PikaOS Linux

PikaOS is a gaming/optimization-focused Linux distribution that emphasizes ease of use and high compatibility. Built on a Debian base but with cherry picked and custom compiled packages ensures that Pika is stable whilst being bang up to date!

PikaOS is designed to provide:

• Gaming Out of the Box: Setup for pain-free Linux gaming from the start.
• Excellent Performance: Combines up-to-date drivers with a custom-tweaked kernel for speed. We also optimize every package with O3, LTO and avx2 for extra speed!
• High Compatibility: Debian sid base with custom patches ensures broad software and hardware support.
• Open Source: All code is available on our Gitea.

• 🐦 Cute bird mascot
• 🎮 Gaming-focused setup
• 🖥️ Included drivers for optimal hardware support
• 🚀 Performance-tuned for speed
• 🔗 High software and hardware compatibility
• 🌐 Open-source development

Choose your preferred version here.

Check out our changelogs page

Please check our guide for installation instructions.

• Discord Server
• Ko-fi Donation Page
• Gitea Repository
• Weblate Project
• Our blog

Please see our FAQs here.

We currently pay for all of these ourselves except for Ngrok which has an awesome OSS community license.

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