About
A rabbit
from Ankara.
AngoraOS takes its name and logo from the Angora rabbit of Ankara. The goal is simple: a calm, carefully made operating system you can install and use on your own.
The project
AngoraOS is a Debian-based Linux distribution. It uses Debian’s packages and security updates; but the desktop, the kernel build, the boot screen, the installer and most of the apps are written for AngoraOS.
The desktop is called Angora Shell. It uses KDE’s KWin as the engine that draws windows; everything on top of it (menu bar, Dock, Launchpad, Control Centre, widgets, settings) is our own interface. KWin plug-ins such as the window frame and frosted glass are ours as well; the KDE Plasma desktop is not used.
Our kernel build is called Mark1, and releases are counted the same way: version 0.6 is Mark6.
The project is in beta. It has gaps; the roadmap states plainly what is finished and what is planned.
NitroByte
AngoraOS is developed by NitroByte, a software company based in Türkiye. NitroDrop, the sharing tool in the system, is also an open-source (MIT-licensed) NitroByte project.
To reach us, use the NitroByte contact page.
Licence
AngoraOS is free of charge and is a compilation of free and open-source software, each under its own licence. In summary, the licence information shown during installation says:
- The Linux kernel (Mark1) and most system tools are distributed under the GNU General Public License (GPL), version 2 or 3.
- Other components carry free licences such as the LGPL, MIT, BSD, Apache 2.0 and the Mozilla Public License.
- The components specific to AngoraOS (Angora Shell, System Settings, Files, Store, Installer) are licensed under the GNU GPL, version 3.
- Third-party apps installed from the Store are subject to their own licence terms; some may be non-free software.
- Some firmware shipped with the system, the NVIDIA driver, Spotify and ONLYOFFICE are distributed under their own vendors’ terms.
The software is provided “as is”, without warranty. Full licence texts are found on an installed system under /usr/share/common-licenses and /usr/share/doc.
The public address of the source code has not been published yet. It will appear on this page when it is.
Credits
The Memoji character
Rain Rig © Blender Foundation | cloud.blender.org
The AngoraOS Memoji character is adapted from Blender Studio’s “Rain” character (Rain Rig v2). Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). The head mesh, facial expressions, one hairstyle, one outfit and textures were taken from Rain and modified: proportions were adapted, customisation options added, textures downscaled. The other hairstyles, beards, glasses, headwear and outfits were produced by AngoraOS. The Blender Foundation has not endorsed or sponsored this adaptation.
Other components in the system
- Face tracking models: MediaPipe Face Landmarker (Apache 2.0).
- Window engine: KWin from the KDE project, in Wayland mode (GNU GPL). The window frame, frosted glass, screen mirroring and window behaviour scripts are our own plug-ins written on top of it. The KDE Plasma desktop is not used. Package base: Debian. Login and boot screens: SDDM and Plymouth, with our own themes.
- Fonts: Inter, JetBrains Mono, Noto and Noto Color Emoji (SIL Open Font License).
- Icons: the Papirus icon theme; Material Design Icons (Apache 2.0).
- App catalogue: Flathub.
This site
- Fonts: Archivo and JetBrains Mono (SIL Open Font License), served from the site’s own server.
- Third-party app names and logos visible in the screenshots belong to their respective owners.