Hello stargazer, a new experience awaits.
Powered by the awesomeness of KDE and Universal Blue, crafted for you.
Get onboard. Aurora is the ultimate desktop OS for your developer workstation or the perfect maintenance-free OS for everyone.
Let's gaze at the stars together, fellow traveller.
Aurora for end-users
Aurora is the image for people who want a reliable, safe and smooth computing experience for everyday tasks and beyond. The OS for everyone, including those hobby stargazers.
Simply delightful.
Aurora features a lightly customized KDE Plasma for a super smooth and delightful desktop experience that can be customized exactly to your liking.
You can even move the taskbar.
Speed and Reliability
Under-the-hood optimizations for laptops and other devices and a slower kernel update cadence ensures smooth and fast operation.
Your computer will never feel the same again.
Zero Maintenance
The system only has to be installed once. Updates of your apps and the system is handled in the background for you.
Set and forget, like a dream.
Hardware Support
Built-in nvidia drivers and expanded support for game controllers, printers and hardware alike is built directly into Aurora.
You don't need to worry about it.
Aurora for developers
Are you a pro at stargazing? The developer experience edition takes the great foundation and adds lots of developer goodies on top.
Brew, ready for your needs.
Brew is preinstalled and ready to use on Aurora. Use it to install every CLI tool you could've never dreamt up. Brew is safely integrated to never mess with your host system.
Beer never tasted so good.
Containers, your best friends.
Docker and Podman come preconfigured to suit every type of workflow, including a containerized CLI experience. And with Ptyxis, your distrobox is only one click away.
Never say "works on my machine" again.
Preconfigured and ready for serious work.
Visual Studio Code is preinstalled and already preconfigured to support workflows involving DevContainers. And with a single command, you can grab Jetbrains Toolbox if you like coffee more.
Or use neovim if you know how to exit it.
Let the robots take over.
If you fancy local LLMs or do any kind of machine learning work, Aurora has you covered there too. Run private LLMs with Ollama or Alpaca.
Use the robots to your advantage.
Get Aurora
Ready to ride the rocketship? Pick your hardware configuration and download the ISO.
Primary GPU
Aurora FAQ
Interested in more details? Find answers to the most burning questions.
News
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Join the community
Documentation
Are you looking for support? Use our documentation to guide your path to be the ultimate stargazer and get the help you need.
Discourse
Ask questions on the forums and connect with other users in an asynchronous manner.
Contribute
Do you want to contribute to Aurora with code, have a feature request or want to report a bug? Head over to our GitHub!