# Parrot Linux

> Free security & privacy Linux distribution for penetration testers


## Posts

- [Parrot Linux 7.4 Release Notes](https://parrotlinux.org/parrot-7-4-release-notes/): Parrot Linux 7.4 release notes: Linux 7.1, AnonSurf 6.0 on systemd, Rocket 2.0 with rootless Podman, Parrot Discovery first-run setup, amd64v3/arm64 ISOs and Pi fixes.
- [Parrot Linux 7.3 Release Notes](https://parrotlinux.org/parrot-7-3-release-notes/): Parrot Linux 7.3 release notes: Linux 7.0 kernel, opt-in CPU-optimized package repository, official Vagrant boxes, KDE Plasma 6.3.6, Airgeddon 12 and Bettercap 2.41.5.
- [Parrot Linux 7.2 Release Notes](https://parrotlinux.org/parrot-7-2-release-notes/): Parrot Linux 7.2 release notes: Linux 6.19.13 with the CVE-2026-31431 Copy Fail root-escalation patch, BloodHound 9, netexec 1.5.1, sqlmap 1.10.3 and more.
- [Parrot Linux 7.1 Release Notes](https://parrotlinux.org/parrot-7-1-release-notes/): Parrot Linux 7.1 release notes: MCPwn AI pentesting tool, Linux 6.17, Rocket 1.5, new MATE, LXQt and Enlightenment community spins, GRUB fixes and upgrade steps.
- [Parrot Linux 7.0 "Echo" Release Notes](https://parrotlinux.org/parrot-7-0-release-notes/): Parrot Linux 7.0 Echo release notes: Debian 13 base, KDE Plasma 6.3 on Wayland, Linux 6.12 LTS, RISC-V support, Rust updater, new AI tools and the upgrade path from 6.x.
- [Parrot Linux 6.4 Release Notes](https://parrotlinux.org/parrot-6-4-release-notes/): Parrot Linux 6.4 release notes: Linux 6.12 LTS, Sliver, Empire 6.1.2, Starkiller 3, netexec 1.4, Caido 0.48, hardened Firefox ESR 140 and the road to Parrot 7.
- [Parrot Linux 6.3 Release Notes](https://parrotlinux.org/parrot-6-3-release-notes/): Parrot Linux 6.3 release notes: Linux 6.11 kernel, MATE 1.26, Caido and seclists-lite added, Metasploit 6.4.43, fixed VirtualBox OVA images and upgrade command.
- [Parrot Linux 6.2 Release Notes](https://parrotlinux.org/parrot-6-2-release-notes/): Parrot Linux 6.2 release notes: Linux 6.10 kernel, the new Rocket Docker container launcher, AnonSurf 5.0, Airgeddon 11.30, Firefox ESR 128 and upgrade steps.
- [Parrot Linux 6.1 Release Notes](https://parrotlinux.org/parrot-6-1-release-notes/): Parrot Linux 6.1 release notes: Raspberry Pi 5 support, AnonSurf 4.2, the return of parrot-updater reminders, updated Metasploit, Burp and Nmap, and upgrade commands.
- [Parrot Linux 6.0 Release Notes](https://parrotlinux.org/parrot-6-0-release-notes/): Parrot Linux 6.0 release notes: Debian 12 Bookworm base, Linux 6.5 kernel, PipeWire audio, Calamares installer, Raspberry Pi 5 support and upgrade steps.
- [Parrot Linux 5.3 Release Notes](https://parrotlinux.org/parrot-5-3-release-notes/): Parrot Linux 5.3 release notes: Linux 6.1 LTS kernel, MATE 1.24.1, refreshed pentesting tools and how to upgrade from 5.2 with parrot-upgrade.
- [Parrot 5.2 Release Notes](https://parrotlinux.org/parrot-5-2-release-notes/): We're proud to say that the new version of Parrot OS 5.2 is available for download.
- [Parrot 5.1 Release Notes](https://parrotlinux.org/parrot-5-1-release-notes/): We're proud to say that the new version of Parrot OS 5.1 is available for download.
- [A hidden gem from a technical POV](https://parrotlinux.org/a-hidden-gem-from-a-technical-pov/): An overview of our updater
- [Parrot 5.0 Press Release](https://parrotlinux.org/parrot-5-0-press-release/): We are proud to announce the release of Parrot OS 5.0.
- [Parrot 4.11 Release Notes](https://parrotlinux.org/parrot-4-11-release-notes/): Parrot 4.11 is now available for download, read the release notes
- [Parrot 4.10 Release Notes](https://parrotlinux.org/parrot-4-10-release-notes/): Parrot 4.10 is now available for download, read the release notes
- [Parrot OS + HackTheBox](https://parrotlinux.org/parrot-hackthebox/): The partnership between Parrot OS and HackTheBox is now official. Read the press release
- [Parrot 4.9 Release Notes](https://parrotlinux.org/parrot-4-9-release-notes/): Parrot 4.9 is now available for download, read the release notes
- [Parrot 4.8 Release Notes](https://parrotlinux.org/parrot-4-8-release-notes/): Parrot 4.8 is now available for download, read the release notes
- [The Parrot Project needs your help](https://parrotlinux.org/the-parrot-project-needs-your-help/): We need your help to going through our work.
- [Parrot 4.7 release notes](https://parrotlinux.org/parrot-4-7-release-notes/): We are proud to announce the release of Parrot 4.7, which represents an important step forward for our project.
- [New Kernel and other goodies](https://parrotlinux.org/kernel-5/): Hey Guys, ParrotOS has received some large updates: The Kernel has been updated to 5.2 Mate is now 1.22.1 Chromium received some security updates through the rolling-security repos…
- [Repository Changes](https://parrotlinux.org/repository-changes/): Hey some of you may have noticed your source list URIs went from deb.parrotsec.org to deb.parrot.sh :slight_smile: this is part of the migration from parrotsec.org to parrot.sh.
- [Infrastructure Outage](https://parrotlinux.org/infrastructure-outage/): Hey guys, on Sunday July 21, 2019, we attempted to migrate the master node from Debian stretch to buster . During the migration we had a bug with lxd which prevented the containers…
- [Parrot 4.6 release notes](https://parrotlinux.org/parrot-4-6-release-notes/): We are proud to announce the release of Parrot 4.6, after 3 months of heavy development.
- [Parrot 4.5 release notes](https://parrotlinux.org/parrot-4-5-release-notes/): Parrot 4.5 is officially released, and there are some major changes under the hood.
- [The Parrot CDN](https://parrotlinux.org/the-parrot-cdn/): This servers network is completely driven by us (no external services involved) and all the data goes directly to servers we own.
- [Parrot OS needs your help to scale out!](https://parrotlinux.org/parrot-needs-your-help-to-scale-out/): It seems like every day now that you receive an email from your favorite startup, notifying you that their product has just been launched, where it will likely be discontinued and disassembled into a thousand pieces, all of which will likely be used for completely different objectives, never to be seen again in their original form and function.
- [Parrot 4.4 Release Notes](https://parrotlinux.org/parrot-4-4-release-notes/): The Parrot 4.4 development process involved the ideas of many people from our community, and the goal of this new update was mainly to target software developers and increase average system stability.
- [Parrot 4.3 Release Notes](https://parrotlinux.org/parrot-4-3-release-notes/): Parrot 4.3 is now available for download.
- [Parrot 4.2.2 release notes](https://parrotlinux.org/parrot-4-2-release-notes/): We are proud to announce the release of Parrot 4.2.
- [Parrot 4.2 beta](https://parrotlinux.org/parrot-4-2-beta/): Parrot 4.2 is almost ready Parrot 4.2 Development Discussion Parrot 4.2 Beta Testers Program Download links for the beta images are available in the beta testers program page The f…
- [Parrot 4.0 release notes](https://parrotlinux.org/parrot-4-0-release-notes/): Parrot 4.0 is now available for download.
- [Parrot 3.11 release notes](https://parrotlinux.org/parrot-3-11-release-notes/): Parrot 3.11 is now available for download.
- [meltdown/spectre security patches](https://parrotlinux.org/meltdown-spectre-security-patches/): Meltdown and Spectre exploit critical vulnerabilities in modern processors. These hardware vulnerabilities allow programs to steal data which is currently processed on the computer…
- [Parrot 3.10 is out](https://parrotlinux.org/parrot-3-10-is-out/): We are proud to announce the release of Parrot 3.10, the latest version of our security oriented GNU/Linux distribution.
- [Firefox 57 lands on Parrot](https://parrotlinux.org/firefox-57-lands-on-parrot/): We are proud to announce the release of Firefox 57 in our stable branch. It includes the new quantum engine that makes it a very fast and powerful browser. Read the official releas…
- [Apt 1.6 with seccomp support](https://parrotlinux.org/apt-1-6-with-seccomp-support/): Julian Andres Klode has recently released a new version of APT, the advanced debian package manager, with some interesting new features. The most important feature is the seccomp s…
- [Parrot 3.9 release notes](https://parrotlinux.org/parrot-3-9-release-notes/): Parrot 3.9 is now ready, and it includes some important new features that were introduced to make the system more secure and reliable.
- [Parrot 3.9 - Call for beta testers](https://parrotlinux.org/parrot-3-9-call-for-beta-testers/): The first Release Candidate images are ready to be downloaded by you. Yes, you! We did our best to prepare these preview images including all the updates and the new features intro…
- [PSA: WPA2 Key Reinstallation Attack fix released](https://parrotlinux.org/psa-wpa2-key-reinstallation-attack-fix-released/): Parrot Linux Advisory: WPA packages updated! We are happy to announce that the wpa source package that provides wpasupplicant, hostapd and wpagui is now updated to version 2.4-1…
- [Parrot 3.8 Release Notes](https://parrotlinux.org/parrot-3-8-release-notes/): What i personally love about this project is its little but awesome developers community, and this summer was more productive than ever.
- [Vote Parrot as the new featured project on SourceForge](https://parrotlinux.org/vote-parrot-as-the-new-featured-project-on-sourceforge/): SourceForge, one of the biggest open source hosting platforms has a list of featured projects on its homepage. The Parrot Project is up to be selected as the new SourceForge commun…
- [Parrot at Open Source India 2017 (13-14 October)](https://parrotlinux.org/parrot-at-open-source-india-2017-13-14-october/): One of our project ambassadors will attend the Open Source India 2017 conference . The following is his official announcement: Hello Dosto, we are coming to Open Source India 2017.…
- [Parrot now hosting the RACHEL Archive](https://parrotlinux.org/parrot-now-hosting-the-rachel-archive/): Hello Parrots, we have put together a little collection of open source books about software development, IT security and computer engineering they are hosted on all our mirror serv…
- [Parrot 3.7 Release Notes](https://parrotlinux.org/parrot-3-7-release-notes/): Take a Debian core and configure it to be lightweight with a classic but complete desktop environment, put a beautiful dark theme on it and modify it to have nice colors and to not stress your eyes even after many hours of work.
- [No internet connection when upgrading to parrot 3.7](https://parrotlinux.org/no-internet-connection-when-upgrading-to-parrot-3-7/): Parrot 3.7 introduces many significant changes to the core of the system, first of all it is based on debian 10 (the new testing branch) and we have noticed that the update breaks …
- [Fix file manager background color](https://parrotlinux.org/fix-file-manager-background-color/): Some recent updates to our parrot themes are causing an old dconf setting to be activated, here a quick tip to restore the background color used by the theme. To fix it we need to …
- [Parrot 3.7 release date](https://parrotlinux.org/parrot-3-7-release-date/): We are ready to release new updated system images for Parrot 3.7.
- [Debian and Devuan](https://parrotlinux.org/debian-and-devuan/): Some days ago we have posted a bizarre proposal on our social channels about a possible migration from Debian to Devuan to get rid of systemd and all the problems that it has brought to our environment since Parrot 2.0, and with this post we will try to explain what is happening in a more official way.
- [Parrot 3.6 is here](https://parrotlinux.org/parrot-3-6-is-here/): After some months of hard work we were finally able to release Parrot 3.6.
- [Welcome to our new Parrot Mirror Director](https://parrotlinux.org/welcome-to-our-new-parrot-mirror-director/): How many of you have noticed that your sources.list was automatically switched to mirrordirector.archive.parrotsec.org and the system upgrades were taken from strange servers which…
- [Parrot Linux installfest, Thessaloniki-Greece, April 8th, 2017](https://parrotlinux.org/parrot-security-installfest-thessaloniki-greece-april-8th-2017/): It’s been a long time since our meeting in Greece. We decided to do an installfest for people who don’t have it installed. The main idea was to help people to install Parrot securi…
- [Parrot 3.5 is here](https://parrotlinux.org/parrot-3-5-is-here/): Hello Parrots, Palinuro here.
- [reconfigure mysql, mariadb or postgresql passwords](https://parrotlinux.org/reconfigure-mysql-mariadb-or-postgresql-passwords/): Introduction {#introduction.sectionedit1} Parrot includes several SQL engines, but when they are pre-installed, the default password is not configured and the access to its root us…
- [Parrot 3.5 release date](https://parrotlinux.org/parrot-3-5-release-date/): Our development process is almost finished and Parrot 3.5 is ready to be released, the final system images will be released in March 8 2017. The changelog containing a full list of…
- [Parrot 3.5 - Call For Betatesters](https://parrotlinux.org/parrot-3-5-call-for-betatesters/): Now it’s your turn! The first Release Candidate images are ready to be downloaded by you. Yes, you! We did our best to prepare these preview images including all the updates and th…
- [including arm64 support](https://parrotlinux.org/including-arm64-support/): Hello parrots, now we officially support the arm64 (aarch64) architecture, it will be heavily tested in these days. The first arm device to receive arm64 support will be the pine64…
- [Parrot 3.4 released](https://parrotlinux.org/parrot-3-4-released/): Parrot 3.4.1 was released.
- [Parrot 3.3 released](https://parrotlinux.org/parrot-3-3-released/): We are sorry for all the silence behind our development process of these days, but we were secretly working on 2 main projects, the perfect plan to conquer the world and the new Pa…
- [Parrot Project Constitution](https://parrotlinux.org/parrot-project-constitution/): Hello everyone, as you may know, our development group has a very informal structure which works pretty well on smaller communities, but this model introduces a big problem when th…
- [Linux 4.8.11 released](https://parrotlinux.org/linux-4-8-11-released/): our kernel team is proud to announce the the release of our new linux kernel 4.8.11, while testing builds of linux 4.9 will be available soon to install the new kernel make sure th…
- [[done] Pentesting Course in Bari, Italy - 28/11/2025](https://parrotlinux.org/pentesting-course-in-bari-italy-28112016/): Official Link Subscription Module DESCRIZIONE DEL CORSO Il penetration testing è un corso pratico di valutazione della sicurezza di un sistema o di una rete che simula l’att…
- [[done] Pentesting Dojo in Bari, Italy - 29/11/2025](https://parrotlinux.org/pentesting-dojo-in-bari-italy-29112016/): Official Link Subscription Module DESCRIZIONE DEL CORSO Il Pentesting Dojo è un corso pratico di valutazione della sicurezza di un sistema o di una rete che simula l’attacco di un …
- [[Community tips] Use the Parrot Alternate Installer](https://parrotlinux.org/community-tips-use-the-parrot-alternate-installer/): We all want that nice little prompt of a reverse shell. Which requires a dedicated IP or a host that doesn’t filtered a lot custom ports that we define. Not a lot of ISP’s provide …
- [[done] Open Lab in Rome - 07/11/2025](https://parrotlinux.org/open-lab-in-rome-07112016/): Hello parrots, we are happy to announce a new event in Rome, Italy. It was organized in collaboration with Roma2LUG, a Linux Users Group that gave us the possibility to meet all ou…
- [Ambassadors program started](https://parrotlinux.org/ambassadors-program-started/): We at Parrot Project have finally decided to start an Ambassadors Program to give our users the possibility to distinguish theireslves from the community and be a point of referenc…
- [New linux 4.7.6 kernel released](https://parrotlinux.org/new-linux-4-7-6-kernel-released/): Linux 4.7.6 is now our default kernel, it fixes some security bugs and comes with some improvements Upgrade your parrot system to get it Follow our documentation page to learn how …
- [How to compile a custom parrot kernel](https://parrotlinux.org/how-to-compile-a-custom-parrot-kernel/): Want to create a custom kernel by compiling the source code of the parrot linux kernel? We have recently finished our documentation page dedicated to this topic. Feel free to conta…
- [Parrot Servers Map](https://parrotlinux.org/parrot-servers-map/): We at Parrot Linux have created a map of all our mirror servers, it is not geographically precise because of the high density of servers in some areas, but it is perfect to unde…
- [Parrot 3.2 released](https://parrotlinux.org/parrot-3-2-released/): We have finished all the work on Parrot 3.2 and we are now proud to announce its official release.
- [New website released](https://parrotlinux.org/new-website-released/): We have recently rewritten our website from scratch, it uses the MDL (Material Design Lite) library and it is designed to correctly integrate this blog and our new wiki that was re…
- [[done] Pentesting Dojo in Palermo](https://parrotlinux.org/pentesting-dojo-in-palermo/): Hello everyone, we are organizing a Pentesting Dojo here in Palermo (Italy). It is scheduled for September 17 at Teatro Gregotti , Viale delle scienze ED.17 , Palermo. The event is…
- [Parrot Development Notes #0](https://parrotlinux.org/parrot-development-notes-0/): Hi, Palinuro here. The development of Parrot 3.2 is proceeding fast and we have many new ideas to implement, first of all we are considering to drop gtkdialog and any other tool de…

## Pages

- [Parrot OS vs Kali Linux: Which Pentesting Distro Should You Use?](https://parrotlinux.org/parrot-os-vs-kali-linux/): Parrot OS vs Kali Linux compared in 2026: base, desktop, tools, RAM needs, privacy features, beginner friendliness and which one fits pentesting, CTFs or daily use.
- [Raspberry Pi Images](https://parrotlinux.org/download/raspberry-pi-images/): Parrot Linux Raspberry Pi images: ARM64 Security and Home builds for Raspberry Pi 4, 400 and 5 with the MATE desktop. Flashing steps, requirements and known limits.
- [Architect Edition](https://parrotlinux.org/download/architect-edition/): Parrot Linux Architect (Core) Edition: a minimal installer ISO to build a custom Parrot system with the desktop, spin and tool groups you choose. Requirements and download.
- [Cloud Edition](https://parrotlinux.org/download/cloud-edition/): Parrot Linux Cloud Edition: headless images for VPS, cloud instances and containers. Docker images, Vagrant boxes, cloud-init support and remote pentesting use cases.
- [Hack The Box Edition](https://parrotlinux.org/download/hackthebox-edition/): Parrot Linux Hack The Box Edition: the Security Edition toolset tuned for Hack The Box labs, with VPN helpers and HTB tooling preinstalled. Requirements and download.
- [Security Edition](https://parrotlinux.org/download/security-edition/): Parrot Linux Security Edition 7.4: a Debian 13 pentesting and forensics distro with 600+ tools, AnonSurf, sandboxing and KDE Plasma 6. Requirements, tools list and download.
- [Home Edition](https://parrotlinux.org/download/home-edition/): Parrot Linux Home Edition 7.4: a Debian 13 desktop with KDE Plasma 6, AnonSurf, sandboxed apps and developer tools but no pentesting suite. Requirements and download.
- [Warrant Canary](https://parrotlinux.org/warrant-canary/): -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 Signed Warrant Canary n.4: no incidents or warrants as of November 11 2021 This page is to inform users that Parrot Linux has NOT been served with a secret government subpoena for its servers (Parrot Project, Parrot Linux CIC, Lorenzo Faletra or other directly involved partners), software (Parrot OS and its official derivatives), or services (community portals, git platform, email service, cryptpad service, cloud platform, CDN nodes, hosted portals etc).
- [Privacy Policy](https://parrotlinux.org/privacy-policy/): The Parrot operating system does not include trackers or telemetry from the Parrot team or its partners, and we do not track our users on the system.
- [Store](https://parrotlinux.org/store/): Custom swag for the cyber security enthusiasts. Express your geekness!
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- [Contribute](https://parrotlinux.org/contribute/)
- [Partners](https://parrotlinux.org/partners/): Hack The Box is an online platform providing labs and challenges for cyber security training.
- [Team](https://parrotlinux.org/team/)
- [Community](https://parrotlinux.org/community/)
- [Documentation](https://parrotlinux.org/documentation/): An important part of any operating system is documentation, the technical manuals which describe the operation and use of programs.
- [Blog](https://parrotlinux.org/blog/)
- [Download](https://parrotlinux.org/download/): Download Parrot Linux 7.4 ISO images: Security Edition, Home Edition, Hack The Box Edition, Core, Raspberry Pi, Docker, WSL, Vagrant and VirtualBox OVA. Free, 64-bit and ARM.
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