An OS for boards with the RP2040 Processor.

Boards with the RP2040 processor and Micropython.

Each full release of PicoOS (1.x 2.x etc) gets 2 years of updates from the release date.

PicoOS 2 Release Date: 4/9/2023 PicoOS 2 End of Feature Updates: 3/9/2024 PicoOS 2 End Of Support / Bug Fixes: 4/9/2025

1. Download and Install Thonny wget -O thonny-latest.sh https://thonny.org/installer-for-linux (example for Linux).
2. Connect the Pico or RP2040 board to your computer.
3. Clone this Repository git clone https://github.com/computercrunchnz/PicoOS.git (example for Linux).
4. Once Thonny and PicoOS is downloaded enter Thonny.
5. At the Right-Hand side on the bottom there should be a line saying what interprepter you are in.
6. Click that and choose MicroPython Raspberry Pi Pico.
7. If you don't have MicroPython installed on your Pico or RP2040 board, Thonny will ask if you want to install MicroPython. Click install and it may take a few minutes to install MicroPython.
8. Now open main.py and setup.py from the git folder and save it to the Pico or RP2040 board.
9. Once that is done run in the python terminal import setup to enter the setup program.
10. Once that is done run import main.
11. Type in the setup command in PicoOS to change the name of the Pico or RP2040 board.
12. Type in the help command for a list of all commands.

1. If you have not put PicoOS on your Pico or RP2040 board, please refer to Setup 1 before this.
2. Open the terminal.
3. Install python3 sudo apt install python3 (Debian & Ubuntu). sudo pamac install python3 (Manjaro).
4. Run the command to get Python Pip. sudo apt-get install python-pip (Debian & Ubuntu). sudo pamac install python-pip (Manjaro).
5. Run the command to install rshell. sudo pip3 install rshell.
6. Connect the Pico or RP2040 board to your computer.
7. Run the command sudo rshell.
8. Type in repl.
9. Press control-d
10. You are now in the PicoOS CLI!
11. Type in the help command for a list of all commands.
12. To exit, type exit into PicoOS then confirm exit by typing Y, then press control-x and finally press control-d to get back to the Linux terminal.

1. If you have not put PicoOS on your Pico or RP2040 board, please refer to Setup 1 before this.
2. Open the terminal.
3. Run the command to install rshell. sudo pip3 install rshell.
4. Connect the Pico or RP2040 board to your computer.
5. Run the command sudo rshell.
6. Type in repl.
7. Press control-d
8. You are now in the PicoOS CLI!
9. Type in the help command for a list of all commands.
10. To exit, type exit into PicoOS then confirm exit by typing Y, then press control-x and finally press control-d to get back to the Linux terminal.

1. Connect the Pico or RP2040 board to your computer.
2. Clone this Repository git clone https://github.com/computercrunchnz/PicoOS.git (example for Linux).
3. Enter Thonny.
4. At the Right-Hand side on the bottom there should be a line saying what interprepter you are in.
5. Now open main.py and setup.py from the git folder and save it to the Pico or RP2040 board.
6. Once that is done run main.py.
7. Type in the setup command in PicoOS to change the name of the Pico or RP2040 board.
8. Type in the help command for a list of all commands.

We are available on Github, if there is a problem open an issue and we will attend to it as fast as possible.

If you have any questions, please contact us at [email protected] or reach out to us on our discord server or Github.

Software written by @ComputerCrunch and @STESROS6309wastaken.

All of the PicoOS builds, including the betas and alphas, are located in Releases.