Why hackers moved from pi-gen to rpi-image-gen
1 hacker described this switch in public comments. Their words, with links to the originals.
What hackers said about the move
“You may be able to build exactly what you want with the image generation tools, as it goes: https://github.com/raspberrypi/rpi-image-gen”exasperaited, 2025-11-24original comment ↗
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pi-gen vs rpi-image-gen
| pi-gen | rpi-image-gen | |
|---|---|---|
| Hackers who recommend | 1 | 1 |
| Hackers who criticize | 0 | 0 |
| Moved away from it | 1 | 1 |
| Moved to it | 1 | 1 |
Counts are distinct hackers in the sampled comments, not market share.
Criticism of pi-gen
No further criticism of pi-gen captured yet.
Praise for rpi-image-gen
No further praise for rpi-image-gen captured yet.