Raspberry Pi OS Lite
The official Raspberry Pi image with no desktop environment, based on Debian.
- Category
- sbc
- Status
- active
- Footprint
- 64-bit image — 516 MB download, 2,920 MB storage required. 32-bit image — 532 MB download, 2,632 MB storage required.
Raspberry Pi OS Lite is described on the official downloads page as a port of Debian Trixie with no desktop environment. The 64-bit version supports the Raspberry Pi 3B, 3B+, 3A+, 4B, 400, 5, 500, 500+, the Compute Modules CM3, CM3+, CM4, CM4S and CM5, and the Zero 2 W. The 32-bit version supports all Raspberry Pi models.
Legacy images based on Debian Bookworm are also offered, including 32-bit builds for the Zero, Zero W and 1A+/1B+.
Sizes above are the figures shown on the page at the verification date; they change with each release.
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Last verified 2026-09-20. Sources:www.raspberrypi.com. Official site: www.raspberrypi.com.