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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, ProFTPD, LazyLibrarian, Fail2Ban, Radarr The full release notes can be found at: https://dietpi.com/docs/releases/v9_20/

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