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Kodachi OS

since 2013 · kodachi.cloud

Privacy-focused Linux: VPN and Tor routing, encrypted DNS, hardening and a live security dashboard.

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About this project

Creator and developer of Kodachi OS, a privacy-focused Linux operating system developed since 2013 and first published as Linux Kodachi. Kodachi brings together VPN and Tor networking, encrypted DNS, system hardening, and a live security dashboard. The current release, Kodachi OS 10, is based on Debian 13. Its web ecosystem includes tools for examining IP exposure, DNS leaks, and browser fingerprinting. Official downloads, documentation, and privacy tools: kodachi.cloud. TechRadar ranked Kodachi first among Linux distributions for privacy and security six years running, 2020 to 2025; ZDNet and Al Jazeera Net (2025) and MakeUseOf (2022) also listed it first. Writes the core Rust stack, signs every release, and leads a community of volunteer moderators, testers and ambassadors.

Screenshots from Kodachi OS

From the official screenshot gallery; open one to see it there.

Kodachi OS: SOC — **SOC**: A neural map across ten intelligence clusters, a privacy posture panel and a streaming alert feed.

Kodachi OS: Vitals — **Vitals**: A read-only live view of the machine: resources, security score and modules, leaks, routing and identity.

Kodachi OS: ColonyOps — **ColonyOps**: Privacy workflows built from cells with their own guards and verifiers; nothing runs until you press Deploy.

Kodachi OS: ColonyOps cells — **ColonyOps cells**: The cell library: every step a workflow can use, each with its guards.

Kodachi OS: AI commander — **AI commander**: Local models read your own system state to answer what changed, what is exposed and what to do next.

Kodachi OS: Five dashboards, one core — **Five dashboards, one core**: Circle and Lite Classic run the machine, ColonyOps composes workflows, Vitals and SOC watch it.