We provide weekly builds for all our installation media. You should use these,
unless you encounter problems and need to fallback to the tested, stable snapshots.
There are 3 different kind of installation media Artix currently provides: base, graphical and community.
Unless you really know your way around Linux, use a graphical or community edition.
The base installation can be performed from within
any ISO;
this may prove useful to people who have trouble getting their wireless network cards to work or
for any reason need an active graphical environment during installation. You can even install a
different init system than that of the installation medium, if you go the
base way.
Read our fine wiki.
And read the description for each category.
- Base ISOs allow for a fully customised installation, which is done in a TTY and is intended for knowledgeable users.
This is the recommended way of installing Artix and the team will be happy to support any issue.
An almost identical lowmem version found at the testing section below,
can boot and install on machines with as little as 300MB of RAM.
- Graphical installation images come with a slightly preconfigured desktop system (LXQt, LXDE, MATE, Cinnamon, KDE/Plasma, XFCE)
and a rudimentary set of applications: a file manager, media player (mpv), network manager, document viewer,
web browser and the calamares installer.
People afraid of the Linux terminal or in need of a quick, intuitive installation would want this ISO.
This is still a bare-bones installation and a lot of additional software is required for a satisfactory experience.
- ISOs marked as gremlins or testing contain testing features.
We utilize web seeds for our torrents. Any reasonably modern bittorrent client can use them and it is the fastest possible way to get our ISO images.
If for some reason you cannot or will not use a bittorrent client, please choose your nearest mirror to download the installation ISO.
Our own download servers are usually overloaded (thank you).
Stable ISO mirrors
- DotSrc.org, Denmark (2x10Gbps) (rsync available)
- Princeton University, New Jersey, USA
- Open Computing Facility at UC Berkeley, California, USA (20GBps, rsync available)
- UNIXPeople.org, Germany (1Gbps)
- Tsinghua University TUNA Association, China (5Gbps, rsync available)
- Nanjing University, China (rsync available)
- crifo.org, France (1Gbps) (rsync available)
- Akardam Networks, California, USA
- ArkHost BV (1Gbps), Sofia, Bulgaria
- KeiVerse 1 (2Gbps), Gumi-si, Republic of Korea (rsync available)
- KeiVerse 2 (2Gbps), Gumi-si, Republic of Korea (rsync available)
- TuxMirrors, Canada
- Sl’s Repository, Canada
- Sylvia Roselie (1-10Gbps), New York, USA (rsync available)
- Zhejiang University, China
Stable ISO images
The stable ISOs below are signed with PGP key
0xB886B428. To verify an ISO after it is downloaded, get its signature and issue the following (the file names are given as examples):
gpg --auto-key-retrieve --verify artix-base-s6-20250214-x86_64.iso.sig artix-base-s6-20250214-x86_64.iso
(You may ignore the 'key is not certified with a trusted signature!' warning.)
The new online install option is still work-in-progress, users are advised to select 'Offline' when prompted.
Stable ISO images
base
cinnamon
community-gtk
community-qt
lxde
lxqt
mate
plasma
xfce
SHA256 sums
24eb7fa5141c185130de21ae63accdaefeebf26fb261f29a07f3f7f3e2787ed3 artix-base-dinit-20261102-x86_64.iso
f03faf6aaa2881e18e1220bebb0496207d5d4bf646a0f3d911d68261c8230c8a artix-base-dinit-20261102-x86_64.iso.sig
073d206b69c92cb3cb12848dce9886873fc868137b6cc2d9a724f4e14121dbc8 artix-base-openrc-20261102-x86_64.iso
392ba897501157b0e51cc35558002c7c115c33db852a1bb9d295fa8605fff317 artix-base-openrc-20261102-x86_64.iso.sig
aa352a020d4b4134560c1a7fb7b3aafa548a4d58aad21c178af9b82a06b08b03 artix-base-runit-20261102-x86_64.iso
dcba333a5fe82e009358a61aabb9d481482500a2f5c752086f12d8c5b29f7c8d artix-base-runit-20261102-x86_64.iso.sig
beaae76d48ce9b79b84f46902cd7369fe751ab9a8b59f2306a78b8b1c1d855af artix-base-s6-20261102-x86_64.iso
5336e96a4c372544efba1d84390486b5e4a91c5b2d3578c339f5a49429f4ec0b artix-base-s6-20261102-x86_64.iso.sig
069270ff37b7d2b45dbbc65f225bed8baf4d54fbfb9e1edc23051654186f1471 artix-cinnamon-dinit-20261102-x86_64.iso
957653ebcb9e8a3bda99c76b029b4c7aa55f1287b15ed8c178ba63beb1a1f66d artix-cinnamon-dinit-20261102-x86_64.iso.sig
6ed11a92b44dbe8d97e5ad81e41562e2ad33fe35e99bdf873080a5452ff32e60 artix-cinnamon-openrc-20261102-x86_64.iso
03d8143081773de59a1b236c15bc1309b55888ba08eb6c8905d34e3b13a67f69 artix-cinnamon-openrc-20261102-x86_64.iso.sig
9ed5fe11685b910581aad8d3a9add7a70e673d18089eb2e42f85d0dc40842894 artix-community-gtk-openrc-20261102-x86_64.iso
c2da9a46a3eab25bdbd27aca01f28a5b4f6edc36f7920d9c5f3c79c27db3d6c5 artix-community-gtk-openrc-20261102-x86_64.iso.sig
3c5a0a0665e7de0228642fb1d3173f70a283d484c2833c6d340f6f742ee260fe artix-community-qt-openrc-20261104-x86_64.iso
911482430237d87412b20e9b4a3b5d852fee75189070a22feb1cac49b56086ea artix-community-qt-openrc-20261104-x86_64.iso.sig
ad774dd1b243cc1e2a8a78be44a7c9259c3f17cbc04eb925847b78e32037f023 artix-lxde-dinit-20261102-x86_64.iso
94eff801409273efb237551827ad094e671d80643efd51b448e0bf001544fe56 artix-lxde-dinit-20261102-x86_64.iso.sig
78853654335145a8d17cd27c7b8f2cf0fadecce3f940a3798ddeb2f65024bba0 artix-lxde-openrc-20261102-x86_64.iso
45390fadd2be53afe93844f8759246e203de2587e6a916a88ae6dc08994ac9e0 artix-lxde-openrc-20261102-x86_64.iso.sig
98f8318837ef9686308b40c4fe065adb3ec310228a617368f1404f4456641d51 artix-lxqt-dinit-20261102-x86_64.iso
b672bd77a8c6fec4c82defc2aa618b62bd896058971f89ed7568c20ee91c895e artix-lxqt-dinit-20261102-x86_64.iso.sig
3248bd20cae3dcaa92476f6d046556c1da018085f7bf8d0660fda4a0e477fd48 artix-lxqt-openrc-20261102-x86_64.iso
f3d23b081d1fae9fa2e4cfa6807217d8b589fe32f02a44da955a0ae988b3e71e artix-lxqt-openrc-20261102-x86_64.iso.sig
95af574e4ff3167a8c6e477ce9ca795668c8d67f692f3d0230d8c726f6c21ee9 artix-mate-dinit-20261102-x86_64.iso
c356b6a7b1709ade7c0990b8e3b6f609fefb63acbde56490963a6324a88fbede artix-mate-dinit-20261102-x86_64.iso.sig
d4b212cdf0fed3b78b1fb0dd2cfe2fa0421c0844ae927e38d90b8fb750ad2924 artix-mate-openrc-20261102-x86_64.iso
d01a81e2b7d529d25865a91bcade697f26dd97b1b60585fe2108e9dbedf14ad3 artix-mate-openrc-20261102-x86_64.iso.sig
de79c14789c6af5e20621a0a92023f74f039634031f6593f8019a68c3eb47561 artix-plasma-dinit-20261104-x86_64.iso
26377a2509faff1bba9680f49178dd1ff0665ce48cf0217f567f0a915b3ed297 artix-plasma-dinit-20261104-x86_64.iso.sig
682fd6e5a671779e9db00a9f3b4c54b40c895decd7adcaf6d4e2b45d85d1343c artix-plasma-openrc-20261104-x86_64.iso
33f7cf967c3a4984e09041745d3b7e4a313e7d1272e86c322c32fb5bd5ab60b8 artix-plasma-openrc-20261104-x86_64.iso.sig
cdd1b0186a563b2f99caed4d5bc21fd1d6084222d87778531ccfbb26f0a9ddcb artix-xfce-dinit-20261102-x86_64.iso
ec07a8029af751e43f52b470ba61861d0b57208ab157382b9911aee233b45f32 artix-xfce-dinit-20261102-x86_64.iso.sig
876e3389b64ef8e801316adf9e41e9ced22c74865d4662c204f269cae1a3691a artix-xfce-openrc-20261102-x86_64.iso
7c5a6076252b3ed5a297810162eafe08ce249a818c8f185b40e82a7ab0ddb6de artix-xfce-openrc-20261102-x86_64.iso.sig
c9ad38c9e5e245b9bc55e97ac5d99e99bc3fa3c27324bd10d3a62e25bcd05b7e sha256sums
PGP signatures
- Of all DEs, only Plasma supports Wayland out of the box.
- Plasma/OpenRC boots so fast that autologin may not work. The password is artix.
Weekly ISO images
These images are automatically built once a week and put up for download
without any testing. Please report any issues at our forum.
Weeklies are available from the following download servers and mirrors, please opt for the mirrors.
Weekly ISO mirrors
- ArkHost BV (1Gbps), Sofia, Bulgaria
- Akardam Networks, California, USA
- KeiVerse 1 (2Gbps), Gumi-si, Republic of Korea (rsync available)
- KeiVerse 2 (2Gbps), Gumi-si, Republic of Korea (rsync available)
- TuxMirrors, Canada
- Sl’s Repository, Canada
- Sylvia Roselie (1-10Gbps), New York, USA (rsync available)
If the list is empty, be patient; we're cooking new ones!
Weekly ISO images
base
cinnamon
community-gtk
community-qt
gaming-plasma
gaming-xfce
lxde
lxqt
mate
plasma
xfce
SHA256 sums
6e73032807a96ee398119c60594a310d65f1a60944235e2d7baca74c174894e6 artix-gaming-plasma-dinit-20261104-x86_64.iso
440278e5acfd598b4aab46d81559fb8635e724823874f75dbe4dbd095a5d279e artix-gaming-xfce-dinit-20261102-x86_64.iso
bf27fc51676223f0b424e88b952e23d07a04a8a408347c9b30bde378122c76ab artix-base-runit-20261110-x86_64.iso
701000c4c59613e9a745fee9b2a4751a1547c376846bf72c8e5e99fdf9599a58 artix-base-s6-20261110-x86_64.iso
8718a090c729648828b0c4771c018d2f3f47a21e14d84debe71dbfe259540afb artix-base-dinit-20261110-x86_64.iso
6494b530c0708acaa80925f0ba9a4f11617e106ec1a000ba2c63b04511f08cdc artix-cinnamon-dinit-20261110-x86_64.iso
45a787722b5cdfcbe47e3901930b649d7e2f10801039ac4494d86686fb7e235f artix-cinnamon-openrc-20261110-x86_64.iso
69dce64d504fc23d839258f38f7fa89ffcf906d611dfa85dcad4ec8973575a02 artix-community-gtk-openrc-20261110-x86_64.iso
f858088d6d7c7e087e9ea91c182959e29e87cc541990fe0f2948eaa1af431597 artix-community-qt-openrc-20261110-x86_64.iso
dbdc3c34fff42c45da17ee6dbb3fb24621c8a59f4994fffdf046f00d7743b15c artix-lxde-s6-20261110-x86_64.iso
1aaf8665a3c904130e1f37120bbe00bb6873ff893442fb3f1dc7ce7c4cf444db artix-lxqt-runit-20261110-x86_64.iso
f24b592c9f2806f5343e15f46a4cf2306a29e645e00da55ae6e5f10b2f2204bb artix-mate-dinit-20261110-x86_64.iso
c43126dc989ddc041a9ba52705b27441780ebb94e3a7f8058a43a2392dc0f568 artix-mate-openrc-20261110-x86_64.iso
fca6e513ce437a65437a9f891ff2bd55db4d43cb6e4f01543ba84ea376ca5c8e artix-plasma-dinit-20261110-x86_64.iso
a424bf11c12491b0cea94f01ccc307110b8233b78bac28b7c202c90b48afde1e artix-plasma-openrc-20261110-x86_64.iso
2d651f4522c74b574be3772abc158d63ffa04afc2f4e1de88f581281871d03af artix-xfce-dinit-20261110-x86_64.iso
41752b9afefd3493857442b35cc01ee4ca5f197c1d6e360786151b8946fb5458 artix-xfce-openrc-20261110-x86_64.iso
- The gaming ISO is in beta stage, see this forum topic
- The s6 installation requires manual intervention at first boot:
# s6 set commit -f
# s6 live install --init
# reboot
Testing ISO images
Images in testing or experimental phase,
are posted for evaluation and feedback.
GNOME works with some hacks, but as hard-dependent on systemd it won't get any more attention.
The
lowmem ISO, intended mainly for server use (especially cheap 512MB VPS), is missing a few packages, most notably
linux-firmware, easily installable afterwards.
MATE-a11y (accessibility) is configured for visually impaired / blind users. It automatically boots the ISO after 5 seconds and launches the
Orca screen reader
in the login manager screen and in the MATE desktop. Related
forum thread.
Testing ISO images
base-lowmem
gnome
i3
mate-a11y
moksha
SHA256 sums
445e39dac08ba7e9c6de20975adc6937d427fd115b22685b4a257b6b7961409e artix-base-lowmem-openrc-20210405-x86_64.iso
c234600803de8ca228bd7f9f10d0cc34b16f446fc3e128908222e6fd06991301 artix-base-lowmem-runit-20210405-x86_64.iso
423ba50bba17a05679ae9f40896486066fafa906b865eff10d5890a7480fafc4 artix-base-lowmem-s6-20210405-x86_64.iso
f5121a0b0871190bd5ff40dcf9d9b61250daf90864fcd82e8c05e7004a4f95a5 artix-gnome-openrc-20210427-x86_64.iso
91fb777e424dee66df6951359c20f5ae6fe2ed27377a137b93162ba7debec3fa artix-gnome-s6-20200704-x86_64.iso
7a7a8f575ff6e7d99f001b7d5648ec177e4513266989b53785d5aa0281aea2a3 artix-i3-openrc-20200704-x86_64.iso
ee635e06cb27db374b7f6b0180973b4a1300bf21f5f6f7d54aec56cb85774663 artix-i3-runit-20200704-x86_64.iso
a65d25595cfe85d36b3194bf0f6b5f616a6a936e6f6abece0209ea80d3319cc1 artix-i3-s6-20200704-x86_64.iso
7454b4af9acc6dc4dd0a5a6c4ac0e8a34f851c1cca37d06020e7b39f8e714a23 artix-moksha-dinit-20260404-x86_64.iso
19d7dcfab92f81c22d34daef06dc2e04405ac20f7441ac33f4bbf17de28c6e07 artix-moksha-openrc-20260404-x86_64.iso
dbf8a79813848ff4c2f4051661d423d45798bc28640a29ff07c24f2913c278a5 artix-moksha-runit-20260404-x86_64.iso
e7907311cf1df8f0841ec3dd40b10f71954853af1e7d2517d3c10dd3a404cb33 artix-sonic-dinit-20260423-x86_64.iso
1faed4c0aef318bb547ddc40df810ec25839bf88f82a37eb0b9dda772701eca8 artix-sonic-openrc-20260423-x86_64.iso
Old and archived ISO images
The previous stable ISOs can be found archived here.
Old ISO images (click to expand)
base
cinnamon
community-gtk
community-qt
lxqt
mate
plasma
xfce
SHA256 sums
bf062d274b48f86c5765d228490b1093d0c6c0546c928cc663947aa3ac3c02b9 artix-base-dinit-20260813-x86_64.iso
fe425f282fee4c9066c0e949d384bae6de0e35c904a3d5f335e219a2454657e4 artix-base-dinit-20260813-x86_64.iso.sig
6f75cf428b6b2df2d387eceff0d08fb0d93eeff39ec30e0957fbca7851bdf5c6 artix-base-openrc-20260813-x86_64.iso
83ba00cb5cfefb6614b36fb20298f006fba68110c3bd5b5c4774e118418bae9d artix-base-openrc-20260813-x86_64.iso.sig
997027b2dc8e4eeb22d403deea74652f5c38a6e7585a7f99a8bd6c1c79de3ed5 artix-base-runit-20260813-x86_64.iso
2af221f3af773bb3ca379ec0cc8fae347375db1bb276ec257acd4287aff4fa47 artix-base-runit-20260813-x86_64.iso.sig
a159b0db3819f606b775ba0fa9f239e8fa331e817b7ca4d679c51f88d13922cf artix-base-s6-20260813-x86_64.iso
8b1a30ce1b1d18ba9baffc34d46ff9132509b12c3bd712659f5c89e8bb7c3ec0 artix-base-s6-20260813-x86_64.iso.sig
f43f375da306905eed8b3b286e6e2611ab395a28a6d47d59bc844f9a59f209f4 artix-cinnamon-dinit-20260814-x86_64.iso
939c6ee8a0013e0abbae257051e7047517699ebd73fa9b472d52e2b2b60eaa52 artix-cinnamon-dinit-20260814-x86_64.iso.sig
4fa9f9530f2b653e8d587bd49fd6f9aa561a711fc253ce0e22805a67a6501840 artix-cinnamon-openrc-20260814-x86_64.iso
ae0c31d89066b02c9b246f45ff4fc879b5c8e3393ad7b28e8ed4aebbc80d9d3a artix-cinnamon-openrc-20260814-x86_64.iso.sig
d5a2707a9b2734dc51ebcf1d507b222d38804491579c9467d1bd9c65fc423f4f artix-community-gtk-openrc-20260821-x86_64.iso
edce9801882d17985994cc46e8f758f261bcbf5ac18f26b1359e1c196baa5af8 artix-community-gtk-openrc-20260821-x86_64.iso.sig
a5b0e160f9db666022496a20e0895dfd5e7a56565209d8cfcea5891e44601de2 artix-community-qt-openrc-20260821-x86_64.iso
8918b5435b9f205aebb42fe5e2a51b85214e5d092cce266ce4abc9a3ad0b2032 artix-community-qt-openrc-20260821-x86_64.iso.sig
71d40f1141fafc817815910b2c79bfed7849c7c025cd7e4de4ebdc239507d2e7 artix-lxqt-runit-20260816-x86_64.iso
2b96bfb4c1ba1058461c6daaed15998c02d20101fe34ac184ea0395426ddcc07 artix-lxqt-runit-20260816-x86_64.iso.sig
0482f416f2f3b33ee5357c7d6b09c8ec507df58f1844dc53396b970e4583f03d artix-mate-dinit-20260813-x86_64.iso
4e88bd30ae4027dad0d99796c60b8ee077ee39d1d0d0692ea7f4137d9d1924b8 artix-mate-dinit-20260813-x86_64.iso.sig
acabe8c6f7481da38f5b62fab89012930b021a9a4ff6a43986e6e1a9818f1d0a artix-mate-openrc-20260813-x86_64.iso
03fcac40773f6a69793e7d3d4daa08cce845129e18cf98e99ede8c0a6389521d artix-mate-openrc-20260813-x86_64.iso.sig
28369194e8d9afed6f3d0b7c96990c3c4223fa2da9c0f1a4782d74b52a7de580 artix-plasma-dinit-20260813-x86_64.iso
a924fa12502142f94a2b9c9aa97b09e2cb378be755e59cbd35c157b88345b546 artix-plasma-dinit-20260813-x86_64.iso.sig
6945292c0d92b134cb8792af43f87ec7907b6ec98f45064139e27e89dbd6c30d artix-plasma-openrc-20260813-x86_64.iso
8fbd6ee9b044969e257b709fc73d44a8e1946ebc8f85d1502a3a0661f0e02ee2 artix-plasma-openrc-20260813-x86_64.iso.sig
4cea2f537223485e303ae2a2b086c0ed49dbabaf71d41e8c4e535d15cefefa27 artix-xfce-dinit-20260813-x86_64.iso
c1ddd9b90c6aff2201749f560f8c135856830d5c3732fd7d22f848e3e881e7dc artix-xfce-dinit-20260813-x86_64.iso.sig
494f0ccc64cf5a26d701a2f3986a9b9ea004630bf238e6d6e26da6cf9a4eda71 artix-xfce-openrc-20260813-x86_64.iso
c1b7b7c12dab47a65ecdf5ea658512899ead6e688640442b2836cf14b5d8b245 artix-xfce-openrc-20260813-x86_64.iso.sig
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