Raspberry Pi Hardware Directory

This article lays out the minimum requirements for hardware running Raspberry Pi OS, and lists recommended & supported devices.

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Minimum requirements

  • RPi 4


Recommended, supported & unsupported devices

Supported and recommended for new purchases

  • Raspberry Pi 5 - Available starting October 2023, supported and recommended - Learn more

  • Raspberry Pi 4 Model B - Available, supported and recommended - Buy here

Supported but not recommended for new purchases

  • Raspberry Pi 3 Model A+

  • Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+

  • Raspberry Pi 3 Model B

Not supported

  • Raspberry Pi 1 Model B+

  • Raspberry Pi 1 Model A+

  • Raspberry Pi Zero W

  • Raspberry Pi Zero


Performance Notes

Supported File Types and Codecs

  • Image: JPEG, JPEG 2000, PNG, WebP, SVG, GIF

  • Video Container: MP4,MPG, MPEG, MOV, AVI

  • Audio: MP3

  • Documents: PDF

Supported Features

Please note that in order to best understand what your Raspberry Pi player is capable of supporting, you’ll need to check the version of Chrome it’s running. If Chrome supports it, it will be supported by Fugo.

  • Landscape & portrait support

  • Apps from our App Store

  • Webpages

  • Offline playback of media

  • Remote screenshot monitoring

  • Remote Fugo application updates

Known Limitations

  • Video playback is not especially smooth

  • Multi-zone layout performance is not good

  • Some apps from our App Store will not be displayed smoothly


Setup guide

For instructions on how to set up Fugo on Raspberry Pi devices, see this guide.


Other hardware

For an extensive list such of the other operating systems we support and our recommended hardware directory, please see this article.

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