Adafruit Fruit Jam
Ranked 14 of 14 single-board computers by recommenders
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.
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.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 6 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 6 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Enjoyable to program and use
“It's great fun and I'm enjoying programming it.”
Comment from 22 Aug 2026 in “I ran Photoshop on a £0.60 computer chip” “an extremely cool little computer”
Comment from 13 Jan 2026 in “A Mini-IBM PC Using an Adafruit Fruit Jam” “I really like the Fruit Jam.”
Comment from 28 May 2026 in “Mini Micro Fantasy Computer”
Other single-board computers people recommend
The four most recommended other single-board computers, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raspberry Pi | 425 | 277 | 61% | 12 | 5.5 yrs35 owners | — |
| Raspberry Pi Zero | 77 | 23 | 77% | 12 | 8 yrs6 owners | Approved |
| NVIDIA Jetson | 28 | 21 | 57% | 12 | — | — |
| Orange Pi 6 Plus | 18 | 30 | 38% | 5 | — | — |
| Adafruit Fruit JamThis page | 5 | 0 | 100% | 6 | — | — |
What people said
All 7 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“It can stream 640x480 video off an SD card at 60fps, as well as display a static image from flash.”
“It's great fun and I'm enjoying programming it.”
“I really like the Fruit Jam.”
“its got pretty much everything you need”
“it was fun to go back in time”
“they really show "Yeah, by having all this junk in the way, we do lose some things"”
“an extremely cool little computer”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.