What to do with my Raspberry Pi 5

[Cinlow]

I got a Raspberry Pi 5 about six months ago, and I haven't done anything with it yet. Does anyone have cool projects I could use it for?

[esCaPade1]

Pi-hole, although a 5 is maybe overkill.

I have a RPi4 which serves as a SMB file server and Pi-Hole host, along with Unbound caching DNS server. See this video for a guide on installing both. It also runs PTP.

I run it headless (no monitor, keyboard or mouse - just network and USB drives) and access it from my Chromebook using RealVNC (Linux emulator needed).

 

If you're looking for something more challenging, make a humanoid robot and call it Stuart. 

Seriously though, if you're looking for ideas, ask an AI like Gemini or ChatGPT - it will list hundreds if you give it the chance.

[esCaPade1]

Oh - don't run Pi-Hole from a SDcard and save logs - you'll kill the card in less than a year. Use a SSD.

[nmPicard]

I would create a little Pico-8 handheld, been something I've wanted to do for a while.

[Ha-Satan]

I'm currently using my Pi4 as a web server for my recipe website and random javascript game projects. It definitely could be used for more, though. I tried to set it up as a backup NAS for my main TrueNAS server but I encountered some drive mounting issues that prevented me from doing that, at least for now.

[OddOod]

Honestly a Pi5 is pretty overkill for most hobby purposes. But if you want projects, there are a hundred listicles with a thousand ideas. 
I'd start with Hackaday or Adafruit

I have a Pihole and used to have a 3B that literally did nothing but turn my TV on and off when I yelled at the google home (dumb TV but I built a lil IR blaster and connected it to the Pi. worked like a charm til I could get an LG OLED for a deal  )

I also have one that just sits there so I can have an easy linux terminal to mess around with

[strange13930]

1 hour ago, Cinlow said:

I got a Raspberry Pi 5 about six months ago, and I haven't done anything with it yet. Does anyone have cool projects I could use it for?

you could run retro game emulators on it like retroarch or try rujinx.

[Obioban]

Arr suite server. Home Assistant. Emulator connected to you TV. Mealie server. Web server.

 

Really, set it up with docker and install whatever strikes your fancy. It's shocking how capable a Pi 5 is.

[Cinlow]

1 hour ago, esCaPade1 said:

Pi-hole, although a 5 is maybe overkill.

I have a RPi4 which serves as a SMB file server and Pi-Hole host, along with Unbound caching DNS server. See this video for a guide on installing both. It also runs PTP.

I run it headless (no monitor, keyboard or mouse - just network and USB drives) and access it from my Chromebook using RealVNC (Linux emulator needed).

 

If you're looking for something more challenging, make a humanoid robot and call it Stuart. 

Seriously though, if you're looking for ideas, ask an AI like Gemini or ChatGPT - it will list hundreds if you give it the chance.

 

50 minutes ago, OddOod said:

Honestly a Pi5 is pretty overkill for most hobby purposes. But if you want projects, there are a hundred listicles with a thousand ideas. 
I'd start with Hackaday or Adafruit

I have a Pihole and used to have a 3B that literally did nothing but turn my TV on and off when I yelled at the google home (dumb TV but I built a lil IR blaster and connected it to the Pi. worked like a charm til I could get an LG OLED for a deal  )

I also have one that just sits there so I can have an easy linux terminal to mess around with

Pi-Hole sounds interesting. I'll look into it.
 

 

30 minutes ago, strange13930 said:

you could run retro game emulators on it like retroarch or try rujinx.

I'll look into this. I had an idea to make it into a little retrohandheld for a while.