Tails

Linux distribution for anonymity and privacy
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Tails

Summary

Tails is a free operating system[1]. Tails draws 2,250 Wikipedia views per month (free_operating_system category, ranking #3 of 9).[2]

Key Facts

  • Tails's instance of is recorded as free operating system[3].
  • Tails's instance of is recorded as Linux distribution[4].
  • Tails is associated with the free software movement movement[5].
  • Tails is associated with the privacy movement movement[6].
  • Tails's based on is recorded as Q7715973[7].
  • Tails's based on is recorded as GNOME Shell[8].
  • Tails's based on is recorded as Incognito[9].
  • Tails's developer is recorded as The Tor Project, Inc[10].
  • Tails's copyright license is recorded as Q27016754[11].
  • Tails's software version identifier is recorded as 1.3[12].
  • Tails's software version identifier is recorded as 1.4[13].
  • Tails's software version identifier is recorded as 1.5[14].
  • Tails's software version identifier is recorded as 1.5.1[15].
  • Tails's software version identifier is recorded as 1.4.1[16].
  • Tails's software version identifier is recorded as 1.3.2[17].
  • Tails's software version identifier is recorded as 1.3.1[18].
  • Tails's software version identifier is recorded as 1.2.3[19].
  • Tails's software version identifier is recorded as 1.2.2[20].
  • Tails's software version identifier is recorded as 1.2.1[21].
  • Tails's software version identifier is recorded as 1.2[22].
  • Tails's software version identifier is recorded as 1.1.2[23].
  • Tails's software version identifier is recorded as 1.1.1[24].
  • Tails's software version identifier is recorded as 1.1[25].
  • Tails's software version identifier is recorded as 1.0.1[26].
  • Tails's software version identifier is recorded as 1.0[27].

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Subject and Themes

Movements include free software movement[5] and privacy movement[6].

Why It Matters

Tails draws 2,250 Wikipedia views per month (free_operating_system category, ranking #3 of 9).[2] Tails has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Tails is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . tails.boum.org. Retrieved . tails.boum.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . tails.boum.org. Retrieved . tails.boum.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . cryptoparty.in. cryptoparty.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . tails.boum.org. Retrieved . tails.boum.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . tails.boum.org. Retrieved . tails.boum.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . linuxjournal.com. linuxjournal.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . tails.boum.org. Retrieved . tails.boum.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . tails.boum.org. tails.boum.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . tails.boum.org. tails.boum.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . tails.boum.org. tails.boum.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . tails.boum.org. tails.boum.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . tails.boum.org. tails.boum.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . tails.boum.org. tails.boum.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . tails.boum.org. tails.boum.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . tails.boum.org. tails.boum.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . tails.boum.org. tails.boum.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . tails.boum.org. tails.boum.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . tails.boum.org. tails.boum.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . tails.boum.org. tails.boum.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . tails.boum.org. tails.boum.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . tails.boum.org. tails.boum.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . tails.boum.org. tails.boum.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . tails.boum.org. tails.boum.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7h ago · S8321414 · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier 1.3, 1.4, 1.5 +142
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P348]]: 7.7.3"
  2. 16d ago · ~2026-25821-69 · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier 1.3, 1.4, 1.5 +142
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P348]]: 7.7.2"
  3. 20d ago · MichielN · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Im channel url [email protected], xmpp:[email protected]
    Image TAILS 4.14 ENG 05 01 2021 15 39 25.png
    Copyright license Q27016754
    Source code repository url
    + 79 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P348]]: 7.7.1"
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