balena-dash VS RetroPie-Setup

Compare balena-dash vs RetroPie-Setup and see what are their differences.

balena-dash

Build a Raspberry Pi based desktop dashboard for stats, photos, videos and more! (by balena-labs-projects)

RetroPie-Setup

Shell script to set up a Raspberry Pi/Odroid/PC with RetroArch emulator and various cores (by RetroPie)
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balena-dash RetroPie-Setup
2 90
430 9,920
0.0% 0.3%
0.0 9.2
over 1 year ago 4 days ago
Shell Shell
MIT License GNU General Public License v3.0 or later
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balena-dash

Posts with mentions or reviews of balena-dash. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-10-11.

RetroPie-Setup

Posts with mentions or reviews of RetroPie-Setup. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-27.
  • Install retropie without another computer?
    1 project | /r/RetroPie | 9 Dec 2023
    sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade sudo apt install git lsb-release cd git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup.git cd RetroPie-Setup sudo ./retropie_setup.sh
  • Autostart help
    1 project | /r/RetroPie | 9 Dec 2023
    1) Install OS Lite (64-bit) 2) - sudo apt-get install pulseaudio - sudo apt-get install pavucontrol paprefs 3) - sudo raspi-config - System Options > Wireless LAN > ... - System Options > Audio > 0 - System Options > Boot / Auto Login > B2 Console Autologin - Localisation Options > L1 Locale > ... - Localisation Options > L2 Timezone > ... - Localisation Options > L3 Keyboard > ... - Localisation Options > L4 WLAN Country > ... Reboot 4) sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade 5) - sudo update-locale LC_ALL="en_GB.UTF-8" - sudo update-locale LANGUAGE="en_US:en" 6) Reboot 7) - sudo apt install git lsb-release - git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup.git - cd RetroPie-Setup - chmod +x retropie_setup.sh - sudo ./retropie_setup.sh 8) - Manage Packages > core > Install all core packages - Manage Packages > main > lr-snes9x > Install from source - Manage Packages > depends > sdl2 > Install from source - Configuration / tools > samba > Install Retropie Samba shares - Configuration / tools > autostart > Autostart Emulation Station after login 9) - Retropie > Configuration > Retroarch > Settings > Audio > Output > Audio > sdl2
  • Retro Pi keeps booting to terminal
    1 project | /r/RetroPie | 18 Jun 2023
  • Map P2 to P1 controls for specific game
    2 projects | /r/RetroPie | 27 May 2023
    Since your version is from before the switch from Stretch to Buster with RetroPie 4.6 in 2020, unfortunately you'll not be able to upgrade in-place. You will need to backup and reinstall.
  • Where is the file this is generated from stored?
    1 project | /r/RetroPie | 22 May 2023
    That's the output of retropie_welcome, an alias added to your ~/.bashrc by the bash welcome tweak.
  • How to install FBN on retropie
    1 project | /r/RetroPie | 15 Apr 2023
    What version do you run that doesn't have a FinalBurn option? FBN or its predecessor FBA have been included pre-installed by default for a very long time.
  • Trouble installing version 4.8
    1 project | /r/RetroPie | 6 Apr 2023
  • need some guidance, RaspberrypiOS
    1 project | /r/RetroPie | 1 Apr 2023
    They are still working on it.
  • Cannot use splashscreens on RPi4 B 4GB (error message inside)
    2 projects | /r/RetroPie | 7 Mar 2023
    Anyway, the error message I get points to line 235 in the splashcreen script. Line 235 and a little above plus below is this while loop:
  • Steam Link on Orange pi5
    1 project | /r/OrangePI | 5 Mar 2023

What are some alternatives?

When comparing balena-dash and RetroPie-Setup you can also consider the following projects:

balena-rpiplay - Turn a Raspberry Pi into an Airplay server using RPiPlay to enable screen mirroring on tvs, monitors and projectors.

Debian-Pi-Aarch64 - This is the first 64-bit system in the world to support all Raspberry Pi 64-bit hardware!!! (Include: PI400,4B,3B+,3B,3A+,Zero2W)

RPiPlay - An open-source AirPlay mirroring server for the Raspberry Pi. Supports iOS 9 and up.

pimox7 - Proxmox V7 for Raspberry Pi

balena-sound - Build a single or multi-room streamer for an existing audio device using a Raspberry Pi! Supports Bluetooth, Airplay and Spotify Connect

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LedFxDocker - A Docker Container for LedFx.

ppsspp - A PSP emulator for Android, Windows, Mac and Linux, written in C++. Want to contribute? Join us on Discord at https://discord.gg/5NJB6dD or just send pull requests / issues. For discussion use the forums at forums.ppsspp.org.

balena-minecraft-server - Build a Minecraft Server using a Raspberry Pi 4! Supports common Servers, SCP, RCON and Wifi Connect.

RetroPie-Docs - Conversion of the RetroPie Wiki to mkdocs, using the material theme

docker-cups-airprint - A standalone CUPS and Avahi (mDNS/Bonjour) server, exposing local printers on AirPrint for iOS devices

retropie-crt-tvout - set of configurations to get a picture as close to real hardware as possible with the built-in composite tv-out of the raspberry pi