Crooli OS Download

The computer you already know how to use.

A calm, fast desktop that installs in minutes, looks after its own updates, and gives an older laptop a second life. No Linux experience needed.

Download Crooli OS View on GitHub

Version 1.1.2 Free For Intel, AMD and Apple silicon

The Crooli OS Welcome screen on the desktop: a dark top bar with the Crooli menu, six shortcut tiles and a floating dock. Files, the file manager, in Crooli's dark colours with a sidebar and blue folders. Settings in Crooli OS, with a dark sidebar and blue toggles. The terminal in Crooli's colours, showing the Crooli OS version. The Crooli OS installer, with its steps down the left side and a blue progress bar.

Most people don't want an operating system. They want their browser, their files and their photos, on a computer that turns on quickly and never asks them anything strange. Crooli OS is built for exactly that.

Features

Everything you need. Nothing you have to figure out.

Installs in minutes

Five short screens: language, keyboard, disk, your name, done. Encryption is a single checkbox.

An app store that just works

Thousands of free apps, including Spotify, Zoom, VLC, Discord and Steam. Click Install and you're done.

Updates look after themselves

Security fixes install quietly in the background. No pop-ups, no forced restarts in the middle of your work.

Light on old hardware

A trimmed desktop and compressed memory keep things quick, even on a laptop that struggles with anything newer.

Private by default

No tracking, no ads, no account to sign up for. Location is off until you turn it on. Your computer is yours.

Works with your hardware

Wi-Fi, graphics, sound, Bluetooth and printers set up automatically. Secure Boot supported.

Design

It looks like Crooli, all the way through.

A quiet top bar

One Crooli menu for Settings, the App Store, updates and shutting down. Everything else stays out of the way.

A dock that stays put

Your most-used apps sit in a floating dock, with the same dark glass as the bar above it.

Dark and light, done properly

Ink and Paper, with blue only where it matters. Files, Settings, the terminal and the app store all follow it.

2 GBof memory is enough
3clicks to install an app
0trackers, ads or accounts
Freeforever, for everyone

Getting started

From download to desktop in about fifteen minutes.

  1. 01

    Download

    Get the Crooli OS file below. It's free and about 2 GB.

  2. 02

    Make a USB stick

    Open Flash by Crooli, pick the file, pick your USB stick, click Flash. On a Mac, open it in UTM instead.

  3. 03

    Try it, then install

    Start your computer from the USB stick. Try it for as long as you like, then click Install in the dock.

Open source

Built in the open, on solid ground.

Crooli OS is built on Debian, one of the most trusted foundations in computing, with a carefully trimmed GNOME desktop on top. Every package, setting and script is public on GitHub. Read it, build it yourself, or help make it better.

Browse the source →
Terminal
$ git clone https://github.com/xandertaylorx/crooli-os
$ cd crooli-os
$ ./build.sh
Building Crooli OS 1.1 on Debian 13…
✓ crooli-os-1.1-amd64.hybrid.iso

Get Crooli OS

Version 1.1.2. Free, with no account needed.

Intel or AMD PC Apple silicon or ARM

On a Mac with an M-series chip? Download the Apple silicon version and open it in UTM, choosing Virtualize.

Processor
64-bit Intel, AMD or ARM
Memory
2 GB (4 GB recommended)
Storage
16 GB
USB stick
4 GB or larger