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Distribution-independent installer framework
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# Calamares: Distribution-Independent Installer Framework

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> Calamares is a distribution-independent system installer, with an advanced partitioning

> feature for both manual and automated partitioning operations. Calamares is designed to

> be customizable by distribution maintainers without the need for cumbersome patching,

> thanks to third-party branding and external modules support.



## Target Audience



Calamares is a Linux installer; users who install Linux on a computer will hopefully

use it just **once**, to install their Linux distribution. Calamares is not

a "ready to use" application: distributions apply a huge amount of customization

and configuration to Calamares, and the target audience for this repository

is those distributions, and the people who make those Linux distros.



Calamares has some [generic user documentation](https://calamares.io/docs/users-guide/)

for end-users, but most of what we have is for distro developers.



## Getting Calamares



Clone Calamares from GitHub. The default branch is called *calamares*.



```

git clone https://github.com/calamares/calamares.git

```



Calamares is a KDE-Frameworks and Qt-based, C++17, CMake-built application.

The dependencies are explained in [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md).



## Contributing to Calamares



Calamares welcomes PRs. New issues are welcome, too.

There are both the Calamares **core** repository (this one)

and an **extensions** repository ([Calamares extensions](https://github.com/calamares/calamares-extensions)).



Contributions to code, modules, documentation, the wiki, and the website are all welcome.

There is more information in the [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) file.



## Join the Conversation



GitHub Issues are **one** place for discussing Calamares if there are concrete

problems or a new feature to discuss.

Issues are not a help channel.

Visit Matrix for help with configuration or compilation.



Regular Calamares development chit-chat happens in a [Matrix](https://matrix.org/)

room, `#calamares:kde.org`. Responsiveness is best during the day

in Europe, but feel free to idle.

Matrix is persistent, and we'll see your message eventually.



* [![Join us on Matrix](https://img.shields.io/badge/Matrix-%23calamares:kde.org-blue)](https://webchat.kde.org/#/room/%23calamares:kde.org) (needs a Matrix account)