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# Introduction

Snigdha OS is a **light-weight, Powerful & Optimized** Operating System built for **Normal Users &  Penetration Testers.**

## 👉 Features 

As a penetration distribution, [Snigdha OS](https://snigdhaos.org/) serves several features & purposes. Some of them we've mentioned below:

**📌 Tailored Toolset**: Penetration testing often requires a specific set of tools for tasks such as network scanning, vulnerability assessment, and exploitation. As a penetration distribution, Snigdha OS comes with collection of pre-installed tools that cater to these needs, ensuring that testers have everything they require readily available. 

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More tools can be installed if the [Online Installation](/installation/online_install) method is selected at the time of Snigdha OS installation. Tools also can be installed after the installation via [Blackbox](/packages/snigdhaos_blackbox).
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**📌 Customization and Optimization**: Different penetration testers have different preferences and requirements. Snigdha OS  allows you tuning the operating system to maximize performance, minimize resource usage, and streamline workflows, leading to more efficient testing processes.

**📌 Security Focus**: Snigdha OS is hardened and configured with security in mind from the ground up. This includes enabling security features like SELinux or AppArmor, implementing strict firewall rules, and disabling unnecessary services to reduce the attack surface.

**📌 Documentation and Support**: Snigdha OS provieds comprehensive documentation and support resources which can be immensely beneficial for both novice and experienced testers. Clear instructions on [tool](/category/tools) usage, [troubleshooting guides](/category/troubleshoot), and [community forums](https://forum.snigdhaos.org/) can help users navigate challenges and enhance their skills.

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Contributions are always welcome. [Help us to write](/dev_guide/write) better documentation for Snigdha OS. 
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**📌 Learning**: For educational purposes, Snigdha OS allows users to gain hands-on experience with various tools and techniques in a controlled environment. They can be used in educational settings, workshops, and certification programs to teach aspiring security professionals the fundamentals of penetration testing.

**📌 Consistency and Reproducibility**: As Snigdha OS standardized penetration distribution, it ensures consistency across testing environments, making it easier to replicate and verify results. This is particularly important for organizations conducting regular security assessments or compliance audits where reproducibility is essential.

**📌 Portability and Accessibility**: Snigdha OS can be deployed on a variety of hardware platforms, including [physical machines](/category/installation), [virtual machines](/installation/virtualbox_installation), and cloud instances. This flexibility enables testers to conduct assessments in diverse environments and adapt to different scenarios as needed.

**📌 Legal and Ethical Compliance**: Snigdha OS comes with licenses and usage agreements that clarify the permissible scope of testing activities. By providing a distribution with appropriate legal and ethical guidelines, developers can help ensure that testers adhere to industry standards and regulations.

**📌 Innovation and Experimentation**: We often do some experiments with our new tools, techniques, and methodologies in the field of cybersecurity. Being a part of Snigdha OS, you can help other developers to push the boundaries of existing practices and contribute to advancements in the field.

## 👉 Purposes

As Snigdha OS is an open source Operating System, we serve the same purposes of open source operating systems like others. The purposes of an open-source operating system typically revolve around principles of transparency, collaboration, accessibility, and innovation. Some of the common purposes:

**📌 Transparency**: Open-source operating systems aim to be transparent in their development processes, making their source code freely available for inspection by anyone. This transparency fosters trust among users and developers and allows for scrutiny of the software's security and functionality.

**📌 Community Collaboration**: Open-source operating systems encourage collaboration among a diverse community of developers, contributors, and users. This collaborative approach often leads to more robust software through peer review, bug fixes, and feature enhancements contributed by a global community.

**📌 Accessibility**: By making the source code freely available, open-source operating systems strive to be accessible to anyone who wishes to use, modify, or redistribute the software. This accessibility fosters inclusivity and empowers users to customize the operating system to suit their specific needs.

**📌 Innovation**: Open-source operating systems promote innovation by providing a platform for experimentation and exploration. Developers are encouraged to build upon existing code, leading to the creation of new features, applications, and solutions that benefit the entire community.

**📌 Freedom**: Open-source operating systems prioritize user freedom, allowing individuals to control their computing experience without being tied to proprietary software or vendor lock-in. Users have the freedom to modify the software to meet their requirements and share those modifications with others.

**📌 Security**: While not always a primary goal, many open-source operating systems emphasize security by leveraging the collective expertise of the community to identify and address vulnerabilities promptly. The transparent nature of open-source development enables rapid responses to security threats and encourages best practices in security engineering.

**📌 Stability and Reliability**: Open-source operating systems often strive for stability and reliability, aiming to provide a dependable platform for a wide range of computing tasks. Through rigorous testing and community feedback, developers work to ensure that the software meets high standards of performance and dependability.

**📌 Education and Learning**: Open-source operating systems serve as valuable educational tools, allowing students and enthusiasts to study, experiment, and learn about computer systems, programming, and software development. The open nature of the software enables hands-on exploration and learning opportunities for individuals at all skill levels.

> Overall, the purposes of an open-source operating system revolve around fostering a collaborative, inclusive, and innovative ecosystem that empowers users and developers while promoting transparency, freedom, and accessibility in computing.

## 👉 Helping

Snigdha OS is [free, open source](https://github.com/Snigdha-OS) Operating System, maintained and governed by volunteers. We rely on community contributions to help us improve and expand Snigdha OS.

📌 If you're a developer, consider [contributing to Snigdha OS or Any Package](/category/developers-guide). This is **the** most efficient way to help Snigdha OS, and your work can have a lot of impact.

📌 If there's a feature you're missing, or a theme idea you have, [writing a custom package](/dev_guide/pkgbuild) will make Snigdha OS that much better for you and others.

📌 If you're experienced in technical writing, your contributions to [our documentation](https://github.com/Snigdha-OS/documentation/issues) could help future users, admins, and developers make the most of Snigdha OS.

📌 If you speak multiple languages, you could contribute translations to could help make Snigdha OS accessible to countless users around the world.

📌 The developers doesn't make money off of Snigdha OS, but does have bills to pay. Donations via [GitHub Sponsors](https://github.com/sponsors/Snigdha-OS) or [OpenCollective](https://opencollective.com/snigdha-os) are always gratefully received. In the past, we've also been able to support some of our core developers financially, so they could work on Snigdha OS part time. This wouldn't be possible without your financial support.

📌 Join [our community](https://forum.snigdhaos.org) to talk about Snigdha OS development, get help with your instance, or just meet cool people! If you're experienced with Snigdha OS, you can also help out beginners!

📌 If there's a bug that's bothering you, or a feature idea on your mind, we can't know about it unless you tell us! We track bugs, suggestions, and future development plans [via GitHub issues](https://github.com/snigdha-os/snigdhaos-arctic/issues). If there's already an issue open, adding likes and (constructive) additional information can be very helpful! 

📌 And if you like Snigdha OS, please consider blogging/tweeting/talking about it! More people aware of Snigdha OS leads to more people engaging with Snigdha OS, and therefore more activity, better extensions, and faster development.

> Snigdha OS wouldn't be possible without our phenomenal community. If you're interested in contributing, see our [developer contribution](/category/developers-guide) docs for more information.