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!

Linas123

@sdetweil
I want to upgrade my Magic Mirror from a Pi 3 to the new Pi 5 because my old one takes almost an hour to boot — it’s basically dead already.

A lot of the modules I use don’t really get updates anymore.
Do you think I could run into serious problems if I reinstall all of them on the new Pi 5?

When I set everything up last time, I had issues with almost every module because of Node.js versions and similar things.

I’m not a coder, so I’m not really able to tweak the modules myself to fix compatibility issues.

sdetweil

@Linas123 should work…

use my backup script to save all that, install script to put MM on new system
and then restore script to put back your MM setup (modules and all)

backup/restore - save to github (recommended) then you can backup to there whenever and restore from there, perfect for a machine move!
https://github.com/sdetweil/MagicMirror-backup-restore

install
https://github.com/sdetweil/MagicMirror_scripts

use a new sd card, then you don’t break anything in the process

Linas123

@sdetweil Thank you very much for your answer and great work. You are the person how holds this forum together

BKeyport

@Hugo the only real thing that is a concern really is the OS. As the Pi foundation (and the community as a whole) continues to move away from old windowing systems into new ones, there may be compatibility issues with underlying tech MM uses as it catches up. As long as node.js and electron moves with the core windowing system we’re fine…

just a dance you do with any open source…

karsten13

@Hugo said in Compatibility with raspberry Pi 5 right now and in the future.:

The latest version of MagicMirror requires at least a Raspberry Pi 2, 3, or 4

we have the Pi 5 in the docs too, see https://docs.magicmirror.builders/getting-started/requirements.html

@BKeyport said in Compatibility with raspberry Pi 5 right now and in the future.:

thing that is a concern really is the OS

next fun is coming, debian trixie is already released so it is a matter of time getting a new raspberry pi os wtih trixie …

BKeyport

@karsten13 No mention of our desktop enviroments in the main release, so I guess it’s up to RPF to what they’re gonna do.

sdetweil

@BKeyport I just installed on Trixie amd64, 2.32 and 2.33-develop no issues…

course this isn’t raspi… as its not released there yet

alex2

@Linas123 said in Compatibility with raspberry Pi 5 right now and in the future.:

@sdetweil
I want to upgrade my Magic Mirror from a Pi 3 to the new Pi 5 because my old one takes almost an hour to boot — it’s basically dead already.

A lot of the modules I use don’t really get updates anymore.
Do you think I could run into serious problems if I reinstall all of them on the new Pi 5?

When I set everything up last time, I had issues with almost every module because of Node.js versions and similar things.

I’m not a coder, so I’m not really able to tweak the modules myself to fix compatibility issues.

I have a unit with a 3B+ and I’m having much of the same issue. It seems to just hang and many modules are no longer updating.

sdetweil

@alex2 see my reply in your other post

mumblebaj

@karsten13 @BKeyport and @Linas123 I have been running MM on trixie since Feb or April I think, No issues. Only issues I had was with the control of my monitor on and off via a scripts but I documented that and posted it in the forum as well.

BKeyport

@alex2 Could just need a refresh of the core - sometimes over many updates things will stick just because the OS, NPM, node.js and/or Magicmirror have updated so many times and they just get confused.

I generally rebuild my system with every major OS release that supports my PIs. Copy off the config files and start fresh.

PierreGode

@Hugo I been running magic mirror on pi5 since they released it.