Welcome to the Qubes OS Project

Qubes is an open source operating system designed to provide strong security for desktop computing. Qubes is based on Xen, X Window System, and Linux, and can run most Linux applications and utilize most of the Linux drivers. Qubes Release 1 has been released in September 2012. Qubes Release 2 is currently in the works, and Beta 1 has already been released. Qubes 2 supports Windows-based AppVMs.

• Screenshots
• Architecture Overview
• Qubes Security Goals
• FAQ
• How is Qubes OS different from...? ​article

News

• Sep 28, 2011: Playing with Qubes Networking for Fun and Profit ​article
• Feb 06, 2012: Qubes 1 Beta 3 has been released!
• Mar 03, 2012: Windows support coming to Qubes! ​article
• Sep 03, 2012: Qubes 1 has been released! ​announcement
• Sep 12, 2012: How is Qubes OS different from other approaches to desktop security? ​article
• Nov 16, 2012: Qubes Security Team has joined the Xen Security Pre-disclousre list ​more
• Dec 14, 2012: Qubes 2 Beta 1 has been released! ​announcement
• Feb 28, 2013: Qubes 2 Beta 2 has been released! ​announcement
• Mar 21, 2013: Introducing Qubes Odyssey Framework ​article