BeagleBone
Ranked 10 of 14 single-board computers by recommenders
People recommend it for easy debugging, a good out-of-box experience, and solid, long-lasting build quality.
People recommend it for easy debugging, a good out-of-box experience, and solid, long-lasting build quality.
7 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 6 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 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.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
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
Easy debugging and out-of-box setup
“The ease of debugging alone makes it worth it.”
Comment from 2 Apr 2026 in “DRAM pricing is killing the hobbyist SBC market” “awesome at it's out of box experience”
Comment from 21 Jan 2026 in “USB Gadget Mode in Raspberry Pi OS: SSH over USB” Well-regarded, durable, solid hardware
“Back in my day the Texas Instruments platforms (BeagleBoard) were decent”
Comment from 28 Dec 2025 in “OrangePi 6 Plus Review: The New Frontier for ARM64 SBC Performance” “BeagleBone has been great and is going strong”
Comment from 21 Nov 2025 in “Arduino published updated terms and conditions: no longer an open commons”
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 | — | — |
| BeagleBoneThis page | 7 | 0 | 100% | 6 | — | — |
What people said
All 7 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“replace it with an arduino/bb or an equivalent sbc”
“It had gobs of I/O and first-class support for it under Linux. It was pretty affordable.”
“The ease of debugging alone makes it worth it.”
“awesome at it's out of box experience”
“Back in my day the Texas Instruments platforms (BeagleBoard) were decent”
“3358/Beagle still looks for a IBM PC/MSDOS-era Master Boot Record at the start of flash when strapped the normal way, which is charming.”
“BeagleBone has been great and is going strong”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.