In active development · built in the open

The Linux you
compose yourself.

An Arch-based Linux built around the COSMIC desktop. Its own packages, its own apps, its own tools — in two editions: a flexible Desktop and a self-healing Immutable.

Free & open source. COSMIC desktop · Wayland · no telemetry

Two editions, one COSMIC

Choose how much you want to tinker

Both editions run the same first-party COSMIC desktop and the same apps. They differ only in how the system underneath behaves.

Desktop Edition

Full control

Flexible · tinker-friendly · yours to shape

  • A traditional, changeable system — own every file
  • Full package manager and access to a huge software library
  • Automatic snapshots you can restore from
  • For power users and workstations
Explore Desktop
Immutable Edition

Atomic & self-healing

Updates in one piece · instant rollback

  • A locked, tamper-resistant core that stays clean
  • Updates apply all-at-once — or not at all
  • Roll back to the previous version in one step
  • For “it just works”, media boxes and family machines
Explore Immutable

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What makes it DraftOS

More than a desktop with a wallpaper

We don't just ship COSMIC and call it done. DraftOS has its own apps, its own packages and its own defaults — so it works as one thing, not a bag of parts.

The COSMIC desktop, made ours

COSMIC gives us a fast, modern desktop with real glass. We take it the rest of the way — our theme, our defaults, our apps — so it looks and feels like DraftOS, not a stock install.

$ draftos edition
Desktop · COSMIC

Fast out of the box

Our own package builds and good defaults — quick and responsive without you touching a thing.

Easy to undo

Update as a whole. Roll back in one step.

Yours alone

No telemetry. No trackers. No accounts.

Apps that match

The store, the setup, the settings, the command-line tools — we build them, so they actually fit together.

Stands on its own

Our own packages and repositories. You get a whole OS — not a parts list to assemble.

Built in the open

DraftOS is developed in public, from day one. Follow along, try early builds, and help shape where it goes.

Follow DraftOS as it comes together

It's early days and moving fast. Grab an early build, or watch the repo for the first releases.