Choose between 600+ tools for every kind of Red and Blue team operation.
Parrot Security provides a huge arsenal of tools, utilities and libraries that IT and security professionals can use to test and assess the security of their assets in a reliable, compliant and reproducible way. From information gathering to the final report. The Parrot system gets you covered with the most flexible environment.
System Security
The system is designed from the ground up to be secure. Native support for full disk encryption, blazing fast security updates and a hardened debian core makes the system the perfect place to store sensitive data.
Portability
Parrot is based on top of Debian, the most advanced and recognized universal operating system that can run anywhere. From your laptop to your Phone, the Parrot core can be executed on a huge range of environments, including servers, IoT boards, cloud containers (like docker and podman) and more.
Performance
We care about speed, and the system has been engineered to be as lightweight as possible. You can run it on very old hardware, or perform very intensive tasks without performance drops. Your applications, not the operating system, will be free to use all your hardware resources.
Privacy
Don't leave your sensitive customer data floating around unprotected. The installer supports full disk encryption, and the system lets you handle data in the most secure and reliable way. Parrot OS is free from trackers and telemetry "features", and it provides many privacy tools like AnonSurf, Tor Browser, a custom Firefox profile, easy cryptographic tools and much more.
Customizability
Perfect default settings and great customizability are key to the success of the project. You can either fall in love with the italian style of the Parrot system, or use it as a framework to build your custom system tailored around your very own needs and style.
Freedom
The system is Free and Open Source, and all the code that powers the system is made available either through our APT software repository or our GIT servers for you to read, customize and contribute to. Free access to the code that runs on your devices is a fundamental freedom, and we do our best to fight for your rights.
You can install your favorite tools on top of any Linux system, but it is time-comsuming, prone to errors and hard to keep updated over time. Parrot gives you the convenience of a familiar Debian environment with all the tools you will ever need. We regularly update, test and pack them for you.
Having a bunch of git clones thrown at your desktop is something of the past. We do the hard work, not you.
Programming languages & Frameworks
Parrot integrates popular programming languages, compilers, interpreters, libraries and development frameworks either pre-installed or one command away through our software repository, for faster and easier software development.
You can also use Parrot in your CI/CD pipelines to add security tests to your release workflow.
Development tools
We are developers too, and we love to have advanced, comfortable and easy to use environment too. This is why Parrot ships with Codium pre-installed. It is an advanced and extensible editor with IDE capabilities built upon VSCode. Other IDEs and editors are ready to install from our official software repository.
Boot the system, start the editor, run the code. It can't get easier than that.
