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:
Please check our Getting started guide for installation instructions.
PikaOS IV:
- Made from the ground up from a Debian base
- Fully self compiled packages with LTO, AVX2 and O3 optimizations
- KDE/Plasma 6
- Gnome 46
- Cosmic Desktop
- Latest Hyprland
- Latest CachyOS patched Linux kernel
- Brand new installer
- Fully self packages Nvidia drivers
- Falcon gamemode to help get max performance out of your games
- Lots more to discover!
Please see our FAQs here.
¶ Community and Support
We welcome contributions! Check out our Contribution Guidelines to get started.
🐦 PikaOS - Your new Linux distro for gaming and beyond! 🚀