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24 alternatives to Project E Ink

32" e-ink screen that displays daily newspapers on your wall

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Project E Ink launched in 2023; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Hacker News on Your Wall▲92

   32" e-ink screen with generated art based on tech headlines

   2023 · projecteink.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Building a 42-inch E-Ink frame for generative art▲537

   Recently, we wanted to find a way to display Generative AI art in our office at Photoroom.

   2023 · eliot.blog · its alternatives →

3. 3
   E-Ink Day Schedule▲294

   Low power, E-Ink dashboard for every day life running on a hacked Kindle. - davidhampgonsalves/Life-Dashboard

   2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   E-Paper 7-color display showing the current weather▲229

   A hobby project of mine that was surprisingly easy to put together! I love waking up and seeing the freshly generated image.

   2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   I made a battery-powered e-ink display that shows my calendar▲68

   2023 · stavros.io · its alternatives →

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   paperd.ink▲86

   Open-source e-paper development board

   2021 · paperd.ink · its alternatives →

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   A 13.3" battery-powered e-paper picture frame to display digital art▲64

   2021 · blog.framelabs.eu · its alternatives →

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   Paperd.ink – Open-source e-paper development board▲232

   Join the paperd.ink waitlist to get early access to open-source e-paper (eink) devices.

   2021 · paperd.ink · its alternatives →

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   I made my own TRMNL e-ink device▲85

   2025 · stavros.io · its alternatives →

10. 10
    PaperLike▲72

    13.3″ e-ink monitor

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    An e-ink frame that hears birds and draws them as 1800s illustrations▲2,389

    E-ink bird frame for Raspberry Pi - real-time bird detection by audio, fully local AI, rendered as real, hand-cut 1800s bird illustrations. - arnegiacomo/fugleramme

    Sep 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Sony Digital Paper▲364

    Reinventing paper. Sony's e-ink tablet.

    2017 · sony.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    The E-Paper Smart Display▲124

    E-paper smart display with calendar and app catalogue

    2024 · shop.invisible-computers.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    InkCase▲159

    An e-ink screen for the back of your iPhone

    2015 · oaxis.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    LastingPaper – A Desktop App for Your E-Ink Kindle▲138

    The Best Partner of Your E-Ink Kindle

    2019 · lastingpaper.com · its alternatives →

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    Building an E-Ink Calendar and a UI Toolkit along the way▲64

    2020 · rahulrav.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Paperd.Ink▲8

    Beautiful Connected Dashboard

    2020 · paperd.ink · its alternatives →

18. 18
    E-Paper Life Organizer with Pico and Inky Frame▲23

    I made a desktop e paper display to show my calendar and to-do list to help keep me organized in college. Full source code available here: https://github.com/jaeheonshim/inky-dashboard The display is only awoken from deep sleep mode every 30 minutes to update the information, allowing the frame to be fully battery powered. You can link your Todoist for the to-do items on the left, and you can link any calendar in iCal format (Google Calendar, Outlook, etc.) for the calendar on the right. The code can be fully customized to display just the calendar, just the to-do list,…

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    League Frame▲94

    Always-on display for football fans

    2023 · leagueframe.co.uk · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Daylight DC1 Tablet▲193

    Fastest E-Ink Tablet with 60 Hz

    2024 · daylightcomputer.com · its alternatives →

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    Electric Objects▲271

    Digital artwork from the Internet on your wall (pre-launch)

    2014 · electricobjects.com · its alternatives →

22. 22OH
    Our Hackable E-Paper Watch for iPhone and Android▲342

    2012 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Equil Smartpen 2▲117

    Real ink. Real paper. Digitized

    2014 · myequil.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Electric Objects EO2 Digital Art Display▲204

    EO2 is our most beautiful display for art, ever

    2016 · its alternatives →

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