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Life & fun · May 26, 2013

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I've used Go to build a daemon for the Raspberry Pi

I've used Go to build a daemon for the Raspberry Pi launched on May 26, 2013 with 105 votes, #23 of 587 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 13 years on.

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Ground Control is a daemon for Raspberry Pi that monitors system health and sends data to the cloud. It allows users to create dashboards, set alerts, and check Pi status remotely through a responsive web interface. Users can add custom commands to a configuration file that appear automatically in the UI. Built with Go, it consumes minimal RAM and runs as a precompiled binary without dependencies. It's designed for anyone wanting to remotely monitor and control a Raspberry Pi.

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Ground control pushes various health information to the cloud. Make dashboards, set alerts, notice problems, and see how your Pi is doing from anywhere. Add any command you want to Ground Control's configuration file, and it will be picked up automatically. Your commands and controls are layed out in a responsive Web UI, accessible with any device with a browser. Ground Control was built with Go and strikes a very small resource profile (just a few megabytes of RAM). With Go, there's no friction either - just download and run a binary prepackaged with everything you need. You are using an outdated browser. Please upgrade your browser or activate Google Chrome Frame to improve your…from jondot.github.io

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