pinout
displays an ASCII diagram of the GPIO header on Raspberry Pi boards
TLDR
Display GPIO pinout diagram
SYNOPSIS
pinout [-x|--xyz] [-r revision] [-c|--color]
DESCRIPTION
pinout displays an ASCII diagram of the GPIO header on Raspberry Pi boards. It shows pin numbers, GPIO numbers, and function labels for all 40 pins, helping identify connections for hardware projects.
The tool automatically detects the Pi model and displays the appropriate pinout. It's part of the gpiozero Python package's command-line tools.
PARAMETERS
-x, --xyz
Open pinout.xyz website in default browser-r _revision_
Show pinout for specific board revision-c, --color
Force colored output-m, --monochrome
Force monochrome output
CAVEATS
Only works on Raspberry Pi hardware. Requires gpiozero package. May not recognize very new Pi models until package is updated. ASCII output best viewed in terminal with sufficient width.
HISTORY
pinout is part of gpiozero, a Python library for GPIO programming created by Ben Nuttall and the Raspberry Pi Foundation. It provides a friendly interface for understanding Pi GPIO layouts without external documentation.
SEE ALSO
gpio(1), raspi-config(1), raspi-gpio(1)