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Tails is based on [[Debian|https://www.debian.org/]] 8 (Jessie).

Included software
=================

* [GNOME](http://www.gnome.org), an intuitive and attractive desktop
  environment ([[More...|doc/first_steps/introduction_to_gnome_and_the_tails_desktop]])

Networking
----------

* [Tor](https://www.torproject.org) with:
  - [[stream isolation|contribute/design/stream_isolation]]
  - regular, obfs2, obfs3, obfs4, and ScrambleSuit bridges support
  - the Onion Circuits graphical frontend ([[More...|doc/anonymous_internet/tor_status#circuits]])
* [NetworkManager](http://projects.gnome.org/NetworkManager/) for easy
  network configuration ([[More...|doc/anonymous_internet/networkmanager]])
* [Tor Browser](https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser.html.en) ([[More...|doc/anonymous_internet/Tor_Browser]]), a web
  browser based on [Mozilla Firefox](http://getfirefox.com) and modified to protect your anonymity with:
  - [Torbutton](https://www.torproject.org/torbutton) for anonymity
    and protection against evil JavaScript
  - all cookies are treated as session cookies by default;
  - [HTTPS Everywhere](https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere)
    transparently enables SSL-encrypted connections to a great number
    of major websites
  - [NoScript](http://noscript.net/) to have even more control over JavaScript.
  - [AdBlock Plus](https://adblockplus.org/en/firefox) to remove advertisements.
* [Pidgin](http://www.pidgin.im/) preconfigured with
  [OTR](http://www.cypherpunks.ca/otr/index.php) for Off-the-Record
  Messaging ([[More...|doc/anonymous_internet/pidgin]])
* [Icedove (Thunderbird)](https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/) email client with [Enigmail](https://www.enigmail.net/) for OpenPGP support ([[More...|doc/anonymous_internet/icedove]])
* [Liferea](http://liferea.sourceforge.net/) feed aggregator
* [Gobby](http://gobby.0x539.de/trac/) for collaborative text writing
* [Aircrack-ng](http://aircrack-ng.org/) for wireless network auditing
* [I2P](https://geti2p.net/) an anonymizing network ([[More...|doc/anonymous_internet/i2p]])
* [Electrum](https://electrum.org/), an easy-to-use bitcoin client ([[More...|doc/anonymous_internet/electrum]])

Desktop Edition
---------------

* [LibreOffice](http://www.libreoffice.org/) ([[More...|doc/sensitive_documents/office_suite]])
* [Gimp](http://www.gimp.org/) and
  [Inkscape](http://www.inkscape.org/) to edit images ([[More...|doc/sensitive_documents/graphics]])
* [Scribus](http://www.scribus.net) for page layout
* [Audacity](http://audacity.sourceforge.net/) for recording and
  editing sounds ([[More...|doc/sensitive_documents/sound_and_video]])
* [PiTiVi](http://www.pitivi.org/) for non-linear audio/video editing ([[More...|doc/sensitive_documents/sound_and_video]])
* [Poedit](http://poedit.sourceforge.net/) to edit .po files
* [Simple Scan](https://launchpad.net/simple-scan) and
  [SANE](http://www.sane-project.org/) for scanner support
* [Brasero](http://projects.gnome.org/brasero/) to burn CD/DVDs
* [Sound Juicer](http://burtonini.com/blog/computers/sound-juicer) to rip audio
  CDs
* [Traverso](http://traverso-daw.org/) a multi-track audio recorder and editor

Encryption and privacy
----------------------

* [[!wikipedia Linux_Unified_Key_Setup desc="LUKS"]] and [[!wikipedia
  GNOME_Disks]] to
  install and use encrypted storage devices, for example USB sticks ([[More...|doc/encryption_and_privacy/encrypted_volumes]])
* [GnuPG](http://gnupg.org/), the GNU implementation of OpenPGP for email and
  data encyption and signing
* [Monkeysign](http://web.monkeysphere.info/monkeysign),
  a tool for OpenPGP key signing and exchange
* [PWGen](http://pwgen-win.sourceforge.net/), a strong password generator
* [Shamir's Secret
  Sharing](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamir%27s_Secret_Sharing)
  using [gfshare](http://www.digital-scurf.org/software/libgfshare)
  and [ssss](http://point-at-infinity.org/ssss/)
* [Florence](http://florence.sourceforge.net/)
  virtual keyboard as a countermeasure against hardware
  [keyloggers](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keylogger) ([[More...|doc/encryption_and_privacy/virtual_keyboard]])
* [MAT](https://mat.boum.org/) to anonymize metadata in files
* [KeePassX](http://www.keepassx.org/) password manager ([[More...|doc/encryption_and_privacy/manage_passwords]])
* [GtkHash](http://gtkhash.sourceforge.net/) to calculate checksums ([[More...|doc/encryption_and_privacy/checksums]])
* [Keyringer](https://keyringer.pw/), a command line tool to encrypt secrets shared through Git ([[More...|doc/encryption_and_privacy/keyringer]])
* [Paperkey](http://www.jabberwocky.com/software/paperkey/) a command line tool to back up OpenPGP secret keys on paper ([[More...|doc/advanced_topics/paperkey]])

The full packages list can be found in the [BitTorrent files download
directory](https://tails.boum.org/torrents/files/) (look for files with the `.packages`
extension).

Additional software
===================

You can
[[install additional software|doc/advanced_topics/additional_software]]
in Tails: all software packaged for Debian is installable in Tails.

Additional features
===================

* automatic mechanism to [[upgrade a USB stick or a SD card|doc/first_steps/upgrade]] to newer versions
* can be run as a virtualized guest inside
  [VirtualBox](http://www.virtualbox.org/) ([[More...|doc/advanced_topics/virtualization]])
* [[customization|contribute/customize]] (e.g. to add a given missing piece of
  software) is relatively easy: one may [[contribute/build]] a custom Amnesic
  Incognito Live System in about one hour on a modern desktop computer
* 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 memory on shutdown and when the boot media is physically
  removed.

Multilingual support
====================

When starting Tails, you can choose between a large number of languages, including Arabic,
Azerbaijani, Catalan, Czech, Welsh, Danish, German, Greek, English,
Spanish, Persian, Finnish, French, Croatian, Hungarian, Indonesian,
Italian, Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Latvian, Bokmål, Dutch, Polish,
Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Slovene, Albanian, Serbian, Swedish,
Turkish, Ukrainian, and Chinese.

The required keyboard input system is automatically enabled.

Some of these languages could not be thoroughly tested as we don't
speak every language in the world. If you find issues using one of the
supposedly supported languages, don't hesitate to [[tell us about
it|support]]. E.g. Tails probably lacks some non-Latin fonts
or input systems.

If you wish to make it easier to use Tails for your language speakers,
see the [[translators guidelines|contribute/how/translate]].
