About Headless Zero

I’m a new maker. I had just unboxed my first Raspberry Pi imagining jumping straight into coding and building fun projects, but instead, I found myself wrestling with Linux, configurations, and troubleshooting.

What I thought would be a creative adventure turned into a frustrating setup process. I just wanted it to work. And I couldn’t imagine handing a project to family or friends and having to walk them through a maze of steps just to connect it to their WiFi.

That’s when I decided that before I could “make” I needed to find a way to configure and deploy in an easy, consistent, and reliable way.

Introducing HZ Bootstrap:

HZ Bootstrap is a library that streamlines Raspberry Pi development. Whether you're setting up a new device, developing interactively, or preparing a product for end users, Bootstrap makes the process easier.

Why Use Bootstrap?

• Headless Setup — Never requires a monitor or keyboard.
• Automated Deployment — Go from a fresh install to production-ready with a single command.
• Configurable — A single .ini file defines your entire system setup.
• Extensible — Add custom components to automate and configure exactly what you need.

Read the documentation to get started, or check out Config to see how easy it is to set up a Pi from scratch.

And if you're as new to this as me, you might find my first project (PowerZero) interesting as a beginner-friendly starting place. I literally go from never having seen a Pi before, through setting up a development environment, all the way to project completion.