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

Included software

Networking

Desktop edition

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

- [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

Support for both [[!wikipedia Linux_Unified_Key_Setup desc="LUKS"]] and [VeraCrypt](https://veracrypt.fr) encrypted volumes (like USB sticks) ([[More...|doc/encryption_and_privacy/encrypted_volumes]])

[GNOME Screen Keyboard](https://help.gnome.org/users/gnome-help/stable/keyboard-osk.html.en) for accessibility and protection against hardware [[!wikipedia Keystroke logging desc="keyloggers"]] ([[More...|doc/first_steps/accessibility#keyboard]])

- [Metadata Cleaner](https://metadatacleaner.romainvigier.fr/) and [mat2](https://0xacab.org/jvoisin/mat2) to remove metadata from files ([[More...|doc/sensitive_documents/metadata]])

- [KeePassXC](https://keepassxc.org/) password manager ([[More...|doc/encryption_and_privacy/manage_passwords]])

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