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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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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

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stephanstsdietp·Sep 13, 2026Submission

DietPi released a new version v10.7

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 v10.7 on September 12th, 2026. The highlights of this version are: LubanCat 4: New image ARMv8 Virtual Machines: Images for testing generated Containers with network: Added support for virtual network, providing images with network stack and SSH server pre-installed Homebox: New software package, self-hosted home inventory and organisation system Scr
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ypted: High performance video integration and automation platform dietpi-network: New tool, allows to configure multiple Ethernet(-like) and WiFi interfaces Allwinner SBCs: USB DVB device drivers re-added to the kernel packages dietpi-banner: Fail2Ban status now also counts bans for whole subnets dietpi-timesync: /boot/dietpi/func/run_ntpd renamed to dietpi-timesync Chromium: Some flags removed from our config /etc/chromium.d/dietpi Fixes for Raspberry Pi, Orange Pi 5/5B/3 LTS, Radxa ROCK 3A, dietpi-banner, Ampache, WiringPi, Roon Bridge, Immich The full release notes can be found at: https://dietpi.com/docs/releases/v10_7/
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StephanStS·Apr 23, 2026Submission

DietPi released a new version v10.3

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 v10.3 on April 18th, 2026. The highlights of this version are: Orange Pi 4 LTS: New image Prometheus server: New software package QuiteRSS: Removed software package (QuiteRSS has no Trixie support any more) DietPi-Drive_Manager: Option for USB disk auto-mount added DietPi-AutoStart: Added option for auto-starting Amiberry-Lite Home Assistant: Migrate
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d from pyenv to uv (installing and managing HA environment) Fixes for Allwinner H5/H6, Rockchip RK356x, Orange Pi Zero 2W, DietPi-AutoStart, DietPi-Config, DietPi-Software, DietPi-Dashboard, Home Assistant The full release notes can be found at: https://dietpi.com/docs/releases/v10_3/
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StephanStS·Mar 23, 2026Submission

DietPi released a new version v10.2

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 v10.2 on March 22nd, 2026. The highlights of this version are: Immich with Immich Machine Learning: New software package RustDesk Client: New software package uv: New software package DietPi-Software: Added option to easily install a graphical desktop DietPi-Config: Added option to select temperature sensor myMPD and UrBackup: Support for ARMv6 from
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Debian Trixie on Amiberry: New Amiberry v8.0.0 with embedded SDL3 v3.4.2 are available Fixes for phpBB, K3s, MPD, LXQt, PaperMC, Node-RED, Moonlight (GUI) and Home Assistant The full release notes can be found at: https://dietpi.com/docs/releases/v10_2/
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StephanStS·Feb 22, 2026Submission

DietPi released a new version v10.1

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 v10.1 on February 21th, 2026. The highlights of this version are: NanoPi Zero2: New hardware support WhoDB: New software package DietPi-Banner: Added option to output kernel version Python3: All Python software options make now use of venvs Navidrome: Support for RISC-V MinIO: Console client mc added due to removed WebUI admin features TigerVNC/RealV
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NC/XRDP: Lighter setups in case of no desktop needed Fixes for NanoPi R5C, ZeroPi, Pi-hole, BirdNET-Go, Chromium, ADS-B feeder, Gogs, Plex media server, microblog.pub The full release notes can be found at: https://dietpi.com/docs/releases/v10_1/
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StephanStS·Jan 31, 2026Submission

DietPi released a new version v10.0

DietPi released a new version v10.0 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 v10.0 on January 25th, 2026. The highlights of this version are: Minimum supported Debian version: Raised from Bullseye (Debian 11) to Bookworm (Debian 12) ownCloud Infinite Scale: New software package, replaces ownCloud Uptime-Kuma: New software package, a monitoring tool for your system Sparky SBC, NanoPi M2/T2/F
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ire2, and NanoPi M3/T3/Fire3 families: Removed support due to very old vendor images RPi Cam Web Interface, Pydio: Removed. They do not support Bookworm and higher Quartz64: Support of the new NPU driver Fixes for Radxa ZERO 3, Orange Pi 3/3 LTS/3B, NanoPi R2S, NanoPi NEO3, ROCK64 Fixes for Home Assistant, BirdNET-Go, Mopidy Raspberry Pi Imager: Support of DietPi as a selectable “Other general-purpose OS” The full release notes can be found at: https://dietpi.com/docs/releases/v10_0/
4 points · Open discussion

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