1 [[!meta title="Features and included software"]]
8 * [GNOME](http://www.gnome.org), an intuitive and attractive desktop
14 * [Tor](https://www.torproject.org) with:
15 - [[stream isolation|contribute/design/stream_isolation]]
16 - regular and obfsproxy bridges support
17 - the [Vidalia](https://www.torproject.org/projects/vidalia) graphical frontend
18 * [NetworkManager](http://projects.gnome.org/NetworkManager/) for easy
20 * [Firefox](http://getfirefox.com) preconfigured with:
22 - [Torbutton](https://www.torproject.org/torbutton) for anonymity
23 and protection against evil JavaScript
24 - all cookies are treated as session cookies by default;
25 the [CS Lite](https://addons.mozilla.org/fr/firefox/addon/5207/)
26 extension provides more fine-grained cookie control for those who
28 - [HTTPS Everywhere](https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere)
29 transparently enables SSL-encrypted connections to a great number
31 * [Pidgin](http://www.pidgin.im/) preconfigured with
32 [OTR](http://www.cypherpunks.ca/otr/index.php) for Off-the-Record
34 * [Claws Mail](http://www.claws-mail.org/) e-mail client, with
35 user-friendly GnuPG support
36 * [Liferea](http://liferea.sourceforge.net/) feed aggregator
37 * [Gobby](http://gobby.0x539.de/trac/) for collaborative text writing
38 * [Aircrack-ng](http://aircrack-ng.org/) for wireless networks auditing
39 * [I2P](http://www.i2p2.de/) an anonymizing network
44 * [OpenOffice.org](http://www.openoffice.org/)
45 * [Gimp](http://www.gimp.org/) and
46 [Inkscape](http://www.inkscape.org/) to edit images
47 * [Scribus](http://www.scribus.net) for page layout
48 * [Audacity](http://audacity.sourceforge.net/) for recording and
50 * [PiTIVi](http://www.pitivi.org/) for non-linear audio/video editing
51 * [Poedit](http://poedit.sourceforge.net/) to edit .po files
52 * [Simple Scan](https://launchpad.net/simple-scan) and
53 [SANE](http://www.sane-project.org/) for scanner support
54 * [Brasero](http://projects.gnome.org/brasero/) to burn CD/DVD
55 * [Sound Juicer](http://burtonini.com/blog/computers/sound-juicer) to rip audio
61 * [LUKS](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LUKS) and [[!wikipedia Palimpsest]] to
62 install and use encrypted storage devices, for example USB sticks
63 * [GnuPG](http://gnupg.org/), the GNU implementation of OpenPGP for email and
64 data encyption and signing
65 * [[TrueCrypt|encryption_and_privacy/truecrypt]] a disk encryption
67 * [PWGen](http://pwgen-win.sourceforge.net/), a strong password generator
69 Sharing](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamir%27s_Secret_Sharing)
70 using [gfshare](http://www.digital-scurf.org/software/libgfshare)
71 and [ssss](http://point-at-infinity.org/ssss/)
72 * [Florence](http://florence.sourceforge.net/)
73 virtual keyboard as a countermeasure against hardware
74 [keyloggers](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keylogger)
75 * [MAT](https://mat.boum.org/) to anonymize metadata in files
76 * [KeePassX](http://www.keepassx.org/) password manager
78 The full packages list can be found in the [BitTorrent files download
79 directory](/torrents/files/) (look for files with the `.packages`
85 * can be run as a virtualized guest inside
86 [VirtualBox](http://www.virtualbox.org/)
87 * [[customization|contribute/customize]] (e.g. to add a given missing piece of
88 software) is relatively easy: one may [[contribute/build]] a custom Amnesic
89 Incognito Live System in about one hour on a modern desktop computer
90 * PAE-enabled kernel with NX-bit and SMP support on hardware that supports it
91 * Some basic [[doc/first_steps/accessibility]] features
93 To prevent cold-boot attacks and various memory forensics, Tails
94 erases memory on shutdown and when the boot media is physically
100 One can choose at boot time between a big number of languages.
102 Some of these languages could not be thoroughly tested as we don't
103 speak every language in the world. If you find issues using one of the
104 supposedly supported languages, don't hesitate to [[tell us about
105 it|support/troubleshooting]]. E.g. Tails probably lacks some non-Latin fonts
108 If you wish to make it easier to use Tails for your language speakers,
109 see the [[translators guidelines|contribute/how/translate]].