Jetsonizer Smoother and Faster NVIDIA Jetson Setup

Ali Al-Bustami, Humberto Ruiz-Ochoa & Zaid Ghazal
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About Jetsonizer

Jetsonizer is a CLI tool designed to streamline and automate the setup process for NVIDIA Jetson devices. Setting up a fresh Jetson environment can be tedious and prone to errors. Jetsonizer simplifies this by handling user creation and essential package installations in a single, interactive workflow.

Currently Supported Tools

ML & Vision Stack

  • OpenCV (CUDA)
  • PyTorch (CUDA)
  • TensorRT

Python Env & Tooling

  • MiniConda
  • uv

Monitoring

  • jtop

Browsers

  • Brave Browser

IDEs

  • VS Code

Supported Jetson Models

All Jetsonizer features listed above are working and tested on each model.

Feature Thor (JP 7.0) AGX Orin (JP 6.2) Orin Nano (JP 6.2)
OpenCV (CUDA)
PyTorch (CUDA)
TensorRT
MiniConda
uv
VS Code
jtop
Brave Browser

See it in Action

Jetsonizer Installation Demo
Jetsonizer in action: Automating the setup process.

Installation

Get started with Jetsonizer by running the following commands on your NVIDIA Jetson device:

1. Add the repository:

echo "deb [trusted=yes] https://alibustami.github.io/Jetsonizer/ debian/" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jetsonizer.list

2. Update and install:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install jetsonizer

3. Run Jetsonizer:

jetsonizer

Citation

If you use Jetsonizer in your research, please cite:

@software{jetsonizer,
  author       = {Ali Al-Bustami and
                  Zaid Ghazal and
                  Humberto Ruiz-Ochoa},
  title        = {alibustami/Jetsonizer: Jetsonizer v1.0.0},
  month        = jan,
  year         = 2026,
  publisher    = {Zenodo},
  version      = {v1.0.0},
  doi          = {10.5281/zenodo.18181257},
  url          = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18181257},
}