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Parrot Security OS: A Powerful Tool for Cybersecurity
Open Source For You
|April 2025
Explore the key features of the Parrot Security OS and the range of cybersecurity tools available in it. Then take a quick look at how this OS compares with Kali Linux.
Developed by ParrotSec, Parrot Security OS is a powerful Debian-based open source operating system specifically designed for penetration testing, ethical hacking, digital forensics, and cybersecurity. Its key features are:
Lightweight: This OS is designed to be lightweight and less demanding on system resources. It utilises RAM and CPU efficiently and can run well in any system that has 2GB of RAM. Since the kernel of the OS is optimised it is suitable for older machines as well. Parrot Security uses a desktop environment called MATE, which is significantly lighter than other environments such as GNOME or KDE. The MATE platform balances aesthetics and performance well, and is user-friendly in nature.
Modular approach: Users can install just the tools they require with Parrot OS's modular installation approach, ensuring the system is not burdened with extraneous software.
Pre-installed cybersecurity tools: This OS has various suites of tools that are vital for cybersecurity and can be used for penetration testing, ethical hacking, digital forensics, privacy, cryptography, etc.
This story is from the April 2025 edition of Open Source For You.
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