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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Smaller, better, and cheaper: $20
2014 · raspberrypi.org · its alternatives →
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Made in Wales, priced at 5$. And you thought 35$ was cheap..
2015 · raspberrypi.com · its alternatives →
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New Raspberry Pi Zero with wireless LAN and Bluetooth
2017 · raspberrypi.com · its alternatives →
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eNcade ▲63A Portable Raspberry Pi Gaming Console (Kickstarter)
2014 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →
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The Marketplace For User-Generated Hardware
2014 · edu.sphero.com · its alternatives →
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2017 · kelu124.gitbooks.io · 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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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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$35 for Raspberry Pi too much? Try the $15 alternative
2015 · orangepi.org · 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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The brand new miniature Raspberry Pi Zero, smaller & faster
2015 · magazine.raspberrypi.com · its alternatives →
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2013 · raspberry.io · its alternatives →
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Wow, half a year has passed since my last blog. I have to admit, during this period I was a bit disconnected from the physical AI world. I transitioned to a different team at work after their two data scientists were reassigned to other teams, and I had to ramp up quickly to take over…
Dec 2025 · airoboticist.blog · its alternatives →
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Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →