You've reached the website for Arch Linux, a lightweight and flexible Linux® distribution that tries to Keep It Simple. Currently we have official packages optimized for the x86-64 architecture.

It is intended for new installations only; an existing Arch Linux system can always be updated with pacman -Syu. Images for installing Arch can be downloaded via BitTorrent or right here in your …

This document is a guide for installing Arch Linux using the live system booted from an installation medium made from an official installation image. The installation medium provides …

Arch Linux strives to maintain the latest stable release versions of its software as long as systemic package breakage can be reasonably avoided. It is based on a rolling-release system, which …

Arch any x86_64 Repository Core Core-Testing Extra Extra-Testing Gnome-Unstable KDE-Unstable Multilib Multilib-Testing

Welcome to the ArchWiki: your source for Arch Linux documentation on the web. Visit the Table of contents for a listing of article categories.

Dec 1, 2025 · This is a list of ISO releases made by the Arch Linux release engineering team. These are typically done on a monthly cadence, containing the latest kernel and base …

General discussion regarding the Arch User Repository (AUR) and Package Maintainer structure takes place on aur-general. For discussion relating to the development of the AUR web …

While the Arch Build System allows the ability of building software available in the official repositories, the Arch User Repository (AUR) is the equivalent for user submitted packages.

Arch compared to other distributions This page attempts to draw a comparison between Arch Linux and other notable GNU/Linux distributions and UNIX-like operating systems. The …