Smart displays · Amazon
Amazon Echo Show 5
Useless without Amazon's cloud out of the box. A young community firmware turns the first two generations into an open Linux screen.
ModelsEcho Show 5 (1st gen)Echo Show 5 (2nd gen)
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What it can become
What owners already do with it, easiest first.
Hands-on~3 hCan brick it
Turn it into a Home Assistant screen, no Alexa
Replace the firmware with an open Alpine Linux build: local dashboard, no Amazon account. Early project, generations 1 and 2 only.
Hands-on~3 hCan brick it
Run Android on it
A LineageOS port exists for the Echo Show; a companion project brings back the camera and Bluetooth.
Everything built for it
2 projects from the index, most active first.