ClockworkOS — the stock images from ClockworkPi
ClockworkPi's own images: CM4 v3.1 on Linux 6.12.62 (April 2026), the older XFCE build, and the A-06 and R-01 releases, with MD5s on GitHub.
What it takes
- Software only
Difficulty 1 of 3 — easy.
Details
The clockworkpi/uConsole README is the download page: uConsole_CM4_v3.1_64bit (14 April 2026, 64-bit, Linux 6.12.62, 2.1 GB), the 2023 XFCE edition on Raspberry Pi OS Lite with Obsidian preinstalled 'for immersive writing' (Linux 5.10.17), uConsole_A06_v1.1e (Linux 5.15.119) and uConsole_R01_v1.3b (Linux 5.4.61). Each has a direct link, a Google Drive mirror and an MD5.
The same repository holds the keyboard-flashing tools, 4G firmware, schematics for every mainboard revision and the wiki. Most owners move on to Rex's images for newer kernels, but the stock image is the baseline the wiki guides and the ClockworkPi APT repository assume.
Links
Open at GitHub — clockworkpi/uConsole (OS images)Related mods
The community's recommended OS: Debian 13 on Rex's patched Pi kernel, desktop and Lite variants, for CM3+, CM4, CM4S and CM5.
The previous Debian release of Rex's line, still rebuilt for the new screens in 2026 — the fallback when something on Trixie is not ready yet.
Rex's Kali image for CM4 and CM5 on the uConsole kernel with the hardware presets; cuu's original CM4 build is documented on the ClockworkPi wiki.
Rex's Parrot OS build for CM3/CM4/CM5 in Home and Security editions, plus krokowitz's Security spin with RTL-SDR and ALFA drivers preinstalled.
Rex's build of DragonOS Pi64 — an Ubuntu 22.04 SDR distribution with the radio tools preinstalled — on the uConsole kernel for CM4 and CM5.
Ubuntu on the uConsole kernel for CM3/CM4/CM5 — originally 24.04, now 26.04 on the 7.1.y kernel line.