Install Autostar on Raspberry Pi

Autostar

Simple utility to make programs run on boot. The sky's the limit.
People use this to:

  • Launch a website automatically, on boot.
  • Start a backup.
  • Launch your favorite apps on boot so they are ready to use sooner.
  • See what other apps have added autostart entries, and customize/disable them.

To run: Menu -> Preferences -> AutoStar
To run in terminal: ~/autostar/main.sh

Fortunately, Autostar is very easy to install on your Raspberry Pi in just two steps.

  1. Install Pi-Apps - the best app installer for Raspberry Pi.
  2. Use Pi-Apps to install Autostar.

Compatibility

For the best chance of this working, we recommend using the latest 64-bit version of Raspberry Pi OS, which is currently version Trixie.
Raspberry Pi OS has 32-bit and 64-bit variants, both of which will run on most Raspberry Pi computers, including the Pi 3, Pi 4, and Pi5.
Autostar will run on either PiOS 32-bit or 64-bit.

Install Pi-Apps

Pi-Apps is a free tool that makes it incredibly easy to install the most useful programs on your Raspberry Pi with just a few clicks.

Open a terminal and run this command to install Pi-Apps:

wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Botspot/pi-apps/master/install | bash

Feel free to check out the Pi-Apps source code here: https://github.com/Botspot/pi-apps

Install Autostar

Now that you have Pi-Apps installed, it is time to install Autostar.
First launch Pi-Apps from your start menu:

Then click on the System Management category.

Now scroll down to find Autostar in the list.

Just click Install and Pi-Apps will install Autostar for you!

Pi-Apps is a free and open source tool made by Botspot, theofficialgman, and other contributors. Find out more at https://pi-apps.io