Raspberry Pi OS

Raspberry Pi OS

Developer	Raspberry Pi Foundation
OS family	Linux (Unix-like)
Working state	Current
Source model	Open source
Initial release	15 July 2012 (32-bit); 2 Feb 2022 (64-bit)
Latest release	2025-05-06[1]  / 7 May 2025; 3 days ago (7 May 2025)
Marketing target	Raspberry Pi
Available in	English, and other languages.
Update method	APT
Package manager	dpkg
Platforms	aarch64, armhf
Kernel type	Monolithic
Userland	GNU
Default user interface	PIXEL[2]
License	Free and open-source software licenses (mainly GPL)
Official website	raspberrypi.com/software/

Raspberry Pi OS is a Unix-like operating system based on the Debian Linux distribution for the Raspberry Pi family of compact single-board computers. Raspbian was developed independently in 2012 for the Raspberry Pi 1 and became the primary operating system distributed by the Raspberry Pi Foundation for these boards in 2013.^[3] In 2020, the Raspberry Pi Foundation renamed the version of the operating system that it distributed from Raspbian to Raspberry Pi OS.

Raspberry Pi OS runs on every Raspberry Pi except the Pico microcontroller. Raspberry Pi OS uses a modified LXDE desktop environment with the Openbox stacking window manager, along with a unique theme. The default distribution is shipped with a copy of the computer algebra system Wolfram Mathematica,^[4] VLC, and a lightweight version of the Chromium web browser.