Introduction
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.
Contributing
See our Contributing Guide for details about how to contribute to the DietPi project.
The DietPi Project Team
The full list of code contributors can be viewed here.
Contributors
Joined 2017Q3
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 2019Q4
DietPi forum moderator, support, testing, bug reports + investigation and valuable feedback.
Joined 2019Q4
NanoPi image creator, tester and bug reports.
Joined 2020-05-31
DietPi documentation author, product manager, SEO and DietPi visibility recommendations.
Joined 2020-10-11
Source code contributor, creator of the DietPi-Dashboard and many software implementations.
Joined 2022Q2
Source code contributor, creator of the DietPi-Dashboard and many software implementations.
Collaborations
Since 2016-09-02
Joint venture to bring you the ultimate Amiga experience on your SBC, running lightweight and optimised DietPi at its core:
https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi/issues/474
Hall of Fame
Joined 2016-06-08
DietPi forum co-administrator, management, support, testing and valuable feedback.
Joined 2017-07-26
Creator and maintainer of the first Clonezilla based installer images for x86_64 UEFI systems.
Joined 2018-04-16
Creator and maintainer of the first DietPi Hyper-V images.
Joined 2016-01-01
Contributions to the DietPi in general, in-depth testing, bug finding and valuable feedback, forum moderator.
Joined 2016-03-20
DietPi forum moderator and version history maintainer on forums.
Joined 2018-03-01
Contributions to the DietPi in general, including source code, testing, new devices, forum moderator.
Joined 2015-10-10
Provided dietpi.com web hosting for 1 year until April 17th 2016. Additionally: forum moderator, testing, bug reporting.
Joined 2016-04-01
Contributions to the DietPi in general, including source code and VirtualBox image creation/conversion.
AWL29
Joined 2016-10-01
Created the first DietPi image for NanoPi M3/T3.
License
DietPi Copyright (C) 2025 Contributors
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.
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