Crankshaft v1.1.0-alpha.2

[matt2005]

Crankshaft v1.1.0-alpha.2

Released: 2026-06-03
Architectures: armhf (ARMv7 32-bit), arm64 (AArch64 64-bit)

Changes

• bump crankshaft-ui-slim (e426548)
• Bump actions/stale from 10.1.0 to 10.3.0 (897e161)

This is a new totally re-written version not based on OpenAuto.
It is based on Crankshaft-core which is a ground up rewrite with a separate UI.

NOTE
This is a MVP, so not all features are implemented, as it stands AndroidAuto support should work

NOTE
if the ui doesn't start.

login with the user pi, password raspberry (default user/pass) and then you can run the command below to launch the UI.

sudo systemctl enable crankshaft-ui-slim.service
sudo systemctl start crankshaft-ui-slim.service

Installation

Flash the correct image for your Raspberry Pi to an SD card using Raspberry Pi Imager or dd.

Image suffix	Compatible hardware
armhf	Raspberry Pi 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 (32-bit OS)
arm64	Raspberry Pi 3 / 4 / 5 (64-bit OS)

Full changelog: v1.1.0-alpha.0...v1.1.0-alpha.2

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This discussion was created from the release Crankshaft v1.1.0-alpha.2.

[matt2005]

This should fix the autostart issues

[Spacehoq]

Can i in-place upgrade or do i have to reinstall?

[matt2005]

You should be able to update

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade

[ra0jdi]

System autostart works fine.
Screen flickering still persists.
No audio output on HDMI 0.
Raspberry Pi 4 model B

[matt2005]

What ram does your pi4 have?

[ra0jdi]

8 GB

[matt2005]

Please raise 2 issues so these can be worked on.

[twmf99]

I just stumbled upon this and its absolutely amazing.
The Autostart works as intended on arm64. My aliexpress Screen on HDMI 0 is also flickering when im in AA.
Pi 4 Model B 4GB

Is there a way to hide the Crankshaft UI, so that I can use AndroidAuto in full screen?

PXL_20260609_205855506.mp4.2.mp4

[matt2005]

Try updating as I've pushed a couple of fixes.

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade