Parrot OS
A Debian-based distro for security testing and privacy, lighter than Kali and usable as a daily desktop. See how developers rate it month by month on DTDb.
- Category
- Linux distribution
- Developer
- Parrot Security
- Created by
- Lorenzo Faletra
- First release
- 2013
- License
- GPL and other free licenses
- Open source
- Yes
- Pricing
- Free
- Website
- https://parrotsec.org
- Family
- Debian
- Based on
- Debian stable
- Package manager
- APT
- Package format
- deb
- Release model
- Fixed releases
- Release cadence
- Follows Debian stable, point releases between
- Support lifetime
- As long as its Debian stable base
- Init system
- systemd
- Default desktop
- KDE Plasma
- Immutable
- No
- Made for
- Security testing, Privacy, Desktop
- Backed by
- A company
- Beginner friendliness
- 3 of 5
- Architectures
- amd64, arm64