# luigifcruz/pisdr-image

🥧 A SDR Linux Distro for the Raspberry Pi and other SBC. Compatible out of the box with multiple SDR.

Repository: https://github.com/luigifcruz/pisdr-image
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/pisdr-image
Language: Shell
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: limesdr, plutosdr, airspy, gqrx, gnuradio, rtlsdr, sdr-linux-distro, sdr, linux, sdrplay, airspyhf, raspberry-pi
Last push: 2024-01-25T23:31:05+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2682, "days_push": 951, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1115, forks 105 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:38.415070+00:00)

## What it is
PiSDR is a custom Raspbian-based Linux distribution image for Raspberry Pi and other SBCs with dozens of Software Defined Radio applications pre-installed. It provides an out-of-the-box bootstrap for SDR projects, supporting radios like RTL-SDR, LimeSDR, Airspy, and PlutoSDR.

## Use cases
- set up a raspberry pi for software defined radio
- preinstalled gnuradio image for raspberry pi
- rtl-sdr receiver on a single board computer
- build an sdr headless receiver node
- decode ads-b or weather satellites with an sdr
- quick sdr lab environment without compiling drivers

## When to choose
- you want a ready-made SDR environment on a Raspberry Pi without manual driver and toolchain setup
- you use supported radios like RTL-SDR, LimeSDR, Airspy, or PlutoSDR
- you want many SDR tools (GQRX, GNURadio, SDR++, rtl_433) available in one image

## When to avoid
- you need a general-purpose desktop OS and only one SDR tool
- your radio or SBC model is not on the supported list
- you need frequent updates or commercial support - it is a single-maintainer project with infrequent releases

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: self-hosted, developer-tools, audio-processing, simulation
- domain: embedded-systems, hardware, operating-systems, self-hosted
- platform: embedded
- tags: sdr, raspberry-pi, gnuradio, rtlsdr, software-defined-radio, sbc, linux-distro, ham-radio, radio, linux, arm

## Member repositories
- luigifcruz/pisdr-image (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:38.415070+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:42:11.228806+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/luigifcruz/pisdr-image (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:38.415070+00:00, sha a33c9a7b0e3f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.