--- title: A KVM Without The V (Or The M) | daily.dev description: PicoTTY is a lightweight KVM alternative for headless machines, combining a Raspberry Pi Pico (acting as USB keyboard and serial terminal with wireless) and a... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/a-kvm-without-the-v-or-the-m--0jlb4vdux twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: A KVM Without The V (Or The M) | daily.dev og:description: PicoTTY is a lightweight KVM alternative for headless machines, combining a Raspberry Pi Pico (acting as USB keyboard and serial terminal with wireless) and a... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/a-kvm-without-the-v-or-the-m--0jlb4vdux og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/0JLb4vdUx.png og:image:alt: A KVM Without The V (Or The M) og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # A KVM Without The V (Or The M) **[Hackaday](https://daily.dev/sources/hackaday)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary PicoTTY is a lightweight KVM alternative for headless machines, combining a Raspberry Pi Pico (acting as USB keyboard and serial terminal with wireless) and a Pi Zero as a hub. It streams keyboard input and serial output to users via a web interface, offering a simpler, single-USB-peripheral solution for remote access to machines that don't need full video output. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [PICOTTY project enables multi-target serial remote management through Raspberry Pi Pico boards and Pi Zero 2 W SBC](https://daily.dev/posts/picotty-project-enables-multi-target-serial-remote-management-through-raspberry-pi-pico-boards-and-p-rcor7ceva) · CNX Software · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [A Capable KVM Built With The ESP32](https://daily.dev/posts/a-capable-kvm-built-with-the-esp32-zuzsfquva) · Hackaday · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#embedded](https://daily.dev/tags/embedded), [#raspberry-pi](https://daily.dev/tags/raspberry-pi) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/a-kvm-without-the-v-or-the-m--0jlb4vdux) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"A KVM Without The V (Or The M)","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/a-kvm-without-the-v-or-the-m--0jlb4vdux","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/a-kvm-without-the-v-or-the-m--0jlb4vdux"},"datePublished":"2026-08-02T14:13:43.813Z","dateModified":"2026-08-02T14:13:59.472Z","description":"PicoTTY is a lightweight KVM alternative for headless machines, combining a Raspberry Pi Pico (acting as USB keyboard and serial terminal with wireless) and a...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/d46d2bef0c3756f23b80fe7f40a06fa1?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/d46d2bef0c3756f23b80fe7f40a06fa1?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Hackaday","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Hackaday","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--JhDfhy70--/f_auto,q_auto/v1767541814/logos/hackaday","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/hackaday"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/a-kvm-without-the-v-or-the-m--0jlb4vdux","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"embedded,raspberry-pi","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Hackaday","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/hackaday"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"A KVM Without The V (Or The M)"}]} ```