Introduction
- What is Qubes OS?
- Video Tours
- Screenshots
- User FAQ
- Reporting Bugs and Other Issues
- Help, Support, and Mailing Lists
- How to Contribute
Project Security
- Security Center
- Security FAQ
- Security Pack
- Security Bulletins
- Canaries
- Xen Security Advisory (XSA) Tracker
- Verifying Signatures
- Qubes PGP Keys
User Documentation
Core documentation for Qubes users.
Choosing Your Hardware
Downloading, Installing, and Upgrading Qubes
- Downloads
- Installation Guide
- Upgrade Guides
- Supported Versions
- Version Scheme
- Testing New Releases and Updates
Common Tasks
- Getting Started
- Copying and Pasting Text Between Domains
- Copying and Moving Files Between Domains
- Copying from (and to) Dom0
- Updating Qubes OS
- Installing and Updating Software in Dom0
- Installing and Updating Software in VMs
- Backup, Restoration, and Migration
- DisposableVMs
- Block (or Storage) Devices
- USB Devices
- PCI Devices
- Device Handling
- Optical Discs
- Application Shortcuts
- Fullscreen Mode
Managing Operating Systems within Qubes
- TemplateVMs
- Template: Fedora
- Template: Fedora Minimal
- Template: Debian
- Template: Debian Minimal
- Windows
- HVM Domains
Security in Qubes
- Qubes Firewall
- Understanding and Preventing Data Leaks
- Passwordless Root Access in VMs
- Device Handling Security
- Anti Evil Maid
- Split GPG
- U2F Proxy
- YubiKey
Advanced Configuration
- Configuration Files
- Storing AppVMs on Secondary Drives
- RPC Policies
- USB Qubes
- Managing VM Kernels
- Salt Management Stack
- DisposableVM Customization
- Making Any File Persistent Using
bind-dirs - GUI Configuration
- Resizing Disk Images
- Troubleshooting UEFI
- Troubleshooting Newer Hardware
- KDE
- i3 Window Manager
- awesome Window Manager
Reference Pages
- Command-line Tools
- Glossary
- Qubes Service Framework
- Command Execution in VMs (and Qubes RPC)
- Deprecated Documentation
Developer Documentation
Core documentation for Qubes developers and advanced users.
General
- Developer FAQ
- Package Contributions
- Documentation Guidelines
- Community-Developed Feature Tracker
- Google Summer of Code
- Google Season of Docs
- Books for Developers
- Style Guide
- Usability & UX
Code
System
- Qubes OS Architecture Overview
- Qubes OS Architecture Spec v0.3 [PDF]
- Security-critical Code in Qubes OS
- Qubes Core Admin
- Qubes Core Admin Client
- Qubes Admin API
- Qubes Core Stack
- Qrexec: command execution in VMs
- Qubes GUI virtualization protocol
- Networking in Qubes
- Implementation of template sharing and updating
- Storage Pools
- Audio virtualization
Services
- Inter-domain file copying (deprecates
qfileexchgd) - Dynamic memory management in Qubes
- Implementation of DisposableVMs
- Dom0 secure update mechanism
Debugging
- Profiling python code
- Test environment in separate machine for automatic tests
- Automated tests
- VM-dom0 internal configuration interface
- Debugging Windows VMs
- Safe Remote Dom0 Terminals
- Mount LVM Image
Building
- Building Qubes (“API” Details)
- Development Workflow
- Building Qubes OS ISO
- Qubes Template Configuration Files
Releases
External Documentation
Unofficial, third-party documentation from the Qubes community and others.
Operating System Guides
- Template: Archlinux
- Template: Ubuntu
- Template: Whonix
- Pentesting
- Pentesting: BlackArch
- Pentesting: Kali
- Pentesting: PTF
- Tips for Using Linux in an HVM
- Creating a NetBSD VM
Security Guides
- Security Guidelines
- Using Multi-factor Authentication with Qubes
- How to Set Up a Split Bitcoin Wallet in Qubes
- Split dm-crypt
- Using OnlyKey with Qubes OS
Privacy Guides
- Whonix for Privacy & Anonymity
- Running Tails in Qubes
- Anonymizing your MAC Address
- Martus
- Signal
- Reducing the fingerprint of the text-based web browser w3m
Configuration Guides
- Qubes Tips and Tricks
- How to set up a ProxyVM as a VPN Gateway
- Multibooting
- Changing your Time Zone
- Installing ZFS in Qubes
- Mutt Guide
- Postfix Guide
- Fetchmail Guide
- Creating Custom NetVMs and ProxyVMs
- How to make proxy for individual tcp connection from networkless VM
- Adding Bridge Support to the NetVM (EXPERIMENTAL)
- Enabling TRIM for SSD disks
- Configuring a Network Printer
- Using External Audio Devices
- Rxvt Guide
- Adding SSD storage cache
- How to Make a Multimedia TemplateVM
Customization Guides
- Customizing Fedora minimal templates
- Customizing Windows 7 templates
- Language Localization
- Dark Theme in Dom0 and DomU
- Safely Removing TemplateVM Packages (Example: Thunderbird)
Troubleshooting
- Home directory is out of disk space error
- Installing on system with new AMD GPU (missing firmware problem)
- How to install an Nvidia driver in dom0
- Nvidia troubleshooting guide
- Lenovo ThinkPad Troubleshooting
- Apple MacBook Troubleshooting
- Getting Sony Vaio Z laptop to work with Qubes
- Fixing wireless on suspend & resume
- How to remove VMs manually
- Intel Integrated Graphics Troubleshooting