Excellent beginner projects if you are looking to do something simple with your Raspberry Pi.
In this quick tutorial, you will learn how to install and use Neofetch. This tool gives you a quick overview of your system. It is great for providing just enough information without it becoming overbearing. Best of all it is incredibly easy to use. Read More...
In this tutorial, you will learn how to self-host Pixelfed on your Raspberry Pi. This software is an image-sharing social network with a very similar style to Instagram. It allows you to self-host your own social network while being part of a large community, thanks to its support for the ActivityPub protocol. Read More...
In this tutorial, we will show you how to set up NordVPN's Meshnet on your Raspberry Pi. Meshnet is a free service that links your devices together over a virtual private network. It works similarly to services like Zerotier and Tailscale, and best of all, it is completely free. Read More...
In this tutorial, you will learn how to set up and use the LazyDocker Docker management tool on your Raspberry Pi. This command-line tool makes managing your Docker containers significantly easier. You don't have to worry about remembering individual commands and don't need to set up a heavier web-based tool like Portainer. Read More...
In this project, you will be learning how to install and run Monit on your Raspberry Pi. This tool can monitor and automatically attempt to repair services that are running on your device. It even has an easy-to-use web interface. Read More...
In this project, we will be showing you how to set up a Flask web application on your Raspberry Pi. Flask is a web framework for Python that allows you to very easily create a dynamic web page. Being written in Python you can easily integrate data from the Pi's GPIO pins. Read More...
This project will show you how to self-host Kavita on your Raspberry Pi. Kavita is a digital library for your comics, manga, and eBooks. On top of being a great place for storing and managing your eBooks it is also a great reader. It has responsive support so it will adapt to whatever screen you are using. Read More...
In this project, you will learn how to set up an SSH honeypot on your Raspberry Pi using Sesame. This service acts as a fake SSH server that pretends to allow access to an outside attacker. Using this, you can see the username and password the attacker used alongside each command they attempted to run. Read More...
In this quick guide, we will be exploring how you can install and use Flatpak on the Raspberry Pi. Flatpak is a way of packaging software that makes them easier to distribute while also being more secure. This extra security is due to the software being isolated into its own sandbox. To interact outside of its sandbox a Flatpak requires additional permissions to be given to it. Read More...
In this tutorial, you will learn how to install the Sublime Text editor on your Raspberry Pi. This is a great text and code editor. It boasts a huge number of features that significantly improves the text and code editing experience. This code editor only supports 64-bit operating systems. Read More...
In this project, we will be showing you how to install and run Plexamp on the Raspberry Pi. Plexamp is a music player designed to stream music from the Plex Media Server. Using this, you can easily stream your music to any connected speakers. Read More...
In this tutorial, you will be learning how you can set up and run the Logitech Media Server on a Raspberry Pi. This allows you to stream audio to Squeezebox devices. Squeezebox is a series of network music players originally developed by Slim Devices and then bought out by Logitech. Read More...
In this tutorial, you will learn how to install and run BookStack on your Raspberry Pi. BookStack is a software for storing and organizing your information. Information is stored in what is called books, and a collection of books is stored in what the software calls a shelf. Read More...
In this tutorial, you will learn how to set up a system monitor on your Raspberry Pi. To achieve this, we will use software called Glances. Glances gives you a real-time overview of your system. It includes all the information you need at a glance within an easy-to-access web interface. Read More...
In this quick guide, we will be showing you how to enable and manage a firewall on your Raspberry Pi. This helps protect your Pi from network-based attacks. It achieves this by only allowing access to the services that you open. Combining your firewall with a service like Fail2Ban will improve your security even further. Read More...
In this project, you will learn how to install and run LanCache on the Raspberry Pi. LanCache is a caching proxy server that speeds up video game downloads by storing previously downloaded content, allowing future requests to be delivered from the cache. Read More...
In this tutorial, you will learn how to install and use Raspberry Pi Connect. This software enables you to remotely manage your Pi's all from your web browser. It even works from behind firewalls. Read More...
In this tutorial, we will be walking you through the process of installing and using OBS studio on your Raspberry Pi. This software allows you to record and stream from your Pi. Read More...
In this tutorial, we will show you how to self-host the Forgejo platform on your Raspberry Pi. This software is a lightweight Git server. If you have ever used a service like GitHub, you will be very familiar with the web interface and functionality of Forgejo. Read More...
Learn how to install and run Open WebUI on your Raspberry Pi. This software gives you a ChatGPT like interface for your self-hosted models. While the software doesn't run models itself it integrates seamlessly into model runners like Ollama. Read More...