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.. short-description::
  *Rolling Ridley* is a rolling development release of ROS 2.

.. warning::

  Rolling Ridley is continuously updated and is subject to in-place updates which will at times include breaking changes.
  It is used for ROS 2 development and by maintainers who want their packages released and ready for the next stable distribution.
  We recommend that most users of ROS 2 use the latest `stable distribution <latest-release>`.

For more information see `REP-2002 <https://reps.openrobotics.org/rep-2002/>`_

Currently Supported Platforms
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Rolling Ridley supports the following platforms according to `the platform support tiers <../../The-ROS2-Project/Platform-Support-Tiers>`:

Tier 1 platforms:

* Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10: ``amd64``
* Ubuntu 24.04 (Noble): ``amd64`` and ``arm64``
* Windows 11 (Visual Studio 2022): ``amd64``

Tier 3 platforms:

* Debian Trixie (13): ``amd64``
* Fedora Linux 44: ``amd64``
* macOS: ``amd64``
* OpenEmbedded / Yocto Project: ``amd64``, ``arm64`` and ``arm32``

Installation
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`Install Rolling Ridley <../Get-Started/Installation>`

New features and changes in this release
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Rolling Ridley is an ongoing development distribution.
Changes between the current stable release and the upcoming one can be found on the page for the `upcoming release <upcoming-release>`.