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Put Tilo on a computer.

Tilo is a complete image-based Linux operating system and a desktop session you can add to Linux. Public alpha downloads are not published yet; the supported release targets and exact setup path are documented here now.

Imager availability Complete system Linux session

The whole computer

Complete system image

Start on the computer you are using now. Tilo Imager checks the target, prepares and verifies a USB drive, and carries your account name, language, keyboard and time zone into the live installer. On the target device you choose the destination, confirm the secure disk setup and create its startup secret.

Install from WindowsVerified USB, prepared-partition dual boot or replacement Install from LinuxKeep the current system or replace it

Not downloadable yet. The release page will expose both installer architectures only after their signed images and host Imagers pass the complete promotion gate.

For your current computer

Download Tilo Imager

Every public release is signed, architecture-specific and accompanied by a SHA-256 digest. The Imager writes the authenticated image you selected, then reads the installation medium back byte for byte. These are tested release targets, not links to an unpublished build.

Windows 10 or 11 on x86-64Setup app, standalone app, portable zip and WinGet

macOS on x86-64 or Apple siliconNotarized disk image, app zip and Homebrew cask

Linux on x86-64 or ARM64Signed Flatpak, AppImage, portable tarball and Homebrew formula

Public alpha pending. Download buttons appear only after every signed artifact, native install test and Homebrew publication succeeds. WinGet is submitted during promotion, but its command remains hidden until Microsoft’s community index accepts that exact version.

Sandboxed Linux path included. The release includes architecture-specific Flatpak bundles that use the host's polkit-protected UDisks2 service for the one removable drive you approve, without direct device or host-filesystem access.

Keep your distribution

Add the desktop session

The current release gate builds and install-tests Tilo beside GNOME, KDE or the desktop you already use on x86-64 Ubuntu 24.04, Debian 13, Fedora 44, Arch, and NixOS. Install those signed packages from the public Tilo repositories now. ARM64 releases are not enabled yet; each guide names the exact supported architecture.

Fedora Ubuntu or Debian Arch Linux Nix or NixOS

Before the first boot

Know which image you have

Each release includes a checksum, a signature, release notes and hardware information. Tilo Imager verifies the installation medium after writing; verify the imager itself before opening it. Back up a disk before installing to it—a signed installer is still allowed to do exactly what you ask.

Verify the checksum and signature Read how the running system is confined