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Raspberry Pi Imager 1.8.5

Official supported operating system for RaspberryPi (former Raspbian)

Category: Utilities
Price: Free
Popularity: High
Version String: 1.8.5
Release Date: 2024-01-19
Architecture: Intel & AppleSilicon(ARM)
Minimum OS: macOS 10.13.0
Vendor Name: Raspberry Pi Foundation
Homepage: www.raspberrypi.org

Version History 1.8.5

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Description:

Your Raspberry Pi needs an operating system to work. This is it. Raspberry Pi OS (previously called Raspbian) is our official supported operating system.
Install Raspberry Pi OS using Raspberry Pi Imager
Raspberry Pi Imager is the quick and easy way to install Raspberry Pi OS and other operating systems to a microSD card, ready to use with your Raspberry Pi. Watch our 40-second video to learn how to install an operating system using Raspberry Pi Imager.
Download and install Raspberry Pi Imager to a computer with an SD card reader. Put the SD card you'll use with your Raspberry Pi into the reader and run Raspberry Pi Imager.
Manually install an operating system image
Browse a range of operating systems provided by Raspberry Pi and by other organisations, and download them to install manually.

Raspberry Pi Desktop for PC and Mac
Debian with Raspberry Pi Desktop is our operating system for PC and Mac. It provides the Raspberry Pi OS desktop, as well as most of the recommended software that comes with Raspberry Pi OS, for any PC or Apple Mac computer.