Nobody should have to pay to be safe while using a computer. That is why we are giving out Tails for free and trywant to make it easy to use by anybody.

Nobody should have to pay to be safe while using a computer. That is why we are giving out Tails for free and want to make it easy to use by anybody.

Tails is made by the <a href="https://torproject.org/">Tor Project</a>, a global non&#8209;profit developing tools for online privacy and anonymity.

Tails is made by the <a href="https://torproject.org/">Tor Project</a>, a global nonprofit developing tools for online privacy and anonymity.

Tails is based on [[Debian|https://www.debian.org/]] 12 (Bookworm3 (Trixie).

Tails is based on [[Debian|https://www.debian.org/]] 13 (Trixie).

- [Tor](https://www.torproject.org) with:

[Tor](https://www.torproject.org) with:

- [OnionShare](https://onionshare.org/) for anonymous file sharing

[OnionShare](https://onionshare.org/) for anonymous file sharing

- [Electrum](https://electrum.org/), an easy-to-use bitcoin client ([[More...|doc/anonymous_internet/electrum]])

[Electrum](https://electrum.org/), an easy-to-use bitcoin client ([[More...|doc/anonymous_internet/electrum]])

- [Wget](https://www.gnu.org/software/wget/) and [curl](https://curl.se)

[Wget](https://www.gnu.org/software/wget/) and [curl](https://curl.se)

- [LibreOffice](https://www.libreoffice.org/) ([[More...|doc/sensitive_documents/office_suite]])

[LibreOffice](https://www.libreoffice.org/) ([[More...|doc/sensitive_documents/office_suite]])

[GimpIMP](https://www.gimp.org/) and [Inkscape](https://inkscape.org/) to edit images ([[More...|doc/sensitive_documents/graphics]])

[GIMP](https://www.gimp.org/) and [Inkscape](https://inkscape.org/) to edit images ([[More...|doc/sensitive_documents/graphics]])

- [GNOME Sound Recorder](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/SoundRecorder) for recording sound

[GNOME Sound Recorder](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/SoundRecorder) for recording sound

- [Document Scanner](https://apps.gnome.org/SimpleScan/) to scan documents

[Document Scanner](https://apps.gnome.org/SimpleScan/) to scan documents

- [Brasero](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Brasero) to burn CD/DVDs

[Brasero](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Brasero) to burn CD/DVDs

- [BookletImposer](http://kjo.herbesfolles.org/bookletimposer/) to convert linear PDF documents into booklets, and vice-versa

[BookletImposer](http://kjo.herbesfolles.org/bookletimposer/) to convert linear PDF documents into booklets, and vice-versa

[GnuPG](http://gnupg.org/), the GNU implementation of OpenPGP for email and data encryption and signing

[GnuPG](http://gnupg.org/), the GNU implementation of OpenPGP for email and data encryption and signing

- [Metadata Cleaner](https://gitlab.com/rmnvgr/metadata-cleaner) and [mat2](https://0xacab.org/jvoisin/mat2) to remove metadata from files ([[More...|doc/sensitive_documents/metadata]])

[Metadata Cleaner](https://gitlab.com/rmnvgr/metadata-cleaner) and [mat2](https://0xacab.org/jvoisin/mat2) to remove metadata from files ([[More...|doc/sensitive_documents/metadata]])

- [Tesseract OCR](https://tesseract-ocr.github.io/) to convert images containing text into a text document

[Tesseract OCR](https://tesseract-ocr.github.io/) to convert images containing text into a text document

- [FFmpeg](https://ffmpeg.org/) to record and convert audio and video

[FFmpeg](https://ffmpeg.org/) to record and convert audio and video

- Automatic mechanism to [[upgrade a USB stick|doc/upgrade]] to newer versions

Automatic mechanism to [[upgrade a USB stick|doc/upgrade]] to newer versions

- 64-bit PAE-enabled kernel with NX-bit and SMP support on hardware that supports it

64-bit PAE-enabled kernel with NX-bit and SMP support on hardware that supports it

- Some basic [[doc/first_steps/accessibility]] features

Some basic [[doc/first_steps/accessibility]] features