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24 alternatives to A basic websocket chat server on RaspberryPi at my home
A websocket chat server running on a Raspberry Pi that enables real-time messaging from home. Built in 2015, it allows users to connect and communicate through a web interface. The project is designed for hobbyists… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. A basic websocket chat server on RaspberryPi at my home launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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2015 · labs.yulrizka.com · its alternatives →
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Raspberry Pi 3▲4383nd generation with faster processor, wireless and Bluetooth
2016 · raspberrypi.com · its alternatives →
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Using only a Raspberry Pi and an $11 video capture dongle, you can create your own KVM over IP device, allowing you to send keyboard input to a remote computer and capture its display.
2020 · mtlynch.io · its alternatives →
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New Raspberry Pi Zero with wireless LAN and Bluetooth
2017 · raspberrypi.com · its alternatives →
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2016 · beta.raspchat.com · its alternatives →
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Hi. I heard HN likes e-paper gadgets so I wanted to share a little side project I’ve been working on with @sqfmi. We’re building Beepberry - a portable e-paper computer for hackers, designed for chatting on Beeper. My day job is running Beeper [0], but I will always have a soft spot for building hardware. I wanted to create a ‘weekend’ device that would let me stay in touch with friends and family, without the distractions of a full smartphone. I imagined a tiny, hackable e-paper screen with a physical keyboard, powered by a Raspberry Pi, that I could use to chat around my home…and pretty…
2023 · beepberry.sqfmi.com · its alternatives →
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Hey HN! I’ve written a bunch of WebSocket servers over the years to do simple things like state synchronization, WebRTC signaling, and notifying a client when a backend job was run. I realized that if I had a simple way to create a private, temporary, mini-redis that the client could talk to directly, it would save a lot of time. So we created DriftDB. In addition to the open source server that you can run yourself, we also provide https://jamsocket.live where you can use an instance we host on Cloudflare’s edge (~13ms round trip latency from my home in NY). You may have seen my…
2023 · driftdb.com · its alternatives →
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A few months ago, I was inspired by this post on Reddit, titled: Food items should have QR codes that instruct the microwave exactly what to do. Like high for 2 minutes, let stand 1 minute, medium 1 minutes.. I thought this was a pretty cool idea, and that it
2013 · madebynathan.com · its alternatives →
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Foxchat▲275Best Intercom alternative for startups and indie hackers
Feb 2026 · foxchat.dev · its alternatives →
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Building a Bus Clock for my House using a Raspberry PI and Python. I won't miss the bus ever again!
2022 · purplehoisin.com · its alternatives →
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Let's Chat▲323Like Slack, but opensource and self-hosted.
2015 · sdelements.github.io · its alternatives →
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Pac Chat▲133A realtime, anonymous chat made using node and Google maps
2016 · pac.chat · its alternatives →
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Contribute to staab/git-chat development by creating an account on GitHub.
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2012 · pi.tomg.co · its alternatives →
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ChatGPT at home! A better alternative to commercial smart home assistants, built on the Raspberry Pi using LiteLLM and LangGraph. - judahpaul16/gpt-home
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
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The project identifies as "Your Raspberry Pi FM network". It uses a fork of the well-known PiFmRds as a backend to stream audio on FM radio. It allows the control of multiple pi units with a central server, that can also be temporarly hosted on google cloud shell or github codespaces.
Dec 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A global contest to grow and monitor your own food with Raspberry Pi - alexellis/growlab
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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