Browse and control Roon
Choose a zone, browse your library, manage the queue and control playback from the touchscreen.
An independent touchscreen for Roon
Your music.
A tap away.
Turn a Raspberry Pi into a dedicated music display. Browse your library, discover new favourites and control playback, without reaching for your phone.
Your music, from playback to discovery.
Start with what is playing, move through your library and discover what to hear next. Select a feature to see it on RoonDeck.
Playback & audio
Control a player—or make the Pi an endpoint.
RoonDeck can control Roon and BluOS players. The same Pi can also become a Roon Bridge or AirPlay receiver.
Discover and control BluOS players
Find compatible players on your network, select the player, switch inputs, control power and use it alongside Roon playback.
Add a Roon Bridge endpoint
Install Roon Bridge to make the Pi appear under Roon Settings → Audio as a RAAT endpoint.
Add an AirPlay receiver
Install Shairport Sync to make RoonDeck available to Apple devices as a classic AirPlay audio destination.
A little extra
More than just music.
A few useful extras for your Raspberry Pi touchscreen.
Home Assistant
Control selected lights, switches and connected devices.
Netdata
Monitor system performance, resource usage and device health.
Display & settings
Manage brightness, orientation, themes, optional services and software updates from the touchscreen or web interface.
What you need
All you need to build a RoonDeck. Easy as pi.
Choose your screen and Raspberry Pi, write the Alpine image to a microSD card, then finish setup on the display.
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Raspberry Pi
Raspberry Pi 4 or 5.
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Raspberry Pi Touchscreen
Official Raspberry Pi touchscreen.
Touch Display 2, 7-inch or larger, recommended. -
microSD Card
16GB or larger
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Working Roon Server
A working Roon Server and active subscription.
Visit roonlabs.com
Supported hardware
- Raspberry Pi
- Pi 3 minimum; Pi 4 or newer recommended
- Memory
- 1GB minimum
- Displays
- Official Touch Display 7″ V1, 7″ V2 and 10″ V2
- 5″ displays
- Expected to work; untested and may feel cramped
- Layout
- Portrait and landscape
Under the hood
- Operating system
- Alpine Linux (recommended)
- Alternative OS
- Raspberry Pi OS
- Interface
- Native GTK4
- Display server
- Cage / Wayland
- Updates
- Built-in Stable / Beta channels
- Optional services
- Roon Bridge, AirPlay and Netdata
RoonDeck is optimized for low-power Raspberry Pi hardware and minimal memory use, while still delivering responsive browsing, playback control and display performance.
Get started
Download the image to get started.
Five straightforward steps take RoonDeck from an image file to a dedicated music touchscreen.
Stable image v1.1.1One flashable Alpine ARM64 image for Raspberry Pi 3, 4 and 5. Pi 4 or newer recommended.
Download v1.1.1 - 1
Download the image
Get the stable compressed RoonDeck ARM64 image. The same image supports Raspberry Pi 3, 4 and 5.
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Flash your card
Use Raspberry Pi Imager or balenaEtcher to write the downloaded
.img.gzfile to a 16GB or larger microSD card. - 3
Connect the hardware
Check the recommended hardware, insert the card, connect the touchscreen and network, then apply power. Leave the first boot running while RoonDeck prepares the card.
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Complete setup
Choose the display and orientation, connect Wi-Fi if needed, set the timezone, then choose optional Roon Bridge, AirPlay and Netdata services.
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Connect Roon
Enable RoonDeck in Roon Settings → Extensions, choose the zone you want to control and start browsing.
Technical details and first boot
Use the official power supply for your Pi model. Ethernet is easiest for first setup, although Wi-Fi can be configured on the touchscreen. Raspberry Pi Imager can decompress the image while writing it.
After setup, open RoonDeck Settings → System → Software to install newer stable application updates when available.
Troubleshooting and advanced options
No controller in Roon?
Confirm the Pi and Roon Server are on the same local network, then check Roon Settings → Extensions.
Display or touch rotated?
Select the exact display model and orientation in RoonDeck Settings, apply the change and reboot.
Want a RAAT endpoint?
Enable Roon Bridge in RoonDeck Settings, then enable the Pi output separately in Roon Settings → Audio.
Need help?
Capture the display from web Settings and include it when opening a GitHub issue.
Open an issue →Suggestions & issues
Help shape RoonDeck.
Found a problem or have an idea for a useful feature? Send a short note. RoonDeck is free software maintained in spare time, so messages are read but individual support or a reply cannot be guaranteed.