Operating system images

Many operating systems are available for Raspberry Pi, including Raspberry Pi OS, our official supported operating system, and operating systems from other organisations.

Raspberry Pi Imager is the quick and easy way to install an operating system to a microSD card ready to use with your Raspberry Pi. Alternatively, choose from the operating systems below, available to download and install manually.

Download:

Raspberry Pi OS

Compatible with:

Raspberry Pi OS with desktop and recommended software

  • Release date: August 20th 2020
  • Kernel version: 5.4
  • Size: 2,523MB

24342f3668f590d368ce9d57322c401cf2e57f3ca969c88cf9f4df238aaec41f

Release notes

DownloadDownload torrent

Raspberry Pi OS with desktop

  • Release date: August 20th 2020
  • Kernel version: 5.4
  • Size: 1,127MB

9d658abe6d97f86320e5a0288df17e6fcdd8776311cc320899719aa805106c52

Release notes

DownloadDownload torrent

Raspberry Pi OS Lite

  • Release date: August 20th 2020
  • Kernel version: 5.4
  • Size: 432MB

4522df4a29f9aac4b0166fbfee9f599dab55a997c855702bfe35329c13334668

Release notes

DownloadDownload torrent

Raspberry Pi Desktop

Compatible with:

  • PC and Mac

Debian Buster with Raspberry Pi Desktop

  • Release date: February 12th 2020
  • Kernel version: 4.19
  • Size: 2,983MB

e9931ba401241281f7c2d32b703227acabb054159792abdbd3f2d6ce09454e20

DownloadDownload torrent

Third-party software

Here are some other operating systems you can use with your Raspberry Pi

LibreElec

A Kodi Entertainment Center distribution

Download

Ubuntu Desktop

An open source desktop operating system that's widely used around the world, complete with all the essential applications for home, school, and work

Download

Ubuntu Server

A popular flavour of Linux for cloud and data centre environments

Download

Ubuntu Core

Ubuntu for embedded environments, optimised for security and reliable updates

Download

RetroPie

Turn your Raspberry Pi into a retro-gaming machine

Download

TLXOS

30-day trial of ThinLinX's Debian-based thin client for Raspberry Pi

Download

Note: Raspberry Pi OS and NOOBS contain Java SE Platform Products, licensed to you under the Oracle Binary Code Licence Agreement. Mathematica and the Wolfram Language are included in this release under license and with permission of Wolfram Research, Inc. and may be used for non-commercial purposes only. By using this software you agree to be bound by the Wolfram Raspberry Pi Bundle License Agreement.