Latest Release — Denali

Abora OS v3

NixOS-based Linux distribution with declarative system configuration, atomic upgrades, and instant rollbacks.

Abora OS ISO

recommended

abora-x86_64-v3.0.0-denali.iso

Size: coming soon

SHA256: will be listed on release

ANIX ISO

GitHub coming soon

anix-x86_64-v3.0.0.iso

Standalone ANIX environment — the human layer on NixOS, without the full Abora desktop suite. Own repository coming soon.

Size: coming soon

SHA256: will be listed on release

TinyPM v3

non-NixOS only

tinypm-v3.0.0-abora-v2.5.0.tar.gz

Universal package manager wrapper for Debian, Fedora, Arch and others. Does not work on NixOS.

Size: 540 KiB

SHA256: 4f7ca7cb0d5472975886a0f071ed137600457db96a49f9c1f02d1ea261acd8bf

Checksums will be published with the v3 release. Full verification file: SHA256SUMS-v3.0.0.txt

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System Requirements

Processor

x86_64 with SSE2

RAM

2GB min / 4GB+ recommended

Storage

20GB minimum for install

Boot

UEFI or BIOS capable

Network

Ethernet or Wi-Fi during install

GPU

Intel, AMD, or NVIDIA

Choose Your Desktop

Select any desktop environment during installation. Switch anytime by editing your configuration. There's also many more.

GNOME

Modern, clean, Wayland-first

v46+

KDE Plasma

Full-featured, highly customizable

v6+

Hyprland

Tiling Wayland compositor

vLatest

i3

Keyboard-driven tiling WM

v4.23+

Sway

i3-compatible Wayland compositor

v1.10+

XFCE

Lightweight, classic GTK

v4.18+

Budgie

Modern, polished panel desktop

v10.10+

MATE

GNOME 2 continuation

v1.26+

LXQt

Minimal Qt-based desktop

v1.4+

Openbox

Bare-bones WM

v3.6+

Getting Started

1. Prepare the ISO

Write the ISO to a USB drive using Etcher, dd, or Ventoy.

2. Boot and install

Boot from USB, run the installer, choose your desktop and hostname.

3. First boot

System reboots into your desktop. Edit /etc/nixos/configuration.nix to customize further.

4. Rebuild and rollback

Run 'nixos-rebuild switch' to apply changes. Instant rollbacks available from boot menu.

Want to learn more?

Check out our documentation for detailed installation instructions, NixOS configuration guides, and troubleshooting. Updated for v3 Denali.