RPi-Distro/pi-gen
Tool used to create the official Raspberry Pi OS images observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
72/100
- Activity 88
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 3796
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 75
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
3236 stars · 1878 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
pi-gen is the official tool used to build Raspberry Pi OS disk images and custom images based on it. It orchestrates staged builds using debootstrap, qemu-user, and shell scripts on Debian-based systems or via Docker.
Use cases
- build a custom raspberry pi os image
- create a preconfigured os image for raspberry pi deployments
- customize raspberry pi os with my own packages and settings
- reproduce official raspberry pi os images from source
- build a headless raspberry pi image with ssh pre-enabled
- generate arm64 raspberry pi os images
When to choose
- you need a fully customized Raspberry Pi OS image built reproducibly from scratch
- you want to bake packages, configs, or first-boot scripts directly into an OS image
- you are maintaining a Raspberry Pi OS derivative
When to avoid
- you just want to flash a stock Raspberry Pi OS image to an SD card
- you want to customize a running system rather than build an image
- you need images for non-Raspberry-Pi hardware or non-Debian bases
Facets
cli-tool · maturity active
build-tool developer-tools deployment operating-systems developer-tools embedded-systems cli raspberry-pi os-image-builder debootstrap shell-scripting custom-images linux docker
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/RPi-Distro/pi-gen · fetched 2026-08-28 · 8dc07e7439be
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| RPi-Distro/pi-gen | main | 72 |
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