Hi all! Wanted to share DashPi, a fork of fatihak’s InkyPi that adds support for LCD displays alongside the Inky e-paper displays you know and love.
If you’re using an Inky Impression (4", 5.7", 7.3", or 13.3") or an Inky wHAT, DashPi auto-detects it via the Inky library on first boot — no manual configuration needed. It also enables I2C, SPI, and the spi0-0cs overlay automatically during installation.
What DashPi adds beyond InkyPi:
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LCD display support (Waveshare 7" HDMI IPS, etc.)
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Display auto-detection (Inky or LCD)
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24 plugins (up from InkyPi’s 20)
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Brightness scheduling for LCD backlight
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WiFi provisioning — if the Pi loses WiFi, it creates a hotspot with a captive portal so you can reconfigure from your phone
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Pi Zero 2W tested — installer manages swap and batched installs
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Self-update from the web UI
Runs on Raspberry Pi OS Bookworm Lite. All the original InkyPi plugins work unchanged. If you’re already running InkyPi, you can migrate by copying your device.json and .env.
GitHub: https://github.com/SHagler2/DashPi
Original InkyPi: https://github.com/fatihak/InkyPi
Would love to hear from anyone using Inky displays!