How to Autorun/Autostart Your Python Script in the Raspberry Pi OS

In this video I'll show a simple and effective method to autorun or autostart your python script. We will create a .desktop file in the home/pi/.config/autostart folder, with the following minimum lines:

[Desktop Entry]

Make sure to change the path in the Exec line to the location for your own python script.

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[jasonbills]

Phew, I tried like 5 different youtube vids before I found this one that actually works. Thanks!

[JohnDoe-vsfm]

FINALLY a working method ! I've tried all the other "easy" ways but none did work as well as this one. From a balding guy to another, thanks man!!

[lpxharry]

Literally a life saver. Thanks for showing the hidden files thing was going crazy trying to find .config

[SuperSamaku]

OHH MY GOD

I was looking for 3 days to an autostart solution.
YOU ARE MY HERO RIGHT NOW!!!

[jayaramkasi]

Omg spent so much time trying to make this work!

You’re a life saver dude

[Wyatt-Barton]

This made my life so much easier than I thought it would be to get this to work! You the man now dawg!

[Alarm]

Thank you so so much, so many other videos don't make it clear that their methods don't work for desktop apps! This is exactly what I needed!

[jayantbarthwal]

Thank you so much for this tutorial, I never thought it would be this easy to do.

[cliveandrew]

Thank you so much for that, I have been trying loads of stuff for ages, and yours finally works.

[marksockett]

life saver! spent far to long working on this. worked first time. thank you.

[damianhockey]

Honestly dude. Thank you so much for this. I'm currently working on a project that requires servos to boot up automatically and VLC playlist to start at the same moment. This has been a huge help. Subbed

[petervishton]

It works! So very many other answers in this category did not. Thank you!

[dylanmarcuswalsh]

I dont think you realize how much this helped me, stopped me from spending another 2 Hours smashing my head into a wall, tysm <3

[fabioESER]

At last, something that really works. After hours of testing different forms, this gets the job done.
Thank you very much for sharing it with us. Greetings from Portugal!

[Penzen]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH! I must have been searching for exactly this answer since forever and three days.

[TheRedstonelabz]

Absolute lifesaver 😅 i have tried all those methods in your list. Thanks mate!

[finbenton]

Thanks, this is the only tutorial I found working, only thing I had to add was put "sudo" before python3 in Exec line because my application needed that to run.

[martincook]

Fantastic, spent hours trying to get it to work, and you made it so easy.. just subscribed

[YashodSachintha]

Totally wanted 4 days to find this video. Thanks man. Works with shell scripts also. ❤️

[nelsonaleon]

You are right, this is the only method that work for GUI.
Thanks a lot