A smarter home starts with a Raspberry Pi
Build a local smart home with Home Assistant on Raspberry Pi. Choose hardware, install the OS, create a first automation, and plan your backups.
Beginner · An afternoon
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A smarter home starts with a Raspberry Pi
Bring your lights, sensors, and everyday routines together with Home Assistant. One Pi. A home that feels more like yours.
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Give your whole network a little peace and quiet
Set up Pi-hole on Raspberry Pi for network DNS filtering. Learn installation, router configuration, client testing, and how to recover from DNS issues.
Beginner · 1–2 hours
Your files. Your tiny home server.
Turn a Raspberry Pi into a private file server with Samba. Create an authenticated share, connect your devices, and plan storage and backup safely.
Intermediate · An afternoon
Reach your Raspberry Pi from almost anywhere
Connect to your Raspberry Pi remotely with Tailscale and SSH. Set up a private network, test from mobile data, and troubleshoot remote connections.
Beginner · Under an hour
Make movie night a little more personal
Build a small Jellyfin media library on Raspberry Pi with Docker Compose. Configure storage, test direct play, and understand transcoding limitations.
Intermediate · An afternoon
Build a small console for your favorite old games
Build a Raspberry Pi retro gaming console with RetroPie. Choose a compatible image, configure a controller, transfer homebrew games, and tune input lag.
Beginner · An afternoon
Give your 3D printer a proper control room
Set up OctoPrint with OctoPi on Raspberry Pi. Connect a compatible 3D printer, validate its profile, troubleshoot USB, and monitor your first print.
Intermediate · An afternoon
See the slow things happen, all at once
Make a Raspberry Pi time-lapse camera with rpicam-still and FFmpeg. Capture a sequence, calculate video length, and solve flicker and framing problems.
Beginner · 1–2 hours + capture
Build a message hub for your next sensor project
Start a local MQTT broker on Raspberry Pi with Mosquitto. Publish and subscribe to test messages, understand topics, and plan authenticated sensor access.
Intermediate · 1–2 hours
Know when your home lab needs a hand
Run Uptime Kuma on Raspberry Pi with Docker Compose. Monitor home lab services, test alerts, and distinguish application failures from network outages.
Beginner · 1–2 hours
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