Home Edition
This edition is a general purpose operating system with the typical Parrot look and feel. It is designed for daily use, privacy and software development. Parrot Tools can be manually installed to assemble a custom and lightweight pentesting environment. It is available for amd64 architectures and also in OVA format (amd64 only) and soon for UTM (Apple Silicon). Parrot 5.3 for UTM is currently available for download.
6.0 Lorikeet
Jan 24, 2024
amd64, arm64
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Workstation
Full Office Suite
Pre-installed LibreOffice, and possibility to install other softwares via the Synaptic package manager.Multimedia Production
VLC, GIMP and a whole repository from which to install other software such as OBS, Blender, Kdenlive, Krita and more!Privacy
Anonymity tools
AnonSurf, TOR, Firefox pre-installed Ad-blockers.Cryptography
Full disk encryption and all encryption tools including zulucrypt, sirikali... at your fingertips!Development
Development Tools
VSCodium and Geany. You can start developing what you want.Advanced Framework Support
Fully support for a lot of programming languages/frameworks like Go, Rust, Python and more.Requirements
Dual Core CPU
No Graphical Acceleration Required
1 GB RAM
16 GB available space
Security Edition
This is a special purpose operating system designed for Penetration Test and Red Team operations. It contains a full arsenal of ready to use pentesting tools. Also, it is available for amd64 architectures and also in OVA format (amd64 only) and soon for UTM (Apple Silicon). Parrot 5.3 for UTM is currently available for download.
6.0 Lorikeet
Jan 24, 2024
amd64, arm64
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Workstation
Full Office Suite
Pre-installed LibreOffice, and possibility to install other softwares via the Synaptic package manager.Multimedia Production
Pre-installed VLC, GIMP and a whole repository from which to install other software such as OBS, Blender, Kdenlive, Krita and more!Privacy
Anonymity tools
AnonSurf, TOR, Firefox pre-installed Ad-blockers.Cryptography
Full disk encryption and all encryption tools including zulucrypt, sirikali... at your fingertips!Development
Pentest-ready
Lots of penetration testing tools, all already installed, including Powersploit, Scapy, Rizin and more!Development Tools
VSCodium and Geany. You can start developing what you want.Requirements
Dual Core CPU
No Graphical Acceleration Required
1 GB RAM
20 GB available space
Hack The Box Edition
Unleash the full power of your Pwnbox, a customized hacking cloud box based on ParrotOS Security Edition, on your computer or try it online at Hack The Box Academy.
6.0 Lorikeet
Jan 24, 2024
amd64
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Use cases
Beginners in Cyber Security
If you don’t know which tools you need yet or how to set up a hacking VM/OS, this is the answer on how to start your hacking journey.Slow device/laptop or with low capabilities
Your PC doesn’t have the capabilities to run a hacking VM or is broken? Hack The Box Edition to the rescue!Development
Development Tools
VSCodium and Geany. You can start developing what you want.Advanced Framework Support
Fully support for a lot of programming languages/frameworks like Go, Rust, Python and more.Requirements
Dual Core CPU
No Graphical Acceleration Required
1 GB RAM
20 GB available space
Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)
Parrot also comes to WSL. Experience the full power of our operating system running under Windows! Compatible with Windows 10 and 11 (x86_64).
Cloud Editions
Cloud Appliances are special editions of Parrot Security made for embedded devices, cloud environments, virtual machines and other special deployments.
Architect Edition
ParrotOS with nothing pre-installed. Install any software and DE with this edition.
5.3 Electro Ara
May 1, 2023
all
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Totally customizable
Ready for any context.
Choose which tool to download upon installation.(even) lighter!
You can customize it as you prefer, with any DE and any tool.Requirements
Dual Core CPU
No Graphical Acceleration Required
1 GB RAM
16 GB available space
Raspberry Pi Images
These editions are only compatible with Raspberry Pi devices. Specifically, the following images were tested with version 3B, 4B and 400. The use of a Raspberry Pi 4 is strongly recommended, especially for the Security Edition.
Available in the main editions.
Core, Home and Security.Ready for any context.
Use the full potential of Parrot on your Raspberry Pi.Fully customizable.
You can customize it as you prefer, with any tool.Minimum Requirements
ARM
No Graphical Acceleration Required
512 MB RAM
4 GB available space
Core Edition
Without DE, you can install whatever you like. Only the base packages are installed in this edition. This makes it the lightest edition of ParrotOS, it should guarantee compatibility with all models of the Raspberry Pi.
our documentation
6.0 Lorikeet
Jan 25, 2024
arm64
553 MB
Home Edition
This version of Parrot is a lightweight installation which provides the essential tools needed to start working.
our documentation
6.0 Lorikeet
Jan 25, 2024
arm64
1.2 GB
Security Edition
As the name suggests, this is the full edition. After the installation you have a complete out of the box pentesting workstation loaded with a large variety of tools ready to use.
our documentation
6.0 Lorikeet
Jan 25, 2024
arm64
3.1 GB