Compatibility with raspberry Pi 5 right now and in the future.

[Hugo]

The MagicMirror software is primarily developed and tested to run on the Raspberry Pi platform. The latest version of MagicMirror requires at least a Raspberry Pi 2, 3, or 4 running the latest full version of Raspberry Pi OS (previously called Raspbian), because of Electron like said in the builders wiki. However I didn’t found any info in its github page https://github.com/electron/electron.

The search I made do not indicate any official support or testing for the Raspberry Pi 5 at this time. However, the Raspberry Pi 5 was just “recently” released, so it’s likely that future versions of MagicMirror will add compatibility and support for the new Raspberry Pi 5 hardware.

Some key points:

• The Raspberry Pi 5 is a new model that was just released, so it may not have full compatibility yet with the current version of MagicMirror.
• As the Raspberry Pi 5 gains wider adoption, it’s expected that future versions will likely add support and optimize the software to run on the new hardware.
• Current price of Raspberry Pi 5 (4GB ) (CPU 2.4 GHz) is the same that Raspberry Pi 4 (4GB) (CPU 1.5GHz). Around 70€ in my country. Maybe I can multi use the raspberry or something.

In summary, the Raspberry Pi 5 is likely not fully compatible with the current version of MagicMirror, but future versions of the software involved will probably add support as the new hardware becomes more widely used.

What do you think about this subject? I am a bit concerned about purchasing a Pi 4 instead of Pi 5 at this time. If any of you have been using the Pi 5, I’d love to hear your comments.

[sdetweil]

@Hugo pi 5 works fine.

like the other devices, use my script to install MagicMirror.

I should note that pi4 and 5 on the latest os (bookworm) will run Wayland as the display manager.

a few modules have been impacted, mostly in screen off/on. some authors have responded with module fixes.

I put a pcie m2 hat on my pi5, and use it to boot instead of the sd card. 256gb.

[Hugo]

@sdetweil Thanks you for the answer!