# Picroft only works when connected via SSH **URL:** https://community.openconversational.ai/t/picroft-only-works-when-connected-via-ssh/6234 **Category:** Picroft **Created:** [April 2, 2019, 3:44am UTC](https://community.openconversational.ai/t/picroft-only-works-when-connected-via-ssh/6234 "2019-04-02T03:44:16Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 14
### Author: ![ChanceNCounter](https://community.openconversational.ai/user_avatar/community.openconversational.ai/chancencounter/32/1965_2.png) [@ChanceNCounter](https://community.openconversational.ai/u/ChanceNCounter) #### Post date: [March 24, 2023, 6:25pm UTC](https://community.openconversational.ai/t/picroft-only-works-when-connected-via-ssh/6234/14 "2023-03-24T18:25:15Z")
edit: evidently this post was flagged by its recipient as “spam”, causing it to be hidden. In the future I should be clearer up front: OVOS is the surviving Mycroft project, and NeonAI is the surviving company offering Mark II support. We are not attempting to migrate users away; we are trying to migrate them to software which is still being maintained. * * * Fair enough. “Factory reset” threw me off. I’m sorry for the drive-by, but my best advice is that Picroft is no longer being maintained, and has not been updated in years. Information about the future of this community is forthcoming; between Neon and OVOS (I realize you might not have heard of us yet) we have several options for a DIY smart speaker, all running a descendant of the Mycroft version from Picroft. OpenVoiceOS comes in a few flavors, two of which are developed directly against the Pi4. NeonOS is a Debian-based system, also targeting the Pi4. These will be the actively-developed smart speakers moving forward. It wasn’t our intention when it was created, but OpenVoiceOS became a third-party replacement for Picroft [some years ago](https://community.openconversational.ai/t/openvoiceos-a-bare-minimal-production-type-of-os-based-on-buildroot/4708) (active thread at this forum dating back to 2018) and, although it’s a particularly awkward moment in our journey, can be found at [https://openvoiceos.com/](https://openvoiceos.com/). --- _[View the full topic](https://community.openconversational.ai/t/picroft-only-works-when-connected-via-ssh/6234)._