Show HN: Self-hosted Raspberry Pi wall display (no cloud, no subscription) (github.com)

I got tired of subscription-based wall displays and locked ecosystems, so I built my own.

This turns a Raspberry Pi into a wall-mounted dashboard that boots directly into a fullscreen display and runs entirely on the local network. No accounts, no cloud, no ongoing fees.

From a fresh Pi install, it takes about 8 minutes from running the command to a working display after reboot.

Install:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/silentg33k/chalkboard-inst... | bash

What it does:

- boots straight into a kiosk display - controlled via a browser on the local network - stores everything locally - runs on nginx + PHP + Chromium kiosk - background updates handled via cron + local scripts

After install it’s immediately usable, and then you can layer in things like schedules, weather, or other content if you want.

I built it specifically to avoid paying for something like a “smart display” that requires a subscription and limits what you can do with it.

Wondering if anyone thinks this solves a problem or is a viable project.

lotza binaries with no actual source code, looks more like a supply-chain attack

Wonderfull project , thanks for sharing

There's a couple of Github features that would make it easier to explore and install your project:

    1. It has built-in support for releases. 
 Following this guide, you can make the different releases versions easier to navigate, and keep them from cluttering the codebase:

https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/releasing-projects-o...

    2.  It can integrate images, like screenshots, into the readme markdown file, making them clearly visible to anyone browsing the project page.  The images can also be in a sub folder, to keep them from cluttering the codebase.  Here's a guide to do so:

https://docs.github.com/en/get-started/writing-on-github/get...

The Raspberry Pi is so versatile once you get creative with it, nice work!