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: July 4th 2024
- System: 32-bit
- Kernel version: 6.6
- Debian version: 12 (bookworm)
- Size: 1,205MB
Raspberry Pi OS with desktop and recommended software
- Release date: July 4th 2024
- System: 32-bit
- Kernel version: 6.6
- Debian version: 12 (bookworm)
- Size: 2,694MB
Raspberry Pi OS Lite
- Release date: July 4th 2024
- System: 32-bit
- Kernel version: 6.6
- Debian version: 12 (bookworm)
- Size: 500MB
Raspberry Pi OS (64-bit)
Raspberry Pi OS with desktop
- Release date: July 4th 2024
- System: 64-bit
- Kernel version: 6.6
- Debian version: 12 (bookworm)
- Size: 1,142MB
Raspberry Pi OS with desktop and recommended software
- Release date: July 4th 2024
- System: 64-bit
- Kernel version: 6.6
- Debian version: 12 (bookworm)
- Size: 2,890MB
Raspberry Pi OS Lite
- Release date: July 4th 2024
- System: 64-bit
- Kernel version: 6.6
- Debian version: 12 (bookworm)
- Size: 432MB
Raspberry Pi OS (Legacy)
Raspberry Pi OS (Legacy) with desktop
- Release date: July 4th 2024
- System: 32-bit
- Kernel version: 6.1
- Debian version: 11 (bullseye)
- Size: 902MB
Raspberry Pi OS (Legacy) with desktop and recommended software
- Release date: July 4th 2024
- System: 32-bit
- Kernel version: 6.1
- Debian version: 11 (bullseye)
- Size: 2,482MB
Raspberry Pi OS (Legacy) Lite
- Release date: July 4th 2024
- System: 32-bit
- Kernel version: 6.1
- Debian version: 11 (bullseye)
- Size: 366MB
Raspberry Pi OS (Legacy, 64-bit)
Raspberry Pi OS (Legacy) with desktop
- Release date: July 4th 2024
- System: 64-bit
- Kernel version: 6.1
- Debian version: 11 (bullseye)
- Size: 866MB
Raspberry Pi OS (Legacy) with desktop and recommended software
- Release date: July 4th 2024
- System: 64-bit
- Kernel version: 6.1
- Debian version: 11 (bullseye)
- Size: 2,429MB
Raspberry Pi OS (Legacy) Lite
- Release date: July 4th 2024
- System: 64-bit
- Kernel version: 6.1
- Debian version: 11 (bullseye)
- Size: 309MB
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
