# Inkplate e-paper display

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/inkplate-e-paper-display/

5 people recommended Inkplate e-paper display in Hacker News comments and none criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 12 months, in 2 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

4 of the 5 people who recommend it commented in one thread, “I built Timeframe, our family e-paper dashboard”.

**Verdict:** People recommend the Inkplate as an affordable, hackable e-paper device with an ESP32, battery and optional case, and a good entry point into e-ink projects.

Summary written by Claude from 6 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Low cost for e-ink (2 comments in the sample): "The Inkplate10 is an excellent, much lower cost way to get into this" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47115308)) "I got the 10 inch one for about £60 which is very good." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46261652))
- Hackable platform for projects (2 comments in the sample): "I can recommend the Inkplate devices, which come with a ESP32, battery, and a case (optionally); handy platform to hack on." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47121273)) "I had some fun with using an Inkplate e-ink display" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47114584))
- Good entry point into e-ink (1 comment in the sample): "Inkplate devices are a great entry point." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47117672))

## What people recommend instead

- [TRMNL e-ink display](https://hackerapproved.com/p/trmnl/): 23 recommend, 4 mixed, 6 criticize

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://soldered.com/)

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Inkplate e-paper display", https://hackerapproved.com/p/inkplate-e-paper-display/ (5 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.