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Tails

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The Amnesic Incognito Live System (Tails) is a Debian 9 based live CD/USB with the goal of providing complete Internet anonymity for the user. The product ships with several Internet applications, including web browser, IRC client, mail client...

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License model

  • FreeOpen Source

Country of Origin

  • US flagUnited States

Platforms

  • Linux
  • Tor Browser  Default Web Browser.
  • GNOME  Desktop Environment
  • Tor  All traffic Torrified and routed through TOR.
  • Thunderbird  Default Email Client.
4.6 / 5 Avg rating (10)
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6comments

Features

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Properties

  1.  Privacy focused
  2.  Security-focused
  3.  Lightweight

Features

  1.  Booting from USB
  2.  Tor
  3.  Online Anonymity
  4.  No Tracking
  5.  Works Offline
  6. Tor icon  Support for TOR
  7.  PGP Encryption
  8.  Based on Debian
  9.  Dark Mode
  10.  Cold Boot Protection
  11.  Ad-free
  12.  No registration required
  13.  Portable
  14.  End-to-End Encryption
  15.  AES-256 Encryption
  16.  Compatible with TrueCrypt
  17.  Encrypted Chat
  18.  Lock screen controls

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  • EmilE1337 and u7741339 liked Tails
    12 days ago
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    justarandom added Tails as alternative to AnduinOS
    about 1 month ago
  • fernandosoares, HAK3R4LIFE and thesuncitywitch liked Tails
    about 1 month ago
  • braky updated Tails
    about 2 months ago
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  • Fadikkop liked Tails
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  • braky updated Tails
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Comments and Reviews

   
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Top Positive Comment
Cora
Oct 26, 2018
7

Tails is an amazing tool for those who wish to remain anonymous. The fact that journalists and whistle-blowers have used and recommended it should speak to its security. If you need complete anonymity, Tails is just a download away! Even better, it's based on Debian!

Top Negative Comment
kiq
Feb 27, 2025
0

After upgrading to version 6.12, saved applications in encrypted storage stopped working.

Sam Lander
Mar 28, 2024
2

It's the best operating system for anonymity.

The only thing that can compare is QubesOS for everyday use.

inson1
Dec 18, 2023
0

The most anonymous OS

PigeonCommissar
Jun 19, 2023
2

Tails is designed to be online anonymity solution booted from USB. Whole system is more like a one time tool than daily driver but that's what makes it good.

LinuxDoge
May 4, 2022
0

Doesnt save Data that you dont especially choose to save, can run on infected hardware, channels every traffic through TOR, uses encryption by default.

Poorly only GNOME and no other interface.

What is Tails?

The Amnesic Incognito Live System (Tails) is a Debian icon Debian 9 based live CD/USB with the goal of providing complete Internet anonymity for the user. The product ships with several Internet applications, including web browser, IRC client, mail client and instant messenger, all pre-configured with security in mind and with all traffic anonymised. To achieve this, Incognito uses the Tor icon Tor network to make Internet traffic very hard to trace.

Priorities for the next years:

ADOPTION Improve installation instructions Give some love: Fix unsupported Wi-Fi cards. Explain better what Tails is and what makes it so awesome. Tails for blind users

RESISTANCE TO REMOTE EXPLOITATIONS: HTTPS only mirrors for protection Critical parts of Tails audited

COMMUNITY GROWTH, DIVERSITY, AND INCLUSION Create outreach especially to under-represented Recruit new workers and Lower technical requirements for them so we can get more people involved

APPLICATIONS AND FEATURES Screen locker. [DONE] Tails Server: run onion services fron tails! :-) Support GUI's to mount VeraCrypt volumes GUI for the Additional Packages persistent feature: Easily add software to Tails. Mobile msg applications: investigate if we could support Signal, Firechat etc. Provide a GUI for backups

SUSTAINABILITY OF CORE CODE Basing Tails on rolling snapshots of Debian Priority for core code than polishes Port complex shells to Python Robust GMT time snyc

USER RESEARCH Perform surveys. Find more people to describe our users Power our help desk with a tracker

FUNDING FROM PRIVATE PARTNERS Strenghten our relationships with existing ones. Contact more potential ones. Document better benefits for partners

INFRASTRUCTURE MIGRATIONS Update our infrastructure to: Have a better server infrastructure to handle our growing Self-host our website as boum.org won't be hosting anymore

ROBUST AUTOMATED TESTS Local Git repos Our own email server Notify devs on failure

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Our users have written 6 comments and reviews about Tails, and it has gotten 236 likes

Tails was added to AlternativeTo by cpfotiadis on Oct 31, 2013 and this page was last updated Apr 28, 2025.