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DietPi is extremely lightweight at its core, our images start at 400MB in size (3x lighter than 'Raspbian Lite'). With features of low process/memory footprint and DietPi-RAMlog installed by default, DietPi allows you to get the maximum performance from your device.
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Quickly and easily install popular software thats "Ready to run" and optimised for your system. Gone are the days of reading 5+ page guides, DietPi does everything for you, giving you more time to enjoy the software you require.
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Looking to purchase a new SBC device? Curious to see which devices perform best? With thanks to our end users, you can now view and compare DietPi-Benchmark results for all devices.
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DietPi is more than just a minimal image.
DietPi is a extremely lightweight Debian OS. With images starting at 400MB, thats 3x lighter than 'Raspbian Lite'.
DietPi is highly optimised for minimal CPU and RAM resource usage, ensuring your SBC always runs at its maximum potential.
DietPi programs use lightweight Whiptail menus. Spend less time staring at the command line, more time enjoying DietPi.
Quickly and easily install popular software thats "Ready to run" and optimised for your system. Only the software you need is installed.
Customise your device's hardware and software, your way. A tweakers wet dream!
Quickly and easily backup or restore your DietPi system.
You decide how much logging you need. Get a performance boost with DietPi-Ramlog, or, rsyslog and logrotate for log critical servers.
Control which installed software has higher or lower priority levels (nice, affinity, policy scheduler).
DietPi automatically checks for updates and informs you when they are available. Update instantly, without having to write a new image.
Allows you to completely automate a DietPi installation with no user input. Simply by configuring dietpi.txt before powering on.
Give your single-board computer lightweight justice
View DietPi-Benchmark scores for all devicesusername: root password: dietpi
The Raspberry Pi is quite possibily the single SBC that started the IoT era. While the Raspberry Pi may be a few years behind other SBC manufacturers in terms of performance, its widely available, affordable, has a large community and will always have a place in our hearts.
The Odroid C1 is esteemed to be the most powerful low-cost single board computer available, as well as being an extremely versatile device. Featuring a quad-core Amlogic processor, advanced Mali GPU, and Gigabit Ethernet, it can function as a home theater set-top box, a general purpose computer for web browsing, gaming and socializing, a compact tool for college or office work, a prototyping device for hardware tinkering, a controller for home automation, a workstation for software development, and much more.
In our eyes, the Odroid C2 is the best 'all round' SBC on the market today, and, years ahead of Raspberry Pi in terms of performance. Exceptional CPU and LAN performance which is great for multiple uses. Couple the C2 with an EMMC module and you'll experience next-level SBC filesystem performance at upto 140MB/s transfer rates. The C2 is innovative SBC perfection, and, because of its excellent all round performance, we even have a few dedicated to daily DietPi testing.
The XU4 is a powerhouse peformance monster SBC and features USB 3.0, which makes it great for a NAS system. However, the XU4 does suffer from excessive heat at full load, you can expect 3-5 seconds at full load, before thermal throttling kicks in @ 95'c and reduces clocks. Aside from this, the XU4 is one of the most powerful SBC on the market today and features a much welcomed USB 3.0 support. It also looks great with Odroid-Cloudshell and DietPi-Cloudshell stats!
Pine A64 was the worlds first "Kickstarted" SBC (AFAIK). Featuring a 64bit CPU and up to 2GB RAM with 1GBit LAN. The Pine A64 shows promise for future Kickstarted SBC's, albeit, the Pine A64 board is somewhat cumbersome.
NB: GPU features are not currently available for this device, at this time, (eg: Kodi, Desktop). Ideal for server usage.
Small SBC with lots of features.
Small SBC with lots of features.
Small SBC with lots of features.
NB: GPU features are not currently available for this device, at this time, (eg: Kodi, Desktop). Ideal for server usage.
Small SBC with lots of features.
NB: GPU features are not currently available for this device, at this time, (eg: Kodi, Desktop). Ideal for server usage.
Small SBC with lots of features. 8 core powerhouse, great for multithreaded programs (eg: Plex Media Server)
NB: GPU features are not currently available for this device, at this time, (eg: Kodi, Desktop). Ideal for server usage.
Odroid's next generation SBC was here! No longer being produced, a possible rare item in the future? :D
The Pinebook is a phenomenal Linux laptop with exceptional build quality that rivals £300+ laptops. The unit is fitted with an exceptionally bright 1080p IPS screen, eMMC and onboard WiFi.
When considering all this only costs $99, you'd be silly not to pick one up. Highly recommended for anyone who loves SBC's with an expected light workload use. An ARM laptop done right, and then some!
Our image comes pre-installed with lightweight and optimised LXDE desktop. Only 172MB total RAM usage once desktop is booted, allowing you to get the highest performance from your Pinebook.
A community provided image with thanks to @yumiris, which brings support for running DietPi on Hyper-V systems. A virtual machine is great for those occasions where SBC performance just isn't enough. Run one of these on any x86_64 PC/server and still get the same great DietPi features and experience.
NB: GPU features are not currently available for this device, at this time, (eg: Kodi, Desktop). Ideal for server usage.
Odroid's next generation "high-end" SBC is finally here! The fastest ARM SBC we have ever tested. Excellent performance and thermals at a reasonable price range.
The VMware virtual machine is great for those occasions where SBC performance just isn't enough. Run one of these on any x86_64 PC/server and still get the same great DietPi features and experience.
NB: GPU features are not currently available for this device, at this time, (eg: Kodi, Desktop). Ideal for server usage.
The VirtualBox virtual machine is great for those occasions where SBC performance just isn't enough. Run one of these on any x86_64 PC/server and still get the same great DietPi features and experience.
NB: GPU features are not currently available for this device, at this time, (eg: Kodi, Desktop). Ideal for server usage.
Compared to other RK3399 SBCs, this one is small sized, like the Raspberry Pi. Further details about performance, pros and cons are about to be tested.
NB: GPU acceleration is currently not available for this device, e.g. for Kodi and desktop applications. Ideal for server usage.
The Allo Sparky SBC is unique, in the way its been designed for Audiophile usage at its core. By attaching a Kali re-clocker, Allo Piano DAC and Volt+, this system becomes the ultimate in high end audio quality and playback. If you love your audio and want the very best in audio quality, Sparky SBC coupled with the available audio HATs, is the complete Audiophile SBC solution.
NB: GPU features are not currently available for this device, at this time, (eg: Kodi, Desktop). Ideal for server usage.
The NanoPi M3's "Mini-Me". 8 core powerhouse, great for multithreaded programs (eg: Plex Media Server), all wrapped up into a nano sized SBC device. The CPU runs hot under full CPU load, so if you plan to run this at full load, make sure to obtain an upgraded heatsink (as the default is insufficient).
NB: GPU features are not currently available for this device, at this time, (eg: Kodi, Desktop). Ideal for server usage.
Small SBC with lots of features.
NB: GPU features are not currently available for this device, at this time, (eg: Kodi, Desktop). Ideal for server usage.
An upgrade to the original Nano NEO, now features H5 64bit CPU and 1Gbit LAN. Quite possibily the smallest (and cutest) SBC on the market. Great for headless/IoT/NAS/server/HiFi projects and showing old friends how small computers have become.
A direct competitor to the RPi 3+. Features excellent and stable onboard WiFi, 64bit CPU. A great all round board, utilizing the H5 ARM CPU. A good alternative to the RPi 3+, with increased performance at a similar price range.
NB: GPU features are not currently available for this device, at this time, (eg: Kodi, Desktop). Ideal for server usage.
A NEO2 upgrade with some additional features like eMMC and available with 1 GiB RAM
New build of the NanoPi M4 with DDR4 instead of DDR3 RAM.
NB: GPU features are not currently available for this device, at this time, (eg: Kodi, Desktop). Ideal for server usage.
The Pine H64 is available in two variants, Model A with larger PCB, PCIe slot and optional WiFi, and Model B with Rock64-size PCB, without PCIe slot and fixed onboard WiFi.
NB: GPU features are not currently available for this device, at this time, e.g. GPU-accelerated Kodi, desktop. Ideal for server usage.
The Rock64's big brother is here! One of the fastest ARM SBC (RK3399) on the market today, with 2x1.8GHz A72 cores and 4x1.4GHz A53 cores. Onboard full size PCI-e 4x with excellent throughput compliments a NAS/Server setup, and, endless opportunities. A great addition to your SBC lineup that provides next gen SBC performance. Bottom line: "its a little chunky, but it ain't no monkey", we love it!
NB: GPU features are not currently available for this device, at this time, (eg: Kodi, Desktop). Ideal for server usage.
The Native PC is great for those occasions where SBC performance just isn't enough. Run one of these on any x86_64 PC/server and still get the same great DietPi features and experience. This image is for motherboards with BIOS and/or CSM boot support.
A welcomed evolution of the Pine64 is finally here. Reduced PCB size, low cost, USB 3.0, 1GBit LAN and EMMC option. This device is a direct (and winning) competitor to the RPi, a worthy SBC for any server/NAS project.
NB: GPU features are not currently available for this device, at this time, (eg: Kodi, Desktop). Ideal for server usage.
The Native PC image is great for those occasions where SBC performance just isn't enough. Run one of these on any x86_64 PC/server and still get the same great DietPi features and experience. This image is for motherboards with UEFI boot support and onboard EMMC (eg: Z83-II, Beelink AP32 and other Intel NUC/SBC devices with onboard EMMC).
Unable to find an available image for your device? No worries, DietPi can be easily installed on any device!
Simply run the DietPi PREP script in the above link and follow the onscreen instructions.
NB: End user support will be limited to issues that are DietPi specific (which excludes Kernel/GPU/onboard BT+WiFi+Audio etc from our support). GPU features are disabled for other devices (eg: Kodi, Desktop), ideal for server usage.
FriendlyARM's next generation SBC is finally here! One of the fastest ARM SBC (RK3399) on the market today, with 2x1.8GHz A72 cores and 4x1.4GHz A53 cores. Onboard M.2/PCI-e 4x with excellent throughput compliments a NAS/Server setup. One of the smallest RK3399 SBC's available, a great addition to your SBC lineup that provides next gen SBC performance. Bottom line, we love it!
NB: GPU features are not currently available for this device, at this time, (eg: Kodi, Desktop). Ideal for server usage.
Little brother of the ROCK Pi 4, headless but with voice detection engine, for IoT and voice applications.
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We value our users and their feedback on DietPi, here are just a few testimonials.
"I'm a Linux noob and I have been playing around with installing things on my new Raspberry Pi--the hard way--doing manual installs! The amount of hours that goes into something like this is staggering. And then I discovered DietPi just yesterday. What a time-saver!"
First install here and truly impressed. You have done here several things all Nix builds should have been doing since pkg mgmt
"Hello, I'm amazed with DietPi, it works so good! I've installed a lot of nice software, just with the "DietPi-Software", so easy and quick, I love it!"
"it's people like you that have allowed duffers like me to do magical stuff over the last 35 years of "playing" (as my wife would say) with computers of all kinds (yes, I started when you had to build your own S100 based stuff)."
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