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By design it is very customizable, in order to satisfy a wide variety of needs and use cases. Calamares aims to be easy, usable & beautiful while remaining independent of any particular Linux distribution.</p> </div> <p><a href="/about#what-is-calamares" class="btn btn--inverse btn--small">Read More</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="feature__item"> <div class="archive__item"> <div class="archive__item-body"> <div class="archive__item-teaser">  </div> <h2 class="archive__item-title archive__item-teaser"><img src="/images/gallery/chat.svg" alt="placeholder image 2">Knowledge Base</h2> <div class="archive__item-excerpt"> <p>The Guide linked above has documentation for end-users, the wiki is mostly for distro developers. The developer鈥檚 guide contains information on building Calamares, on its design, and localization.</p> </div> <p><a href="https://github.com/calamares/calamares/wiki" class="btn btn--inverse btn--small">Wiki</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="feature__item"> <div class="archive__item"> <div class="archive__item-body"> <div class="archive__item-teaser">  </div> <h2 class="archive__item-title archive__item-teaser"><img src="/images/gallery/camera.svg" alt="">Calamares look</h2> <div class="archive__item-excerpt"> <p>Since Calamares is designed to be customized, themed and branded by individual distributions, it can look very different when used by specific distributions. A separate extensions package contains examples and custom modules.</p> </div> <p><a href="https://github.com/calamares/calamares-extensions" class="btn btn--inverse btn--small">Extensions</a></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="offset" id="gallery"> <figure class="thumb "> <a href="/images/2020/arco_welcome.webp" title="Arco Linux - Welcome Screen"> <img src="/images/2020/arco_welcome-th.webp" alt="Welcome Screen"> </a> <a href="/images/2020/arco_netinstall.webp" title="Arco Linux - Netinstall Screen"> <img src="/images/2020/arco_netinstall-th.webp" alt="Arco Linux - Netinstall Screen"> </a> <a href="/images/2023/kaos_audio.webp" title="KaOS Package Chooser - Audio Module in QML"> <img src="/images/2023/kaos_audio-th.webp" alt="KaOS Package Chooser - Audio Module in QML"> </a> <a href="/images/2023/kaos_summary.webp" title="KaOS Summary Module in QML"> <img src="/images/2023/kaos_summary-th.webp" alt="KaOS Summary Module in QML"> </a> <a href="/images/2020/neon_welcome.webp" title="KDE Neon - Welcome Screen"> <img src="/images/2020/neon_welcome-th.webp" alt="Welcome Screen"> </a> <a href="/images/2021/garuda_linux_welcome.webp" title="Garuda Linux - Welcome"> <img src="/images/2021/garuda_linux_welcome_th.webp" alt="Garuda Linux - Welcome Screen"> </a> <a href="/images/2021/archcraft_welcome.webp" title="Archcraft - Welcome"> <img src="/images/2021/archcraft_welcome_th.webp" alt="Archcraft - Welcome"> </a> <a href="/images/2021/xerolinux_welcome.webp" title="XeroLinux - Welcome"> <img src="/images/2021/xerolinux_welcome.webp" alt="XeroLinux - Welcome"> </a> <a href="/images/2021/endeavouros_welcome.webp" title="EndeavourOS - Welcome"> <img src="/images/2021/endeavouros_welcome_th.webp" alt="EndeavourOS - Welcome"> </a> </figure> </div> <div class="feature__wrapper offset" id="news"> <h2>Latest News:</h2> <h4 class="entry-title"> Calamares 3.3.14 released </h4> <div class="entry-content"><p>First of 2025, with a bunch of internal improvements in the Python bindings, an undo-hook for pages (which rolls back changes that the keyboard and timezone pages may have made to the system) and improvements to the <em>partition</em> module.</p> </div> <a href="/calamares-3.3.14-is-out/" class="btn btn--inverse">Read More</a> <h4 class="entry-title"> Calamares 3.3.13 released </h4> <div class="entry-content"><p>A last-minute (of 2024) release, which brings a bunch of improvements from Lubuntu and elsewhere, mostly for the <em>partition</em> module.</p> </div> <a href="/calamares-3.3.13-is-out/" class="btn btn--inverse">Read More</a> <h4 class="entry-title"> Calamares 3.3.12 released </h4> <div class="entry-content"><p>Another quick release, primarily to resolve build issues with the <em>calamares-extensions</em> repository.</p> </div> <a href="/calamares-3.3.12-is-out/" class="btn btn--inverse">Read More</a> </div> </section> </article> </div> </div> <div id="footer" class="page__footer"> <footer>   <div class="page__footer-follow"> <ul class="social-icons"> <li><strong>Follow:</strong></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/calamares/calamares" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><i class="fab fa-fw fa-github" aria-hidden="true"></i> GitHub</a></li> <li><a href="https://webchat.kde.org/#/room/%23calamares:kde.org" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><i class="far fa-comments" aria-hidden="true"></i> Matrix</a></li> <li><a href="/feed.xml"><i class="fas fa-fw fa-rss-square" aria-hidden="true"></i> Feed</a></li> </ul> </div> <aside class="back_to__top"> <a href="#site-nav"> <i class="fas fa-angle-double-up fa-2x"></i></a> </aside> <div class="page__footer-copyright">© 2014 - 2025 . 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