# Adafruit Fruit Jam

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Adafruit Fruit Jam and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 6 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend the Fruit Jam as a fun, capable little computer for programming and retro-style projects, with most of what you need built in.

## Why people recommend it

- Enjoyable to program and use (3 comments): "It's great fun and I'm enjoying programming it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49395606)) "an extremely cool little computer" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46597846)) "I really like the Fruit Jam." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48308324))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Raspberry Pi](https://hackerapproved.com/p/raspberry-pi.md): 425 recommend
- [Raspberry Pi Zero](https://hackerapproved.com/p/raspberry-pi-zero.md): 77 recommend
- [NVIDIA Jetson](https://hackerapproved.com/p/nvidia-jetson.md): 28 recommend
- [Orange Pi 6 Plus](https://hackerapproved.com/p/orange-pi-6-plus.md): 18 recommend
- [Raspberry Pi 2](https://hackerapproved.com/p/raspberry-pi-2.md): 12 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Adafruit+Fruit+Jam+RP2350+board&tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Official site](https://www.adafruit.com/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Adafruit Fruit Jam", https://hackerapproved.com/p/adafruit-fruit-jam/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).