Octopi
No written verdict yet. Here is what commenters said.
6recommend
0warn against
Jan 19, 2026first mention
Jun 22, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“Uninstalled after reading this and switched to Octopi”
“Octopi is what you're looking for.”
switched from Nova Launcheron “Instabridge has acquired Nova Launcher”
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“I highly recommend Octopi Launcher.”
“Pretty good so far”
“Otherwise, Octopi fits with everything else I want to do”
switched from Nova Launcheron “Nova Launcher Added Facebook and Google Ads Tracking”
Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
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Who recommends it in their own words
Threads where it came up
- Nova Launcher Added Facebook and Google Ads Tracking 6 mentions
- Instabridge has acquired Nova Launcher 3 mentions
- Optocam Zero: a Pi Zero based digital camera made using off the shelf components 2 mentions
- Restore full BambuNetwork support for Bambu Lab printers 1 mention
- The Switch to Linux and the Beginning of My Self-Hosting Journey 1 mention
Also written as Octopi Launcher, OctoPi. Data: octopi.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 13
There's the Arducam IMX519 with 16 megapixels, Sony IMX 519 sensor https://www.arducam.com/imx519-autofocus-camera-module-for-raspberry-pi-arducam-b0371.html
“I use it to monitor my 3-D printer with OctoPi”
“I used the spaghetti-detective plugin/add-on for OctoPi”
“Octopi is a graphical package manager for Arch-based distributions”
“Uninstalled after reading this and switched to Octopi”
“Octopi is what you're looking for.”
“I highly recommend Octopi Launcher.”
“Pretty good so far”
“Otherwise, Octopi fits with everything else I want to do”
“it is exactly what you are looking for”
“It's a no-brainer upgrade from Nova.”
“I highly recommend Octopi launcher”
“Works great, rock solid, zero issues.”