Raspberry Pi OS

Raspberry Pi OS
Raspberry Pi OS 12 (Bookworm) running its default desktop environment
DeveloperRaspberry Pi Holdings
OS familyUnix-like
Working stateCurrent
Source modelOpen-source
Initial release15 July 2012 (2012-07-15)
Latest release2025-05-13 / 13 May 2025[1] 
Available in23 languages[2]
List of languages
  • Chinese
  • Czech
  • Danish
  • Dutch
  • English
  • Finnish
  • French
  • German
  • Greek
  • Hungarian
  • Italian
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Norwegian Bokmål
  • Polish
  • Portuguese
  • Russian
  • Slovak
  • Spanish
  • Swedish
  • Thai
  • Turkish
  • Ukrainian
Update method
  • Command-line via package manager
  • Optional graphical app stores
Package managerAPT, dpkg
Supported platformsarmhf, aarch64
Kernel typeMonolithic (Linux)
UserlandGNU
InfluencedTwister OS
Influenced byDebian
Default
user interface		labwc (Wayland-based)
LicenseFree and open-source software licenses (mainly GPL)
Official websiteraspberrypi.com/software

Raspberry Pi OS is a Unix-like operating system developed for the Raspberry Pi line of single-board computers. Based on Debian, a Linux distribution, it is maintained by Raspberry Pi Holdings and optimized for the Pi's hardware, with low memory requirements and support for both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures. Originally released in July 2012 under the name Raspbian, it was introduced shortly after the launch of the first Raspberry Pi model.[3][4]

The operating system is compatible with all Raspberry Pi models except the Raspberry Pi Pico microcontroller. It is available in several configurations: a standard edition, a "Lite" version without a desktop environment, and a "Full" version that includes additional software such as LibreOffice and Wolfram Mathematica. The operating system is available as a free download and can be installed using the official Raspberry Pi Imager utility. It is also sold preloaded on official microSD cards.

  1. ^ "Release Notes". 13 May 2025. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference rpi-imager Stats was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Raspbian release notes". Retrieved 24 February 2022.
  4. ^ Upton, Eben (28 May 2020). "8GB Raspberry Pi 4 on sale now at $75". Raspberry Pi. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
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