DietPi v9.11 has been released

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This release mainly adds support for Pi-hole v6. If you updated Pi-hole v5 to v6, the DietPi update performs some additional migration and cleanup steps, and offers to uninstall webserver and PHP.

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DietPi | Minimal image at its core

Highly optimised minimal Debian OS

DietPi is extremely lightweight at its core, with features of low process/memory footprint and DietPi-RAMlog installed by default, to get the maximum performance from your device.

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DietPi-Software

Installs and optimises popular software for you

Quickly and easily install popular software "ready to run" and optimised for your system. Gone are the days of reading 5+ page guides, DietPi does everything for you, giving you more time to enjoy the software you require.

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DietPi | Benchmarks

All devices benchmarked (CPU/IO)

Looking to purchase a new SBC device? Curious to see which devices perform best? With thanks to our end users, you can now view and compare DietPi-Benchmark results for all devices.

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DietPi - features overview

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DietPi is more than just a minimal image.

Truly Optimised

DietPi is an extremely lightweight Debian OS, highly optimised for minimal CPU and RAM resource usage, ensuring your SBC always runs at its maximum potential.

Simple interface

DietPi programs use lightweight Whiptail menus. Spend less time staring at the command line, more time enjoying your Pi.

DietPi-Software

Quickly and easily install popular software "ready to run" and optimised for your system. Only the software you need is installed.

DietPi-Config

Quickly and effortlessly customise your device's hardware and software settings for your needs, including network connection and localisation setup.

DietPi-Backup

Quickly and easily backup or restore your DietPi system.

Logging System Choices

You decide how much logging you need. Get a performance boost with DietPi-RAMlog, or, rsyslog and logrotate for log critical servers.

DietPi-Services Control

Control which installed software has higher or lower priority levels: nice, affinity, policy scheduler and more.

DietPi-Update System

DietPi automatically checks for updates and informs you when they are available. Update instantly, without having to write a new image.

DietPi-Automation

Allows you to completely automate a DietPi installation with no user input. Simply by configuring dietpi.txt before powering on.

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Give your single-board computer lightweight justice

View DietPi-Benchmark scores for all devices

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Getting Started / Community

Everything you need to start and share your DietPi experience.

Getting started

Step by step guides to help kickstart your DietPi experience

Forum

Join our growing community and share your DietPi experience

GitHub

Join us on GitHub: see the source code and create tickets

Blog

Follow our blog where we present new software and setup guides

User Testimonials

We value our users and their feedback on DietPi, here are just a few testimonials.

"My first Raspberry Pi experience, installed DietPi and it works like charm. Many thanks and my compliments to the makers/developers!!
This is a fantastic piece of work!
I have build a music streamer: Raspberry Zero W (headless), JustBoom Digi Zero pHAT, SanDisk 400 GB microSD card, MPD/O!MPD"

maarten, DietPi Forum

"Pretty much the best OS for a small board computer such as a Raspberry Pi or Odroid, etc. Very easy to use and excellent community support. If you have a RPI or other small board computer this is a must. It is excellent for beginners."

DistroWatch review

"Phenomenal!
I appreciate all the hard work put into this. You know, it's funny... I wanted my 6 pi's each to run a different distro. And originally they were. But time after time I find reasons to make my life easier by putting DietPi on them. Now of them run DietPi because it just makes sense for their purposes!
Thanks for all the hard work guys! :-D"

DistroWatch review

"Just wanted to say thank you for DietPi. As someone who's intermediate at best with Linux and SBCs in general, its made everything so much more accessible. I don't have that much time to tinker and I need things to generally work out of the box with little fuss. Dietpi has made it possible for me to be running Nextcloud, Pi-hole, NZBGet and more on a Pi4 with minimal effort. Sure Docker could do the same but there is something about running things natively that I like.
Automation features like Dietpi Backup and Drive Manager are just the icing on the cake to a great eco-system.
Thank you for Dietpi."

Reds, DietPi Forum