Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Raspberry Pi Zero
The $5 computer
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Raspberry Pi Zero launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Made in Wales, priced at 5$. And you thought 35$ was cheap..
2015 · its alternatives →
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New Raspberry Pi Zero with wireless LAN and Bluetooth
2017 · its alternatives →
- 7RP
2013 · raspberry.io · its alternatives →
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Raspberry Pi 3▲4323nd generation with faster processor, wireless and Bluetooth
2016 · its alternatives →
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2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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I've been hacking away lately, and I'm now proud to show off my newest project - The Icepi Zero! In case you don't know what an FPGA is, this phrase summarizes it perfectly: "FPGAs work like this. You don't tell them what to do, you tell them what to BE." You don't program them, but you rewrite the circuits they contain! So I've made a PCB that carries an ECP5 FPGA, and has a raspberry pi zero footprint. It also has a few improvements! Notably the 2 USB b ports are replaced with 3 USB C ports, and it has multiple LEDs. This board can output HDMI, read from a uSD, use a SDRAM and much more.…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2015 · github.com · its alternatives →
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The brand new miniature Raspberry Pi Zero, smaller & faster
2015 · its alternatives →
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2012 · pibow.com · its alternatives →
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2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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