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.
Raspberry Pi OS
Compatible with:
Raspberry Pi OS with desktop
- Release date: February 21st 2023
- System: 32-bit
- Kernel version: 5.15
- Debian version: 11 (bullseye)
- Size: 924MB
Raspberry Pi OS with desktop and recommended software
- Release date: February 21st 2023
- System: 32-bit
- Kernel version: 5.15
- Debian version: 11 (bullseye)
- Size: 2,752MB
Raspberry Pi OS Lite
- Release date: February 21st 2023
- System: 32-bit
- Kernel version: 5.15
- Debian version: 11 (bullseye)
- Size: 362MB
Raspberry Pi OS (64-bit)
Raspberry Pi OS with desktop
- Release date: February 21st 2023
- System: 64-bit
- Kernel version: 5.15
- Debian version: 11 (bullseye)
- Size: 816MB
Raspberry Pi OS Lite
- Release date: February 21st 2023
- System: 64-bit
- Kernel version: 5.15
- Debian version: 11 (bullseye)
- Size: 307MB
Raspberry Pi OS (Legacy)
Compatible with:
Raspberry Pi OS (Legacy) with desktop
- Release date: February 21st 2023
- System: 32-bit
- Kernel version: 5.10
- Debian version: 10 (buster)
- Size: 758MB
Raspberry Pi OS Lite (Legacy)
- Release date: February 21st 2023
- System: 32-bit
- Kernel version: 5.10
- Debian version: 10 (buster)
- Size: 286MB
Raspberry Pi Desktop
Compatible with:
- PC and Mac
Debian Bullseye with Raspberry Pi Desktop
- Release date: July 1st 2022
- System: 32-bit
- Kernel version: 5.10
- Debian version: 11 (bullseye)
- Size: 3,440MB