Download Raspbian Jessie

Feb 26, 2021

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Important: Raspbian has been replaced by Raspberry Pi OS!

Whenever a new Raspbian version comes out, the Raspberry Pi Foundation removes the previous version from the Raspbian Downloads page. But sometimes for a project you just need an older version. This short guide provides you with links to download Raspbian Jessie directly from the Raspberry Pi Foundation Image Archive.

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Download Raspbian Jessie as a ZIP archive directly from RaspberryPi.org:

Latest

2017-07-05-raspbian-jessie.zip (latest, full)
2017-07-05-raspbian-jessie-lite.zip (latest, lite)

Older versions

You can access older versions of Raspbian Jessie in ZIP format from the Raspberry Pi Image Archives and choosing a date from 2015-09-28 to 2017-07-05.

Download Raspbian Jessie as a TORRENT file directly from RaspberryPi.org:

Latest

2017-07-05-raspbian-jessie.zip.torrent (latest, full)
2017-07-05-raspbian-jessie-lite.zip.torrent (latest, lite)

Older versions

You can access older versions of Raspbian Jessie in TORRENT format from the Raspberry Pi Image Archives and choosing a date from 2015-09-28 to 2017-07-05.