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MichaIng / DietPi

DietPi

Lightweight justice for your single-board computer!

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Lightweight justice for your single-board computer!

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 8–Nov 15 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/15/2026, 11:34:28 AM UTC.

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Observed mentions: 2021-11-14 16:37:37 UTC to 2026-09-13 12:15:45 UTC.

0510152021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments20212022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 14 mentions; 6 submissions, 8 comments2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 15 mentions; 13 submissions, 2 comments20232024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 9 mentions; 8 submissions, 1 comments2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 9 mentions; 9 submissions, 0 comments2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 5 mentions; 5 submissions, 0 comments. Incomplete calendar period.2026*

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20212021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC202
20222022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC1468
20232023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC15132
20242024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC981
20252025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC990
2026 (partial)2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC550

What Hacker News says

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DietPi released a new version v9.20

DietPi is a lightweight Debian based Linux distribution for SBCs and server systems, with the option to install desktop environments, too. It ships as minimal image but allows to install complete and ready-to-use software stacks with a set of console based shell dialogs and scripts. The source code is hosted on GitHub: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi The main website can be found at: https://dietpi.com/ Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/DietPi The project released the version DietPi v9.20 on December 14th, 2025. The highlights of this version are: Orange Pi 5/Max/Ultra, Radxa ZERO 3: Fixes for these SBCs RustDesk Server: New software title (selfhosted remote access server) DietPi-Backup: Improvements for NFSv4 mounts Allo GUI: New major version is used for installation Fixes for Portainer, DietPi-Drive_Manager, BirdNET-Go, ProFT
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PD, LazyLibrarian, Fail2Ban, Radarr The full release notes can be found at: https://dietpi.com/docs/releases/v9_20/
5 points · Open discussion

DietPi released a new version v9.19

DietPi is a lightweight Debian based Linux distribution for SBCs and server systems, with the option to install desktop environments, too. It ships as minimal image but allows to install complete and ready-to-use software stacks with a set of console based shell dialogs and scripts. The source code is hosted on GitHub: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi The main website can be found at: https://dietpi.com/ Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/DietPi The project released the version DietPi v9.19 on November 15th, 2025. The highlights of this version are: Raspberry Pi, Allwinner H3/H5: Fixes for these SBCs BirdNET-Go: New software title (avian monitoring and identification) NAA Daemon, Moonlight (GUI), UrBackup, Medusa, Mosquitto: (Improved) support for Debian Trixie Fixes for DietPi-Update, Jellyfin, Node.js, Lidarr, Prowlarr, Bazarr,
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SABnzbd, Medusa The full release notes can be found at: https://dietpi.com/docs/releases/v9_19/
2 points · Open discussion

DietPi released a new version v9.18

DietPi is a lightweight Debian based Linux distribution for SBCs and server systems, with the option to install desktop environments, too. It ships as minimal image but allows to install complete and ready-to-use software stacks with a set of console based shell dialogs and scripts. The source code is hosted on GitHub: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi The main website can be found at: https://dietpi.com/ Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/DietPi The project released the version DietPi v9.18 on October 18th, 2025. The highlights of this version are: NanoPi R3S, R3S LTS, R76S, M5: New supported devices LazyLibrarian: New software title (ebook and audio book collection manager) DietPi-Dashboard: Reworked version with better security and more DietPi-Drive_Manager / DietPi-FS_partition_resize: Support for Xen virtual block devices SPI
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bootloader update: Improved option and method Fixes for DietPi-AutoStart, DietPi-LetsEncrypt, GMediaRender The full release notes can be found at: https://dietpi.com/docs/releases/v9_18/
1 points · Open discussion

DietPi released a new version v9.17

DietPi is a lightweight Debian based Linux distribution for SBCs and server systems, with the option to install desktop environments, too. It ships as minimal image but allows to install complete and ready-to-use software stacks with a set of console based shell dialogs and scripts. The source code is hosted on GitHub: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi The main website can be found at: https://dietpi.com/ Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/DietPi The project released the version DietPi v9.17 on September 20th, 2025. The highlights of this version are: Dietpi-Backup: Faster and less disk space consuming backups HifiBerry: Support of newer hardware variants Roon Server: Early access toggle config option via dietpi.txt Rockchip SoCs (e.g. Orange Pi 5): SPI storage flashing issues solved Fixes for Navidrome, NZBGet, DietPi-Config, Diet
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Pi-Software, Portainer, HomeAssistant, Icecast/DarkIce The full release notes can be found at: https://dietpi.com/docs/releases/v9_17/
9 points · Open discussion

DietPi released a new version v9.15

DietPi is a lightweight Debian based Linux distribution for SBCs and server systems, with the option to install desktop environments, too. It ships as minimal image but allows to install complete and ready-to-use software stacks with a set of console based shell dialogs and scripts. The source code is hosted on GitHub: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi The main website can be found at: https://dietpi.com/ Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/DietPi The project released the new version DietPi v9.15 on July 28th, 2025. The highlights of this version are: New images for Orange Pi 3 (non LTS version) New script converting Debian Bookworm to Trixie (Trixie scheduled on 2025-08-09) NanoPi R5C: MAC address is now static (also after rebooting) Moonlight (GUI): Unlocked for all ARM and RISC-V systems (excluding ARMv6 RPi) Unbound: Improvement
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s of installation and cron-job setting Fixes for Dietpi-Display, DietPi-Dashboard, microblog.pub, Ampache, File Browser, Octoprint The full release notes can be found at: https://dietpi.com/docs/releases/v9_15/
3 points · Open discussion

DietPi released a new version v9.13

DietPi is a lightweight Debian based Linux distribution for SBCs and server systems, with the option to install desktop environments, too. It ships as minimal image but allows to install complete and ready-to-use software stacks with a set of console based shell dialogs and scripts. The source code is hosted on GitHub: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi The main website can be found at: https://dietpi.com/ Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/DietPi The project released the new version DietPi v9.13 on May 25th, 2025. The highlights of this version are: DietPi default passwords: Default password 'dietpi' must not be used any more for security reasons and has to be changed Orange Pi 3B: Added support for the PWM fan Radxa ZERO 3: Upgrade to Linux 6.1 based vendor kernel Virtual Machines: Future VM images will use initramfs-tools instead
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of tiny-initramfs DietPi-Config: Simplified keyboard layout dialog Gitea: Now enabled also for RISC-V systems Google AIY, Mycroft AI: Removed deprecated software packages Fixes for ASUS Tinker Board 2, Orange Pi 3B v1.1, Orange Pi Zero 3/2W, DietPi-Imager, DietPi-Display, RPi.GPIO, fish, Home Assistant, Redis The full release notes can be found at: https://dietpi.com/docs/releases/v9_13/
1 points · Open discussion

DietPi released a new version v9.12

DietPi is a lightweight Debian based Linux distribution for SBCs and server systems, with the option to install desktop environments, too. It ships as minimal image but allows to install complete and ready-to-use software stacks with a set of console based shell dialogs and scripts. The source code is hosted on GitHub: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi The main website can be found at: https://dietpi.com/ Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/DietPi The project released the new version DietPi v9.12 on April 18th, 2025. The highlights of this version are: fish: New software package, an alternative shell DietPi-Backup: Support for SSHFS added Amiberry: Updated to Amiberry v7 WiringPi: Added support for Orange Pi boards Spotifyd: Added support for ARMv8 and x86_64 Bookworm/Trixie systems Pi-hole: Additionally listen on TCP port 8489 for
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HTTPS requests RPi.GPIO: Moved to the usage of python3-rpi-lgpio Fixes for O!MPD, FreshRSS, DietPi-Config The full release notes can be found at: https://dietpi.com/docs/releases/v9_12/
2 points · Open discussion

DietPi released a new version v9.11 (Pi-Hole v6 support)

DietPi is a lightweight Debian based Linux distribution for SBCs and server systems, with the option to install desktop environments, too. It ships as minimal image but allows to install complete and ready-to-use software stacks with a set of console based shell dialogs and scripts. The source code is hosted on GitHub: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi The main website can be found at: https://dietpi.com/ Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/DietPi The project released the new version DietPi v9.11 on February 23rd, 2025. The highlights of this version are: Pi-hole: Support for Pi-hole v6 added. This was the relevant change to issue the v9.11 release quick after the v9.10 Initial boot / Firstboot: Fixes for Quartz64/Star64/VisionFive 2 and WiFi connected hardware Fixes for Fail2Ban The full release notes can be found at: https://dietp
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i.com/docs/releases/v9_11/
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DietPi released a new version 9.10

DietPi is a lightweight Debian based Linux distribution for SBCs and server systems, with the option to install desktop environments, too. It ships as minimal image but allows to install complete and ready-to-use software stacks with a set of console based shell dialogs and scripts. The source code is hosted on GitHub: https://github.com/MichaIng/DietPi The main website can be found at: https://dietpi.com/ Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/DietPi The project released the new version DietPi v9.10 on February 9th, 2025. The highlights of this version are: RISC-V (StarFive VisionFive 2, PINE64 Star64): Switch to Debian Trixie and support of Bazarr, Raspotify, NZBGet, MicroK8s and AdGuard Home Raspberry Pi, NanoPi M6: New tool DietPi-Display supports setting of console display modes/rotation Raspberry Pi: Migration to the new Raspberry
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Pi kernel/firmware stack is now possible via dietpi-config DietPi-Automation: New option in dietpi.txt for automated APT-based program installs myMPD: Available now also for ARMv6 Bookworm systems vaultwarden: Display of the package version within the web UI added Fixes for Sonarr, Fail2Ban, Raspotify, Navidrome, Home Assistant, Komga, PaperMC, Bazarr, Mono, Gogs, Domoticz and Baïkal The full release notes can be found at: https://dietpi.com/docs/releases/v9_10/
4 points · Open discussion

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