Skjermly on a Raspberry Pi

A Raspberry Pi costs very little and turns any display with HDMI into a digital sign. Setup takes about fifteen minutes and you edit one file.

Works on: Raspberry Pi 4 and 5 with Raspberry Pi OS (64-bit) with desktop. A Raspberry Pi 3 works but is slow with video.
How it runs: Chromium in kiosk mode, no extra box

1
Install Raspberry Pi OS
Use Raspberry Pi Imager on a PC and choose Raspberry Pi OS (64-bit). Enter a username, password and Wi-Fi in Imager's settings before writing the card.
2
Turn on auto login and off screen blanking
Start the Pi, open Terminal and run sudo raspi-config. Choose System Options → Boot / Auto Login → Desktop Autologin, then Display Options → Screen Blanking → No.
3
Start Skjermly at boot
Open the file .config/labwc/autostart in your home folder, for example with nano .config/labwc/autostart, and add this line: chromium https://skjermly.no/player --kiosk --noerrdialogs --disable-infobars --no-first-run &
4
Restart
Run sudo reboot. The Pi signs in and opens Skjermly full screen.
5
Connect the screen to your account
The screen now shows a six-character code and a QR code. Sign in to Skjermly, go to Screens → Connect screen and enter the code, or scan the QR code with your phone.

Good to know

Use the official power supply for your model. Too little power causes stuttering video and random restarts.
Mounted in portrait? Rotate the picture under Screen Configuration on the Pi, or choose «Stående» (portrait) for the screen in Skjermly.
Older versions of Raspberry Pi OS use wayfire instead of labwc. Then put the command in .config/wayfire.ini under [autostart], for example skjermly = chromium …
Skjermly stores content in the browser and keeps playing offline.

Send us the model number of the display and we'll send you the right menu steps for that exact model.