My five favorite ways to use Raspberry Pi at home and in the workshop.

Published at : 23 Dec 2025

I have nearly half a dozen rapsberry pis of various shapes and sizes doing stuff around my house- from relaxing in the den with arcade games to running home automation and workshop tools headless. Check out my top five current uses, and get a sneak peak at what may be in store for number six ;)

Links!
If you would like a great, all around starter kit delivered in one box, these kits use the official case and powersupply, just add a micro SD card of whatever size you need ( I usually use 32s for everything except my RetroPie, which has as 128 gig install). This 4 gig Raspberry Pi 4 kit can handle everything I talk about in this video, and then some: https://amzn.to/36yzuqq

No 1. RetroPie
Retropie Project Home: https://retropie.org.uk
8bitdo Arcade Stick: https://amzn.to/3pJR5nc
8bitdo SN30 (now with analog sticks): https://amzn.to/3rhkhSy

No 2: PiHole
Pi Hole Project: https://pi-hole.net

No. 3: HOOBS
Hoobs Project: https://hoobs.org/product/hoobs-to-download/

No. 4: Clock
Kiosk Walkthrough: https://pimylifeup.com/raspberry-pi-kiosk/
Clock Code: https://www.nayuki.io/page/full-screen-clock-javascript

No. 5: OctoPrint
OctoPi Download: https://octoprint.org/download/

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