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: May 3rd 2023
- System: 32-bit
- Kernel version: 6.1
- Debian version: 11 (bullseye)
- Size: 872MB
Raspberry Pi OS with desktop and recommended software
- Release date: May 3rd 2023
- System: 32-bit
- Kernel version: 6.1
- Debian version: 11 (bullseye)
- Size: 2,701MB
Raspberry Pi OS Lite
- Release date: May 3rd 2023
- System: 32-bit
- Kernel version: 6.1
- Debian version: 11 (bullseye)
- Size: 364MB
Raspberry Pi OS (64-bit)
Raspberry Pi OS with desktop
- Release date: May 3rd 2023
- System: 64-bit
- Kernel version: 6.1
- Debian version: 11 (bullseye)
- Size: 818MB
Raspberry Pi OS Lite
- Release date: May 3rd 2023
- System: 64-bit
- Kernel version: 6.1
- Debian version: 11 (bullseye)
- Size: 308MB
Raspberry Pi OS (Legacy)
Compatible with:
Raspberry Pi OS (Legacy) with desktop
- Release date: May 3rd 2023
- System: 32-bit
- Kernel version: 5.10
- Debian version: 10 (buster)
- Size: 788MB
Raspberry Pi OS Lite (Legacy)
- Release date: May 3rd 2023
- System: 32-bit
- Kernel version: 5.10
- Debian version: 10 (buster)
- Size: 321MB
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