Welcome to your Pi-Kit
Great news — you’re already on your Pi-Kit and it’s responding.
Everything stays on your local network. Let’s move you to the secure (HTTPS) dashboard so you can manage Pi-Kit safely.
Why switch to HTTPS?
- Encrypts traffic on your LAN so no one can snoop your Pi-Kit dashboard.
- Stops mixed-content / “not secure” browser warnings.
- Needed for some browser features (clipboard, notifications, service workers).
If you see a warning
- Brave/Chrome: click Advanced → Proceed.
- Firefox: click Advanced → Accept the Risk & Continue.
This warning is expected the first time. It’s safe for your own Pi on your own network.
Install the Pi-Kit CA (recommended, one-time)
This removes future warnings for the Pi-Kit dashboard.
Download Pi-Kit CASHA256: 6bc217c340e502ef20117bd4dc35e05f9f16c562cc3a236d3831a9947caddb97
Windows
Run mmc → Add/Remove Snap-in → Certificates (Computer) → Trusted Root CAs → Import pikit-ca.crt.
macOS
Double-click pikit-ca.crt → Always Trust.
Linux
Arch-based: curl -s http://pikit.local/assets/pikit-ca.crt -o /tmp/pikit-ca.crt && sudo install -m644 /tmp/pikit-ca.crt /etc/ca-certificates/trust-source/anchors/ && sudo trust extract-compat
Debian/Ubuntu: curl -s http://pikit.local/assets/pikit-ca.crt -o /tmp/pikit-ca.crt && sudo cp /tmp/pikit-ca.crt /usr/local/share/ca-certificates/pikit-ca.crt && sudo update-ca-certificates
Fedora/RHEL: curl -s http://pikit.local/assets/pikit-ca.crt -o /tmp/pikit-ca.crt && sudo cp /tmp/pikit-ca.crt /etc/pki/ca-trust/source/anchors/pikit-ca.crt && sudo update-ca-trust
BSD (FreeBSD / OpenBSD)
fetch -o /tmp/pikit-ca.crt http://pikit.local/assets/pikit-ca.crt && sudo install -m644 /tmp/pikit-ca.crt /usr/local/share/certs/pikit-ca.crt && sudo certctl rehash
Use your phone
Scan to open http://pikit.local
\n Once trusted, this page will auto-forward you to the secure dashboard.
If the hostname ever fails, try http://<pi-ip>/ (or https://<pi-ip>/ — your browser will show the same warning to bypass).