DietPi released a new version v9.17

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 v9.17 on September 20th, 2025.

The highlights of this version are: Dietpi-Backup: Faster and less disk space consuming backups HifiBerry: Support of newer hardware variants Roon Server: Early access toggle config option via dietpi.txt Rockchip SoCs (e.g. Orange Pi 5): SPI storage flashing issues solved Fixes for Navidrome, NZBGet, DietPi-Config, DietPi-Software, Portainer, HomeAssistant, Icecast/DarkIce The full release notes can be found at: https://dietpi.com/docs/releases/v9_17/