# Awesome Qubes OS [](https://www.trackawesomelist.com/xn0px90/Awesome-Qubes-OS/)[](https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome)
## A curated list of Awesome Qubes OS links
A security-focused desktop operating system that aims to provide security through isolation.
This list is a collection of tools, projects, images, and resources conforming to the [Awesome Manifesto](https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome/blob/master/awesome.md).
Contributions *very welcome* but first see [Contributing](#contributing).
- [Certified Hardware](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/certified-hardware/) - We aim for these vendors to be as diverse as possible in terms of geography, cost, and availability.
- [Hardware compatibility list (HCL)](https://www.qubes-os.org/hcl/) - The HCL is a compilation of reports generated and submitted by users across various Qubes versions about their hardware’s compatibility with Qubes.
- [How to back up, restore, and migrate](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/how-to-back-up-restore-and-migrate/) - With Qubes, it’s easy and secure to back up and restore your whole system, as well as to migrate between two physical machines.
- [How to copy from dom0](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/how-to-copy-from-dom0/) - This page covers copying files and clipboard text between dom0 and domUs.
- [How to enter fullscreen mode](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/how-to-enter-fullscreen-mode/) - Normally, the Qubes GUI virtualization daemon restricts the VM from “owning” the full screen.
- [How to install software](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/how-to-install-software/) - When you wish to install software in Qubes OS, you should generally install it in a template.
- [How to update](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/how-to-update/) - This page is about updating your system while staying on the same supported version of Qubes OS.
- [How to use PCI devices](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/how-to-use-pci-devices/) - Unlike other devices (USB, block, mic), PCI devices need to be attached on VM-bootup.
- [How to use disposables](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/how-to-use-disposables/) - A disposable is a lightweight Qube that can be created quickly and will self-destruct when closed.
- [How to use optical discs](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/how-to-use-optical-discs/) - Passthrough reading and recording (a.k.a., “burning”) are not supported by Qubes OS.
- [Minimal templates](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/templates/minimal/) - The minimal templates are lightweight versions of their standard template counterparts.
- [Pentesting: BlackArch](https://github.com/Qubes-Community/Contents/blob/master/docs/os/pentesting/blackarch.md) - BlackArch Linux is an Arch Linux-based distribution for penetration testers and security researchers.
- [Pentesting: Kali](https://github.com/Qubes-Community/Contents/blob/master/docs/os/pentesting/kali.md) - How to create a Kali Linux VM.
- [Pentesting: PTF](https://github.com/Qubes-Community/Contents/blob/master/docs/os/pentesting/ptf.md) - "The PenTesters Framework (PTF) is a Python script designed for Debian/Ubuntu/ArchLinux based distributions to create a similar and familiar distribution for Penetration Testing.
- [Template: CentOS](https://github.com/Qubes-Community/Contents/blob/master/docs/os/centos.md) - You can install the CentOS template, provided by Qubes in ready to use binary package.
- [Template: Gentoo](https://github.com/Qubes-Community/Contents/blob/master/docs/os/gentoo.md) - You can install the Gentoo template, provided by Qubes in ready to use binary package.
- [Template: Ubuntu](https://github.com/Qubes-Community/Contents/blob/master/docs/os/ubuntu.md) - If you would like to use Ubuntu Linux distribution in your AppVMs, you can build and install one of the available Ubuntu templates.
- [Template: Whonix](https://github.com/Qubes-Community/Contents/blob/master/docs/privacy/whonix.md) -Whonix in Qubes replaces the deprecated TorVM service used in earlier versions of Qubes.
- [Template: Windows](https://github.com/Qubes-Community/Contents/blob/master/docs/os/windows/windows-vm.md) - Simple Windows install
- [Templates](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/templates/) - In Getting Started, we covered the distinction in Qubes OS between where you install your software and where you run your software.
- [Xfce templates](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/templates/xfce/) - If you would like to use Xfce (more lightweight compared to GNOME desktop environment) Linux distribution in your Qubes, you can install one of the available Xfce templates for Fedora, CentOS or Gentoo.
- [Kicksecure](https://www.kicksecure.com/wiki/Kicksecure-Qubes_Security) - The following list of actionable items can help to improve security on the Qubes platform, and by extension Kicksecure ™ for Qubes users.
- [Qcrypt](https://github.com/3hhh/qcrypt) -qcrypt is a multilayer encryption tool for Qubes OS.
- [Qubes-VM-hardening](https://github.com/tasket/Qubes-VM-hardening) - Leverage Qubes template non-persistence to fend off malware at VM startup: Lock-down, quarantine and check contents of /rw private storage that affect the execution environment.
- [Anonymizing your MAC Address](https://github.com/Qubes-Community/Contents/blob/master/docs/privacy/anonymizing-your-mac-address.md) - Although the MAC address is not the only metadata broadcast by network hardware, changing your hardware's default MAC Address could be an important step in protecting privacy.
- [Anti Evil Maid (AEM)](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/anti-evil-maid/) - A user who frequently travels with a Qubes laptop holding sensitive data may be at a much higher risk of Evil Maid attacks than a home user with a stationary Qubes desktop.
- [Firewall](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/firewall/) - Every Qube in Qubes is connected to the network via a FirewallVM, which is used to enforce network-level policies.
- [Passwordless root access in Qubes](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/vm-sudo/) - In Qubes VMs there is no point in isolating the root account from the user account.
- [Reducing the fingerprint of the text-based web browser w3m](https://github.com/Qubes-Community/Contents/blob/master/docs/configuration/w3m.md) - You can reduce the amount of information w3m gives about itself and the environment it is running in (and, by extension, you).
- [Running Tails in Qubes](https://github.com/Qubes-Community/Contents/blob/master/docs/privacy/tails.md) - Tails stands for The Amnesic Incognito Live System.
- [Signal](https://github.com/Qubes-Community/Contents/blob/master/docs/privacy/signal.md) - It uses end-to-end encryption to secure all communications.
- [Split GPG](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/split-gpg/) - Split GPG implements a concept similar to having a smart card with your private GPG keys, except that the role of the “smart card” is played by another Qubes app Qube.
- [Split SSH](https://github.com/Qubes-Community/Contents/blob/master/docs/configuration/split-ssh.md) - Split SSH implements a concept similar to having a smart card with your private SSH keys, except that the role of the “smart card” is played by another Qubes AppVM.
- [Split dm-crypt](https://github.com/rustybird/qubes-split-dm-crypt) - Instead of directly attaching an encrypted LUKS1 partition from a source VM such as sys-usb to a destination VM and decrypting it there.
- [U2F proxy](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/u2f-proxy/) - The Qubes U2F Proxy is a secure proxy intended to make use of U2F two-factor authentication devices with web browsers without exposing the browser to the full USB stack, not unlike the USB keyboard and mouse proxies implemented in Qubes.
- [Using Multi-Factor Authentication with Qubes](https://github.com/Qubes-Community/Contents/blob/master/docs/security/multifactor-authentication.md)
- [Using OnlyKey with Qubes OS](https://docs.crp.to/qubes.html)
- [YubiKey](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/yubikey/) - Most use cases for the YubiKey can be achieved exactly as described by the manufacturer or other instructions found online.
- [Mullvad VPN (FE36 + WG)](https://mullvad.net/en/help/wireguard-on-qubes-os/) - Privacy-first VPN provider's guide for Qubes OS. This guide bears an optimal method for setting up a WG ProxyVM (i.e `sys-vpn`); you may substitute out Mullvad's WG configuration files in place of your own.
- [How To make a VPN Gateway in Qubes](https://github.com/Qubes-Community/Contents/blob/master/docs/configuration/vpn.md) - Qubes includes a number of tools that can make the client-side setup of your VPN more versatile and secure.
- [ipfs](https://github.com/ipfs/ipfs) - A peer-to-peer hypermedia protocol to make the web faster, safer, and more open.
- [Lokinet](https://github.com/oxen-io/lokinet) - Lokinet is the reference implementation of LLARP (low latency anonymous routing protocol), a layer 3 onion routing protocol.
- [Whonix](https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Qubes) - Qubes-Whonix ™ is the seamless combination of Qubes OS and Whonix™ for advanced security and anonymity.
- [Split Bitcoin Wallet](https://github.com/Qubes-Community/Contents/blob/master/docs/security/split-bitcoin.md) - A "split" bitcoin wallet is a strategy of protecting your bitcoin by having your wallet split into an offline "cold storage" wallet and an online "watching only" wallet.
- [Awesome-DeSci](https://github.com/DeSciWorldDAO/awesome-desci) - A curated list of awesome Decentralized Science (DeSci) resources, projects, articles and more.
- [eBPF](https://ebpf.io) - eBPF is a revolutionary technology with origins in the Linux kernel that can run sandboxed programs in an operating system kernel.
- [Drawbridge](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/project/drawbridge) - Research prototype platform from Microsoft.
- [Graphene](https://github.com/oscarlab/graphene) - Library OS optimized for Intel SGX.
## Exploitation Tools
- [Awesome-Fuzzing](https://github.com/cpuu/awesome-fuzzing) - A curated list of references to awesome Fuzzing for security testing. Additionally there is a collection of freely available academic papers, tools and so on.
- [AFL++](https://github.com/AFLplusplus/AFLplusplus) - AFL++ is a superior fork to Google's AFL - more speed, more and better mutations, more and better instrumentation, custom module support, etc.
- [Bonzai](https://github.com/rwxrob/bonzai) - It's like a modular, multicall BusyBox builder for Go with built in completion and embedded documentation support.
- [CodeQL](https://codeql.github.com/) - Discover vulnerabilities across a codebase with CodeQL.
- [Joern](https://github.com/joernio/joern) - Joern is a platform for analyzing source code, bytecode, and binary executables. It generates code property graphs (CPGs), a graph representation of code for cross-language code analysis.
- [LeechCore](https://github.com/ufrisk/LeechCore) - The LeechCore Memory Acquisition Library focuses on Physical Memory Acquisition using various hardware and software based methods.
- [LeechCore-Plugins](https://github.com/ufrisk/LeechCore-plugins) - This repository contains various plugins for LeechCore - Physical Memory Acquisition Library.
- [Libvmi](https://libvmi.com/) - LibVMI is a C library with Python bindings that makes it easy to monitor the low-level details of a running virtual machine.
- [Memflow](https://github.com/memflow/memflow) - memflow is a library that enables introspection of various machines (hardware, virtual machines, memory dumps) in a generic fashion.
- [MemProcFS](https://github.com/ufrisk/MemProcFS) - MemProcFS is an easy and convenient way of viewing physical memory as files in a virtual file system.
- [MemProcFS-Plugins](https://github.com/ufrisk/MemProcFS-plugins) - This repository contains various non-core plugins for MemProcFS - The Memory Process File System.
- [Microlibvmi](https://github.com/Wenzel/libmicrovmi) - A cross-platform unified Virtual Machine Introspection API library.
- [Radare2](https://github.com/radareorg/radare2) - Libre Reversing Framework for Unix Geeks.
- [Volatility3](https://github.com/volatilityfoundation/volatility3) - Volatility is the world's most widely used framework for extracting digital artifacts from volatile memory (RAM) samples.
- [GPU Virtual Machine (GVM) - An OpenMdev Project (Qubes OS Summit 2022)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YllX-ud70Nk)
- [Qubes OS summit 2022: Day 1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkWWz3xGqS8)
- [Qubes OS summit 2022: Day 2](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9GrlQsQc7Q)
- [Qubes OS-3mdeb mini-summit 2021: Day 1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3V_V0Vllas)
- [Qubes OS-3mdeb mini-summit 2021: Day 2](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdDr6TiqF0k)
- [Micah Lee presents “Qubes OS: The Operating System That Can Protect You Even If You Get Hacked”](https://livestream.com/accounts/9197973/events/8286152/videos/178431606)
- [Blackhat 2010 - Hacking the Hypervisor](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTC9x5hYYFo)
- [Lessons Learned from Eight Years of Breaking Hypervisors](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJWJjb0uxXE) - [[Website Slides]](https://www.blackhat.com/docs/eu-14/materials/eu-14-Wojtczuk-Lessons-Learned-From-Eight-Years-Of-Breaking-Hypervisors.pdf)
- [Ouroboros: Tearing Xen Hypervisor With the Snake](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kt3kX94kWcM)
- [Software Attacks on Hypervisor Emulation of Hardware](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4DnlP88D2Y) - [[PDF Slides]](https://www.troopers.de/downloads/troopers17/TR17_Attacking_hypervisor_through_hardwear_emulation.pdf)
- [The Arms Race Over Virtualization](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWvg7NKwOjg) - [[PDF Slides]](https://www.blackhat.com/docs/us-16/materials/us-16-Luan-Ouroboros-Tearing-Xen-Hypervisor-With-The-Snake.pdf)
- [Qubes-remote-desktop](https://github.com/QubesOS-contrib/qubes-remote-desktop) - SystemD services for creating VNC server session in dom0 or any Qube.
- [Admin API](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/admin-api/) - The goals of the Admin API system is to provide a way for the user to manage the domains without direct access to dom0.
- [Training-materials](https://github.com/QubesOS/training-materials/) - A Collection of training materials for Qubes OS.
- [Qubes-diagrams](https://github.com/rootkovska/qubes-diagrams) - Qubes OS architecture diagrams.
- [Qubes-artwork](https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-artwork) - This repository contains various artworks for Qubes OS.
- [pwn.college](https://pwn.college/) - pwn.college is an education platform for students (and other interested parties) to learn about, and practice, core cybersecurity concepts in a hands-on fashion.
- [Anonymous Planet](https://anonymousplanet.org) - The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Online Anonymity: the comprehensive guide for online anonymity and OpSec.
- [Anonymous Planet Onion](http://thgtoa27ujspeqxasrfvcf5aozqdczvgmwgorrmblh6jn4nino3spcqd.onion/) - For those who wish to read over the anonymous Tor network.
- [Privacy-Security-Anonymity Matrix Space](https://psa.anonymousplanet.org/) - The place to be for all topics regarding privacy, anonymity and other subjects. Rooms are click-to-join.
- [The Book of Secret Knowledge](https://github.com/trimstray/the-book-of-secret-knowledge) - A collection of inspiring lists, manuals, cheatsheets, blogs, hacks, one-liners, cli/web tools, and more.
- [xn0px90](https://patreon.com/xn0px90) - Qubes training every second and fourth weekends of every month, from Friday to Monday, covering beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels.
- [Qubes Partners](https://www.qubes-os.org/partners/) - The Qubes Project relies greatly on the generous support of the organizations, companies, and individuals who have become Qubes Partners.
## Social media
The Qubes OS Project has a presence on the following social media platforms:
- [Supported releases](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/supported-releases/) - This page details the level and period of support for releases of operating systems in the Qubes ecosystem.
- [Testing new releases and updates](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/testing/) - Testing new Qubes OS releases and updates is one of the most helpful ways in which you can contribute to the Qubes OS Project.
