BerryOS Bookworm Nightly (2026-01-24)

Nightly Build

This is an automated nightly release. It includes daily built versions of the BerryOS images.

Why use a nightly build?

Nightly builds allow you to make sure you are using an image that includes the latest version of all install packages. Making the initial setup of BerryOS faster.

It shouldn't be much different than using a stable release, but it might be a bit more unstable, especially during major updates (when BerryOS needs to be synced with the latest changes from Raspberry Pi OS).

Disclaimer

These builds are provided without any warranty. No manual testing or benchmarks have been performed.

If you prefer a stable version, please download the latest stable release.

Changes since last stable release

• Add config used for testing as examples (#28 by @0rax)
• Allow network-config update after first-boot (#35 by @0rax)
• Update nightly release target commit on update (#41)
• Prepare for Debian Trixie testing (#49 by @0rax)

Full Changelog: bookworm/2024.07.21...bookworm/nightly

Compatibility

• BerryOS/armhf

  • Image: berryos-armhf-bookworm-nightly.img.xz
  • Compatibility: all Raspberry Pi models

• BerryOS/arm64

  • Image: berryos-arm64-bookworm-nightly.img.xz
  • Compatibility:
    • Raspberry Pi 3B, 3B+, 4 B & 400
    • Compute Module 3, 3+ & 4
    • Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W
    • Raspberry Pi 5

Issues

If you find any issues when using a nightly build, please report them to the issue tracker. Make sure to include the content of /etc/rpi-issue (also available in /boot/firmware/issue.txt) in your report so we can pin-point the specific build you are using.

BerryOS Bookworm 2024.07.21

Changelog

• Force raspbian source.list for armhf arch only (#17 by @0rax)
• Prepare for 2024.07.21 release (#18 by @0rax)
  • Rebuild with new upstream packages (Debian 12.6 & Raspbian 12.6)
  • Images should also now be on par with RaspiOS Lite 2024-07-04
  • Fix a small issue with gitattributes when building from a fresh clone (wrong line ending given to rootfs/usr/lib/berryos/firstboot on checkout)

Full Changelog: bookworm/2024.07.05...bookworm/2024.07.21

Compatibility

• BerryOS/armhf

  • Image: berryos-armhf-bookworm-20240721.img.xz
  • Compatibility: all Raspberry Pi models

• BerryOS/arm64

  • Image berryos-arm64-bookworm-20240721.img.xz
  • Compatibility:
    • Raspberry Pi 3B, 3B+, 4 B & 400
    • Compute Module 3, 3+ & 4
    • Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W
    • Raspberry Pi 5

Benchmark

Stat	BerryOS/armhf Bookworm (2024.07.21)	BerryOS/arm64 Bookworm (2024.07.21)
RAM usage	99M	116M
Running processes	10	10
Disk usage	880M	856M
Pre-installed packages	333	310
Download size	361M	288M
Image size	1344M	1296M

BerryOS Bookworm 2024.07.05

Changelog

• Upgrade to Debian 12 (Bookworm) (#15 by @0rax)
  • Update BerryOS to be based on Debian 12 / Raspbian 12 (Bookworm)
  • Use new kernel releases by the Raspberry Pi foundation
  • Add support for the Raspberry Pi 5 (linux-image-rpi-2712)
  • Add raspberrypi-sys-mods package to handle partition resizing and some system tweaks
  • Add custom firstboot script (based on raspberrypi-sys-mods)
• Update cloud-init provider & default configuration (#16 by @0rax)
  • Update clouc-init's NoCloud provider to fit the new partition layout
  • Rebase cloud-init's default configuration (/etc/cloud/cloud.cfg) with upstream Debian 12
  • Fix a line-ending issue with rootfs/usr/lib/berryos/firstboot caused by a misconfigured .gitattributes file

Full Changelog: bullseye/2023.01.17...bookworm/2024.07.05

Compatibility

• BerryOS/armhf

  • Image: berryos-armhf-bookworm-20240705.img.xz
  • Compatibility: all Raspberry Pi models

• BerryOS/arm64

  • Image berryos-arm64-bookworm-20240705.img.xz
  • Compatibility:
    • Raspberry Pi 3B, 3B+, 4 B & 400
    • Compute Module 3, 3+ & 4
    • Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W
    • Raspberry Pi 5

Benchmark

Stat	BerryOS/armhf Bookworm (2024.07.05)	BerryOS/arm64 Bookworm (2024.07.05)
RAM usage	94M	118M
Running processes	10	10
Disk usage	898M	852M
Pre-installed packages	333	310
Download size	353M	277M
Image size	1340M	1356M

BerryOS Bullseye 2023.01.17

Changelog

• Add gpg-agent to the arm64 package list (#4 by @0rax)

Full Changelog: bullseye/2022.06.11...bullseye/2023.01.17

Compatibility

• BerryOS/armhf

  • Image: berryos-armhf-bullseye-20230117.img.xz
  • Compatibility: all Raspberry Pi models

• BerryOS/arm64

  • Image berryos-arm64-bullseye-20230117.img.xz
  • Compatibility:
    • Raspberry Pi 3B, 3B+, 4 B & 400
    • Compute Module 3, 3+ & 4
    • Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W

BerryOS Bullseye 2022.06.11

Changelog

• Fix typo in default cloud.cfg making byobu module unusable (9403c62 by @0rax)
• Update exclude/include list for better parity between version (dffcdc2 by @0rax)

Full Changelog: bullseye/2022.05.30...bullseye/2022.06.11

Compatibility

• BerryOS/armhf

  • Image: berryos-armhf-bullseye-20220611.img.xz
  • Compatibility: all Raspberry Pi models

• BerryOS/arm64

  • Image berryos-arm64-bullseye-20220611.img.xz
  • Compatibility:
    • Raspberry Pi 3B, 3B+, 4 B & 400
    • Compute Module 3, 3+ & 4
    • Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W

Benchmark

Stat	BerryOS/armhf Bullseye (2022.06.11)	BerryOS/arm64 Bullseye (2022.06.11)
RAM usage	37M	52M
Running processes	12	12
Disk usage	807M	614M
Pre-installed packages	309	288
Download size	200M	154M
Image size	1312M	1116M

BerryOS Bullseye 2022.05.30

Changelog

Initial BerryOS release that includes both the armhf and arm64 variant.

Compatibility

• BerryOS/armhf

  • Image: berryos-armhf-bullseye-20220530.img.xz
  • Compatibility: all Raspberry Pi models

• BerryOS/arm64

  • Image berryos-arm64-bullseye-20220530.img.xz
  • Compatibility:
    • Raspberry Pi 3B, 3B+, 4 B & 400
    • Compute Module 3, 3+ & 4
    • Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W

Benchmark

Stat	BerryOS/armhf Bullseye (2022.05.30)	BerryOS/arm64 Bullseye (2022.05.30)
RAM usage	37M	52M
Running processes	12	12
Disk usage	807M	612M
Pre-installed packages	312	285
Download size	201M	153M
Image size	1312M	1112M