Tails
Sign in to saveAlso known as TailsOS, Tails OS, The Amnesic Incognito Live System
Linux distribution for anonymity and privacy
Key facts
- Developer
- The Tails Project
- Os family
- Linux ( Unix-like )
- Working state
- Active
- Source model
- Open source
- Initial release
- June 23, 2009 ; 16 years ago ( 2009-06-23 )
- Latest release
- 7.8.1 / 4 June 2026 ; 7 days ago ( 4 June 2026 )
- Repository
- gitlab .tails .boum .org /tails /tails
- Marketing target
- Personal computers
- Available in
- 33 languages
- Update method
- Tails Upgrader
- Package manager
- APT (front-end), dpkg
- Supported platforms
- x86-64
- Kernel type
- Monolithic
- Userland
- GNU
- Default user interface
- GNOME 43
- License
- GNU GPLv3
- Preceded by
- Incognito
- Official website
- tails .net
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Linux distribution
- Based on
- Incognito
- Movement
- free software movement
- Developer
- The Tor Project, Inc
- Platform
- IA-32
- Official website
- gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/tree/stable/wiki/src
- Image
- TAILS 4.14 ENG 05 01 2021 15 39 25.png
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- Commons category
- The Amnesic Incognito Live System
- software version identifier
- 7.7
- different from
- Miles "Tails" Prower
- issue tracker URL
- gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues
- mailing list archive URL
- lists.autistici.org/list/tails-testers.html
- FAQ URL
- tails.net/support/faq
- alternative name
- The Amnesic Incognito Live System
- copyright license
- Q27016754
- translation contribution URL
- hosted.weblate.org/projects/tor/tails-gui
- official donation page URL
- tails.net/donate/index.en.html
- contact page URL
- tails.net/doc/about/contact/index.en.html
- Stack Exchange tag
- unix.stackexchange.com/tags/tails-os
- public key fingerprint
- A490 D0F4 D311 A415 3E2B B7CA DBB8 02B2 58AC D84F
- GUI toolkit or framework
- Q44316
- update method
- Q230724
- package management system
- dpkg
- user manual URL
- tails.net/doc
- social media followers
- 3712
- IM channel URL
- xmpp:[email protected]
- publication date
- 2009-06-23
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Encyclopedic overview
Tails, or "The Amnesic Incognito Live System", is a security-focused Debian based Linux distribution running on a computer, aimed at preserving privacy and anonymity against surveillance. It connects to the Internet exclusively through the anonymity overlay network Tor. The system is designed to be booted as a live DVD or live USB and never writes to the hard drive or SSD, leaving no digital footprint on the machine unless explicitly told to do so. Though the system can also run as a virtual machine, running Tails in a virtual machine is potentially insecure.
The Tor Project provided financial support for Tails' development in the beginnings of the project, and continues to do so alongside numerous corporate and anonymous sponsors.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tails” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.