Harpy Handheld Pixelsorter

by Vaghabund / Pixelsort Contributors · Hard · manifest draft — being verified

A Raspberry Pi 5 handheld image workstation that captures or imports photos, applies real-time pixel-sorting effects and exports the results to USB storage.

Vaghabund and the Pixelsort contributors designed Harpy as a dedicated tactile appliance for glitch art rather than a general-purpose computer. Its Rust interface combines live Camera Module 3 capture, touch controls, non-destructive sessions and removable-drive export on a compact Pi 5 and seven-inch display stack.

Original: github.com, github.com

Parts

QtyPartPriceBuy
1×Raspberry Pi 5
README Hardware Requirements: Raspberry Pi 5, 4GB or 8GB recommended.
$110
PiShop.us
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1×Waveshare 7-inch HDMI LCD (C), 1024x600 touch
README Hardware Requirements: Waveshare 7-inch HDMI touchscreen, 1024×600.
$43.99
Waveshare
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1×Raspberry Pi Camera Module 3
README Hardware Requirements: Raspberry Pi Camera Module 3; lens variant is not stated.
—PiShop.us
1×microSD card
README Hardware Requirements: microSD card, 32GB or larger; brand and speed class are not stated.
—Adafruit Search Amazon
Estimated parts cost
Prices for 2 of 4 required parts, so the real total is higher · checked 2026-11-01 at reputable sellers · excludes shipping, tax, printed parts and optional parts
from $153.99

Notes

Official README, source tree, deployment files and MIT license checked at commit fb7cc2b1d7468f969c5201581fb20cd9ddab0fcb on 2026-10-27. Kept as draft because the repository calls for a 3D-printed enclosure and optional UPS HAT but publishes no enclosure files or exact UPS model, the camera lens variant is unstated, and the software is still marked under active development.

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