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

Included software

Networking

Desktop edition

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

[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

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

Encryption and privacy

[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]])

Additional software

Additional features

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

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

Some [[contribute/design/application_isolation]] with AppArmor

To prevent cold boot attacks and various memory forensics, Tails erases most memory on shutdown and when the boot media is physically removed.

Multilingual support

To make it easier to use Tails in your own language, you can [[help with translations|contribute/how/translate]].