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Ready to run optimised software choices with dietpi-software
Feature-rich configuration tool for your device with dietpi-config.

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

The dietpi programs use lightweight whiptail menus. You'll spend more time enjoying DietPi and applications you need and less time staring at the command line.

Use dietpi-software to quick and easy install Ready to Run & Optimised applications for your system. DietPi will do all the necessary configurations, including starting the services. Few highlights: Desktop Environments, Remote Desktop Access, Media Systems & Players, BitTorrent & Downloading, Cloud & Backup, Gaming & Emulation, Social & Search, Camera & Surveillance, Networking, System Stats & Management, Home Automation, Hardware & Voice Projects, Webserver Stacks, DNS Servers / Pi-hole, File Servers, Printing and much more.

Use dietpi-services to control which installed software has higher or lower priority levels (nice, affinity, policy scheduler).

dietpi-update 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.

The full list of code contributors can be viewed here.

Joined Q3 2017

Project lead (20/02/2019 and onwards), source code contributor, bug fixes, software improvements, DietPi forum administrator.

Project founder and previous project lead (19/02/2019 and previous), source code contributor and tester.

Joined 2016年06月08日

DietPi forum co-administrator, management, support, testing and valuable feedback.

Joined 2017年07月26日

Creator and maintainer of the first Clonezilla based installer images for x86_64 UEFI systems.

Joined Q4 2019

DietPi forum moderator, support, testing, bug reports + investigation and valuable feedback.

Joined Q4 2019

NanoPi image creator, tester and bug reports.

Joined 2020年05月31日

DietPi documentation author, product manager, SEO and DietPi visibility recommendations.

Joined 2020年10月11日

Source code contributor, creator of the DietPi-Dashboard and many software implementations.

Joined 2018年04月16日

Creator and maintainer of the first DietPi Hyper-V images.

Since 2016年09月02日

Joint venture to bring you the ultimate Amiga experience on your SBC, running lightweight and optimised DietPi at its core: #474

Joined 2016年01月01日

Contributions to the DietPi in general, in-depth testing, bug finding and valuable feedback, forum moderator.

Joined 2016年03月20日

DietPi forum moderator and version history maintainer on forums.

Joined 2018年03月01日

Contributions to the DietPi in general, including source code, testing, new devices, forum moderator.

Joined 2015年10月10日

Provided dietpi.com web hosting for 1 year until April 17th 2016. Additionally: forum moderator, testing, bug reporting.

Joined 2016年04月01日

Contributions to the DietPi in general, including source code and VirtualBox image creation/conversion.

Joined 2016年10月01日

Created the first DietPi image for NanoPi M3/T3.

Git coders, please use the active development branch: dev

• How to add a new software title to DietPi-Software

Are you able to:

• Provide feedback and/or test areas of DietPi, to improve the user experience?
• Report bugs?
• Improve/add more features to the DietPi website or documentation?
• Compile software for our supported SBCs?
• Contribute to DietPi with programming on GitHub?
• Suggest new software that we can add to the dietpi-software install system?

If so, let us know! We are always looking for talented people who believe in the DietPi project, and, wish to contribute in any way you can.

• Send us an email: micha@dietpi.com
• Join our forum: https://dietpi.com/forum/
• GitHub: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi

Also read our contribute page for an overview of way to support DietPi.

DietPi Copyright (C) 2025 Contributors

• Email: micha@dietpi.com
• Website: https://dietpi.com/

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/

• Source: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi
• Build: Not applicable, as DietPi uses Bash scripts only, no building or compiling is required.

• All files located in (recursively):
  • /var/lib/dietpi/
  • /var/tmp/dietpi/
  • /boot/dietpi/
• /boot/dietpi.txt
• /boot/config.txt (RPi)
• /boot/boot.ini (Odroid)
• All files prefixed with: dietpi-

The above GPLv2 documentation also applies to all mentioned files!

Links to hardware and software manufacturers, sources and build instructions used in DietPi:

• Linux kernel
• GNU operating system
• Bash
• Debian distribution
• Raspberry Pi
• Hardkernel/Odroid
• Xunlong/Orange Pi
• PINE64
• FriendlyARM/NanoPi
• Radxa
• Armbian
• curl
• X11
• LXDE desktop
• LXQt desktop
• Xfce desktop
• MATE desktop
• GNUstep
• Chromium
• Kodi/XBMC
• Transmission
• rTorrent
• ruTorrent
• qBittorrent
• Nextcloud
• ownCloud Infinite Scale
• Syncthing
• ReadyMedia
• MPD
• ympd
• myMPD
• Apache
• Nginx
• Lighttpd
• PHP
• PHP OPcache GUI
• MariaDB
• phpMyAdmin
• Certbot
• Pi-hole
• WordPress
• phpBB
• ProFTPD
• vsftpd
• Samba
• NFS
• Dropbear
• OpenSSH
• OpenVPN
• PiVPN
• WireGuard
• Amiberry
• Amiberry-Lite
• OpenTyrian
• Deluge
• Airsonic-Advanced
• Logitech Media Server
• Squeezelite
• Ampache
• Plex Media Server
• Tautulli
• FFmpeg
• Shairport Sync
• FreshRSS
• Folding@Home
• Medusa
• Grafana
• Clonezilla
• Gitea
• Gogs
• Home Assistant
• TasmoAdmin
• Domoticz
• Jellyfin
• Komga
• HTPC Manager
• Bazarr
• PaperMC
• Unbound
• vaultwarden
• Docker
• Portainer
• Tor
• Docker Compose
• Box86
• Box64
• Steam
• mjpg-streamer
• Kubo
• CUPS
• Go
• VSCodium
• WebIOPi
• WiringPi
• Firefox
• Beets
• frp
• AdGuard Home
• Snapcast
• K3s
• Synapse
• youtube-dl
• PostgreSQL
• OpenJDK
• Blynk Server
• File Browser
• Spotifyd
• DietPi-Dashboard
• MicroK8s
• Allo GUI
• PHP Composer
• motionEye
• Sonarr
• Radarr
• Lidarr
• Prowlarr
• Readarr
• Jackett
• HAProxy
• Prometheus Node Exporter
• Prometheus RPi Exporter
• Tailscale
• Rclone
• ZeroTier
• Navidrome
• Homer
• microblog.pub
• Nukkit
• openHAB
• Moonlight (CLI)
• Moonlight (GUI)
• Restic
• MediaWiki
• Homebridge
• ADS-B Feeder
• Kavita
• Forgejo
• soju
• fish
• GZDoom
• Mumble Server
• UrBackup
• PiJuice
• LazyLibrarian
• BirdNET-Go
• RustDesk
• Uptime Kuma

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