, 2014)
• Raspberry Pi 1, Model A+ (November, 2014)
• Raspberry Pi 2, Model B (February, 2015)
• Raspberry Pi Zero (November, 2015)
• Raspberry Pi 3, Model B (March, 2016)
• Raspberry Pi Zero W (February, 2017)
• Raspberry Pi 3, Model B+ (March, 2018)
• Raspberry Pi 3, Model A+ (November, 2018)
• Raspberry Pi 4, Model B (June, 2019)

OS Images

• Alpine Linux – Security-oriented, lightweight Linux distribution based on musl libc and busybox.
• Android Things – Build connected devices for a wide variety of consumer, retail, and industrial applications.
• Arch Linux ARM – Lightweight and flexible Linux distribution that tries to Keep It Simple.
• balenaOS – open source OS to run Docker containers on embedded devices that’s been designed for reliability and proven in production.
• BerryBoot – Bootloader/universal OS installer, with support to VNC and HDMI-CEC.
• CentOS – CentOS on the Raspberry Pi.
• chilipie-kiosk – Image which boots directly into full-screen Chrome, perfect for dashboards and build monitors.
• DietPi – Minimal image designed to fit on a 2GB SD card, with tons of configurable settings and scripts.
• DroneBridge – A WifiBroadcast extension to make for a real alternative to DJI Lightbridge and other similar systems.
• EZ-WifiBroadcast – Affordable Wireless Digital HD Video Transmission made easy.
• FabScanPi – FabScanPi is an open source 3D laser scanner using the Raspberry Pi Camera Module.
• Fedora – Linux Fedora distribution built for the Pi.
• FreeBSD – FreeBSD is an advanced computer operating system used to power modern servers, desktops, and embedded platforms.
• Gentoo – Gentoo Stage 3 tarball for Raspberry Pi.
• Gladys Assistant – Gladys, a privacy-first, open-source home assistant.
• Hass.io – Home automation operating system/application for embedded device, also available standalone.
• HypriotOS – Minimal Debian-based operating system, optimized to run Docker.
• Kali Linux – Penetration Testing & Ethical Hacking Linux distro for ARM devices.
• Kano OS – Open-source OS for exploration, creation, and play – free for Raspberry Pi and the new Pi 3.
• Lakka – Retro-gaming on the Raspberry Pi built entirely on RetroArch.
• LibreELEC – Just enough OS for Kodi
• Manjaro – Friendly, open-source Linux distribution for Raspberry Pi.
• Minibian – Minimal Raspbian (lighter than Jessie Lite).
• MoodleBox – The MoodleBox provides a Moodle learning management system on Raspberry Pi.
• motionEyeOS – Linux distribution that turns a single-board computer into a video surveillance system.
• NetBSD – NetBSD is a free, fast, secure, and highly portable Unix-like Open Source operating system.
• NextCloudPi – Nextcloud ready image based on Raspbian. Features Nextcloud 11 running on Raspbian 8, with PHP 7 and HTTP2 enabled Apache server.
• NOOBS – New Out Of the Box Software, an easy OS installer for beginners.
• OctoPi – Distribution for 3d printers.
• OpenELEC – Open Embedded Linux Entertainment Center, a very lightweight Kodi build.
• OpenHABian – A preconfigured version of the OpenHAB home automation software.
• OpenMediaVault – OpenMediaVault is the next generation network attached storage (NAS) solution based on Debian Linux containing services like SSH, (S)FTP, SMB/CIFS, DAAP media server, RSync, BitTorrent client and many more.
• OpenWRT – OpenWrt is described as a Linux distribution for embedded devices for network management.
• OSMC – Open Source Media Centre, based on Kodi.
• PiDeck – Small form factor DVS system allowing you to control digital music files with timecode vinyl.
• PiNet – System to manage Raspberry Pi classrooms.
• PirateBox – Anonymous offline mobile file-sharing and communications system.
• RasComm RaspberryPi MorseCode Translator – RasComm is a communication device that translates plain text into Morse code (IMC) visually or audibly.
• Raspbian – The official supported Raspberry Pi OS, based on Debian and available as a lite version.
• RasPlex – Plex client for the Raspberry Pi.
• Recalbox – Drag & drop light-weight retro-gaming and media center on the Raspberry Pi.
• RetroPie – Retro-gaming on the Raspberry Pi.
• Risc OS – Non-Linux OS originated from the group that developed the ARM microprocessor.
• Rocket Show – Play synced backing tracks, videos and DMX light-sequences live on stage.
• RuneAudio – Free and open source OS that turns embedded hardware into Hi-Fi music players.
• SamplerBox – Drop’n’play sampler: drop .WAV samples on the SD card, and play!
• SARPi – Stands for the Slackware ARM on Raspberry Pi.
• Snappy Ubuntu Core – Official (minimal) Ubuntu distribution for IoT.
• Twister OS – Skinned version of Raspberry Pi OS with preinstalled apps like box86 and Retropie to introduce noobs to Linux and Raspberry Pi. ![Supports Raspberry Pi 4+]
• Ubuntu MATE – Ubuntu distribution for the Raspberry Pi based on MATE desktop.
• Ubuntu Server – Ubuntu Server distribution for the Raspberry Pi.
• Volumio – Headless audiophile music player, designed to play music with the highest possible fidelity.
• Windows 10 ARM – Run Windows 10 ARM64 on Raspberry Pi, which is community supported.
• Windows 10 IoT Core – Windows 10 distribution for IoT.

Tools

• Alpha – Remotely load, debug and test bare-metal programs using GDB with this system-level GDB server.
• ApplePi Bakery – macOS application to easily install/backup/restore images onto an SD card.
• Atlas toolkit – Very lightweight and easy to install toolkit to write in Python single-page web applications to pilot your RPi, without having to install a web server.
• CusDeb – Web UI for creating custom images with specific packages installed.
• balenaEtcher – SD card burner app that is simple for end users, extensible for developers, and works on any platform.
• Drago – Flexible configuration manager for Wireguard networks that is perfect for establishing secure overlays spanning multiple Raspberry Pis.
• Hardened Kernel Builder for RPi – Cross-compile the Linux kernel for Raspberry Pi with enhanced security using a single command.
• HealthyPi – HAT which includes vital health monitoring like ECG, respiration, pulse oximetry and optional blood pressure & body temperature sensing.
• iotwifi – Wifi AP + Client management in 8MB Docker Container, with REST API for controlling wifi client and station modes simultaneously.
• OpenVPN-Setup – Shell script to set up Raspberry Pi as an OpenVPN server.
• Orangetool – Control functions for Single-Board computers in Python.
• pi-gen – Tool used to create the raspberrypi.org Raspbian images. This can be used to create your own custom images with specific packages installed, etc.
• PiBakery – The blocks based, easy to use setup tool for Raspberry Pi.
• Pieman – Script for creating custom images based on Raspbian, Devuan, Ubuntu and Alpine Linux.
• PiShrink – Bash script that automatically shrinks a pi image that will then resize to the max size of the SD card on boot.
• PiVPN – Create a full-featured OpenVPN/WireGuard VPN Server with a single bash command.
• Processing – Processing Development Environment running on Raspberry Pi.
• Pwnagotchi – Pwnagotchi is an AI based Wi-Fi cracking tool that learns from its surrounding WiFi environment to maximize the crackable WPA key material it captures.
• RaspAP-webgui – A simple, responsive web interface to control wifi, hostapd and related services on the Raspberry Pi.
• Raspbian QEMU with network – Simple tool to launch QEMU on Raspbian with the required modifications on the system and kernel. Automatic network access. Handy to create images in your PC.
• Resin Bridge – Simple application/repo to bridge a Raspberry Pi’s wlan0 interface to devices plugged into it over ethernet (eth0).
• TorTiPi – Shell script to automate the task of converting Raspberry Pi into a tor based wifi hotspot.
• WebStation SYSMON – An intuitive remotely-accessible system performance monitoring and task management tool for servers and headless Raspberry Pi setups.
• WiFi config generator – Simple tool to generate wpa_supplicant.conf files with wifi settings

Projects

• 40-node Raspberry Pi Cluster – Cluster aimed to be under the size of full tower desktop.
• AdGuard Home – DNS relay station with ad/tracker/other blocking, IP address redirections, and DNS-over-HTTPS.
• BeeMonitor – Honey beehive monitoring project.
• Bitcoin Tracker – A Physical Dashboard that displays Bitcoin stats in real time.
• Building a Ceph Cluster on Raspberry Pi – Highly redundant and low power usage RADOS home storage solution.
• Building Timelapse with Resin – Remotely deploying timelapse camera using Docker, Resin, and 3G internet.
• Chromebook Charger Kiosk – Timed charging station for students using Chromebooks at school.
• Ceil – Auto-provisioned RPi cluster running K8S on bare-metal.
• Circle – A C++ bare metal environment for Raspberry Pi.
• clockOS – simple smart desktop clock using a Raspberry Pi display.
• Coder for Raspberry Pi – A open source project by Googlers to turn a Raspberry Pi into a simple, tiny, personal web server and web-based development environment.
• DIY USB Rubber Ducky – Raspberry Pi Zero Rubber Ducky recognized as a USB HID by just about anything with a USB port, thus allowing you to run custom scripts as if it were a keyboard.
• docsis-cable-load-monitor – Tool to monitor downstream load on DOCSIS cable networks.
• Drumbooth controller with touch interface – Project using Java, JavaFX, Pi4J and Arduino to control 8 relays and LED strips.
• FistBump BLE Edition – WPA Hash Grabbing Bluetooth Peripheral / Android App.
• FruitNanny – Baby monitor including custom case, server, and client source code.
• Garage Door Opener – Garage door opener using the Garage Opener app to control garage door.
• Gaussmeter – Project utilizing a Raspberry Pi Zero W, WS2812B Leds and the Tesla API to collect and display a Tesla’s status.
• Harry Potter and the real life Daily Prophet – Display mimicking the Daily Prophet from Harry Potter using a 7″ Raspberry Pi display.
• Hearing aid prototoype – A Raspberry Pi powered prototype of a hearing aid.
• Internet Chronometer – Turn your Raspberry Pi in to an Internet Chronometer.
• Jasper – Flexible open source personal assistant.
• Kubernetes on ARM – Get your ARM device up and running Kubernetes in less than ten minutes.
• Lightberry – Led lighting solution dedicated for raspberry pi and your TV.
• Looper/synth/drum thing – Sequencer/Drumpad, like Native Instruments’ Maschine for the Pi.
• Lumos – Smart Lamp for Better Sleep.
• Magic Mirror – The original open source modular smart mirror platform.
• Mini OONTZ – 3D printed mini MIDI controller.
• Movel – Raspberry Pi car computer.
• Multi-Datacenter Cassandra on 32 Raspberry Pi’s – Showcase for the always on, fault tolerant nature of Cassandra using a Raspberry Pi cluster board.
• NALIVATOR-9000 – Robot bartender for making cocktails with Telegram-bot interface and speech synthesis on Golang.
• Nerves Project – Craft and deploy bulletproof embedded software in Elixir.
• Network Presence Detector – Setup a Pi Zero to scan for devices on a WiFi network and use that to determine who is “home”.
• NTP driven Nixie Clock – Nixie Tube Clock powered by a Raspberry Pi.
• Occu-Pi – Controller software for the Occu-pi, a totally awesome bathroom door sensor.
• P4wnP1 – P4wnP1 is a highly customizable USB attack platform, based on a low cost Raspberry Pi Zero or Raspberry Pi Zero W (required for HID backdoor).
• Pi Image Capturer – Captures images, integrated with the Google IOT Cloud Platform ecosystem.
• pi_payments – Payment module based on RFID.
• Pi-hole – Black hole for internet ads.
• Pi-KVM – DIY KVM over IP to manage remote computers via Web UI or VNC with FullHD video, mouse, virtual drive, IPMI, Wake-on-LAN and many other things.
• pi-timolo – Remote Headless multi feature PiCamera Operation from Rclone Remote Storage Service and More.
• Pi4j Project – Java I/O library the Raspberry Pi.
• PiAware – Live flight tracking using a Raspberry Pi.
• PiClock – Fancy Clock built around a monitor and a Raspberry Pi.
• PiE-Ink – E-ink nametag display running on a Pi Zero.
• PiFanTuner – CPU-fan-tuner daemon, just enables your fan as necessary.
• PiFmRds – FM-RDS transmitter using a Raspberry Pi.
• PiScan – Makeshift Amazon Dash orders using a Raspberry PI + EAN scanner.
• Planning lunch with a Slackbot on resin.io – Node.js Slackbot (lunchbot), hosted on Resin.
• PoisonTap – Exploits locked/password protected computers over USB, drops persistent WebSocket-based backdoor, exposes internal router, and siphons cookies using Raspberry Pi Zero & Node.js.
• Power Sniffing Strip – Enclosure in a power strip, sniffing network data.
• Project MyHouse – Smart Doll House with Gesture Recognition, using Raspberry Pi 3 or Pi Zero and PSMove motion controller.
• Raspberry Pi Erlang Cluster – Erlang cluster on a Raspberry Pi 2.
• Raspberry PI Hadoop Cluster – Big Data cluster running on the Raspberry Pi.
• RaspiBlitz – Fastest and cheapest way to get your own Lightning Node running.
• RaspiBolt – Beginner’s Guide to ️⚡Lightning️⚡ on a Raspberry Pi.
• Rhasspy – Open source, fully offline set of voice assistant services that works well with Home Assistant, Node-RED, MQTT and more.
• RPi Motor Library – Python 3 library to connect various motors & servos to the Pi.
• RPI tempmon – CPU GPU temperature monitor with various functions such as LED GPIO, Graph output, email, alarm limit, notifications and logging.
• SecPi – Raspberry Pi based home alarm system.
• Skate-o-Meter – Skateboard odometer and speedometer with RFID user system.
• SkyJack – Take over and allow full control over any Parrot AR Drone within wireless distance.
• Smart Mirror – Voice controlled smart mirror with IoT integration.
• Smart Security Camera – Using OpenCV, Twilio and a WebCam/picam.
• Sonic Pi – The Live Coding Music Synth for Everyone.
• Sonus – Node.js voice control for your Pi (and everything else) with customizable offline hotword detection.
• speed-camera – Object Motion Tracking uses python, openCV, USB Cam or picamera module to record speed data.
• Stratux – Open source ADS-B receiver which feeds weather, traffic, GPS, and AHRS data to electronic flight bag software via wifi.
• StreamPi – A robust alternative to the Elgato Stream Deck, that can launch apps, scripts, websites and control applications like OBS.
• TeslaCam – Project utilizing a Raspberry Pi Zero W for USB Mass storage emulation and a PiJuice to collect and archive TeslaCam video.
• Vinyl Shelf Finder – Uses a tilt & pan laser to find a record in a record collection.
• Voice Kit – AIY Voice Kit from Google, to build a standalone voice recognition system using the Google Assistant, or add voice recognition and natural language processing to your Raspberry Pi-based projects.
• Waves – Transforming the transience of the spoken word into something concrete and physical through a microphone, waveform and thermal printer.
• Whispering Mirror – Interactive soundart installation using the Hifiberry DAC.
• WordPress using Docker – Run a WordPress site in containers with dynamic DNS.
• Zelda Home Automation – Home automation based on sound recognition from notes played on an ocarina.

Resources

Useful Apps

• AndFTP – Alternative FTP client app. Android
• Home Remote Control – Control mouse/keyboard, volume, manage download/upload files, custom commands, terminal, execute tasks in future, control media. Android
• Kore Remote – Official remote to control Kodi. Android
• RasPi Check – To check Pi stats – frequency, temperature, volts and more system information (free memory, runtime, disk status). You can also restart or halt your Raspberry Pi and send custom commands. Android
• RaspController – Manage your Raspberry Pi remotely, control the GPIO ports, send commands directly through the terminal, view images from a connected camera and obtain data from different sensors. Android
• Raspicast – Cast YouTube videos, media content from your android device, Play local media files, Play streams from playlists (m3u, pls) on your Raspberry Pi. Android
• Screen Stream Mirroring – To stream your phone screen directly to Pi. Android
• TeamViewer – Remote into Raspberry Pi while you are on the road!. Android
• Termius – One of the cleanest SSH Client for Pi. Android, iOS
• Tubio – Cast web videos directly to Pi. Android
• Turbo FTP – A good FTP client app for accessing files on raspberry. Android
• VNC Viewer – To remotely control Raspberry Pi desktop. Android

Articles

• 10 Ways To Power – Information about different & correct ways to power the pi.
• Raspberry Pi A to Z List – Comprehensive list with links to common questions & pitfalls.
• Raspberry Pi and why do I need one? – Intro into the Raspberry Pi and what can be done with it.
• Raspberry Pi Beginners – Guide to setup the Raspberry Pi for beginners.
• The Ultimate Raspberry Pi Security Guide – Extensive guide on security best practices for the Pi ie. exposed to the internet.

Books

• Control Your Home with Raspberry Pi – Teaches you how to turn a Raspberry Pi into a secure, modular, open source and self-hosted home automation gateway with Docker Compose, MQTT and TLS.
• Getting Started with Java on the Raspberry Pi – A lot of info and history about Java itself and how to install and use it on the Raspberry Pi with a lot of example projects.

Tutorials

• Auto Mount USB – Guide to setup Auto Mount USB on Raspberry Pi.
• Bridging Wifi to the Raspberry Pi over Ethernet – Set up tethered networking between macOS & Raspberry Pi.
• Build a $35 Time Capsule – Time Machine Backup Server.
• Controlling Spotify with Slack and a Raspberry Pi – Node.js project to control Spotify & Slack with libspotify.
• DC++ Hub – Guide to setup an ADC (DC++) Hub on Raspberry Pi.
• DIY Neural Network – Uses image recognition and Google’s Inception to recognize specific objects.
• Docker Swarm with LetsEncrypt – Clear guidelines on how to set up a cluster with Docker, distributing services with Docker Compose and signing valid SSL certs with Letsencrypt.
• How To Make a Raspberry Pi Turn on a Lamp with iBeacon™ Technology – Good beginners-guide to working with Beacon technology.
• How to setup a secure VPN server on Raspberry Pi or DigitalOcean – Simple, secure and detailed guide to setup VPN on your Raspberry Pi.
• Moonlight – Nvidia GameStream implementation to stream your full collection of Steam games from desktop to the Raspberry Pi.
• Raspbereum – Run your own Ethereum node on a Raspberry Pi.
• Raspberry Pi Game Console – How to Build a Raspberry Pi Retro Game Console for $35.
• Raspberry Pi login with SSH keys – Password-less login for ssh sessions on the Raspberry Pi.
• Raspberry Pi Media Server Guides – Media Server and NAS tutorials from HTPC Guides.
• Raspberry Pi Zero: Programming over USB – Guide to boot and access a Raspberry Pi Zero over a USB cable without need of an ethernet/wifi connection, keyboard or screen.
• Turn a Raspberry Pi into a Plex Media Server – Beginners guide to setting up a Plex media server to stream all of your media content.
• Turn the Raspberry Pi Zero into a mini dongle computer – Setup a pi0 to be able to ssh & vnc over USB.
• Use a Raspberry Pi with multiple WiFi networks – Tutorial on using a Raspberry Pi with multiple networks.
• Use a Raspberry Pi with Netflix – Tutorial on watching Netflix on a Raspberry Pi.

Swift programming

• BuildSwiftOnARM – All you need to build Swift on a RaspberryPi or other ARM boards, updated to Swift 4.1.3.
• Compile Swift for Raspberry Pi by Xcode – Quick tutorial to share the way to help setup compiling Raspberry Pi code with Xcode.
• Setup Swift environment on Raspbian – Quick guide to help setup Swift environment on Raspbian Strech (lite).
• SwiftyGPIO – Swift library for hardware projects on Linux/ARM boards with support for GPIOs/SPI/I2C/PWM/UART/1Wire.
• Swish – Build Swift Projects on a remote machine within Xcode.

Community

• @Raspberry_Pi on Twitter
• #raspberrypi on Freenode
• Raspberry Pi on YouTube
• raspberry-pi on Spectrum
• eLinux Hub
• MAKE on Youtube
• Novaspirittech on YouTube
• Official Blog
• Official Forum
• Raspberry Pi Jam — Official conferences
• Reddit Projects
• Reddit
• StackExchange