MoltOS is a Debian-based Linux distribution built for privacy, defensive security analysis, network research, forensics, data recovery, and cybersecurity education.
It aims to provide a cleaner and more modern GNOME desktop experience than typical security-focused distributions, while bundling legally safe tools for defensive auditing, research, and learning.
Key Features
- Provides a modern GNOME desktop environment.
- Includes privacy tools such as Tor, Torsocks, Macchanger, DNSCrypt-Proxy, UFW, Fail2Ban, AppArmor, and WireGuard.
- Ships network analysis tools including Wireshark, Nmap, Masscan, Arp-scan, DNS utilities, and Tcpdump.
- Includes web application auditing tools such as Nikto, WhatWeb, Dirb, SQLMap, WPScan, and Wapiti.
- Provides digital forensics and recovery utilities including SleuthKit, Binwalk, Foremost, TestDisk, PhotoRec, and Bulk Extractor.
- Includes password and file audit tools such as John the Ripper, Cracklib, wordlists, and PDFCrack.
- Supports wireless auditing for owned hardware with tools such as Aircrack-NG, Kismet, and Reaver.
- Runs on 64-bit amd64 systems with support for both UEFI and Legacy BIOS.
| Working state: | Active |
| Desktop: | GNOME |
| Init Software: | systemd |
| Package Management: | APT |
| Release Model: | Fixed |
| Platforms: | x86_64 |
| Home Page: | github.com/James7688/MoltOS |
| Developer: | James7688 |
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