r/raspberry_pi • u/jimmyb0ie • 5h ago

Community Insights Zero2W Use Cases/Mini Projects

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u/OoZooL 4h ago

For me it's beingbused as the main PiHole and I have a first generation (single core) as the secondary PiHole. In terms of CPU utilization, you're right that it's not a heavy load like running FAHClient (Folding at Home) or BOINC (Berkeley Online Infrastructure for Networking Computing) projects, but I have 6 other PIs doind that

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u/_vee_bee 2h ago

Hey. I run a flask server on it! Runs many services I use daily like ytserver with yt-dlp, a paste service , markdown editor with live preview , manages a telegram bot.. I make it accessible from every where with a zerotier one virtual Lan. I even use it as a ultra private storage

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u/MrAjAnderson 2h ago

You are running 2 of the 5 mentioned here so maybe 1 or 2 more might appeal.

https://www.xda-developers.com/single-purpose-containers-run-better-raspberry-pi-full-server/

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u/Gamerfrom61 2h ago

One of those (Whoogle) no longer works and has been closed down on GitHub. 

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u/No_Statistician_7450 1h ago

Check out DietPi you can easily add more services. Running navidrome to stream my mp3s on my zero and also a smb share.