Elive is a non-commercial, cost-free operating system designed for everyday use, it offers a much faster, friendlier and feature-rich alternative to your expensive and ineffective default OS. With Elive, computers up to 15 years old can be transformed to high-performance machines with a stunning interface fully customizable.

Elive can be up and running in just 2 minutes, without the need for installation. Choose your preferred language and options for maximum performance, or let Elive detect them for you. The user experience is our top priority, we provide an intuitive experience that is accessible to anyone. We achieve this by keeping the interface simple and uncluttered, providing many automated tools.

Elive is built on Debian, inheriting its renowned stability and reliability. The customized Enlightenment desktop is ultra-fast and perfectly stable, ensuring that you can rely on Elive to work seamlessly day after day. It comes with a comprehensive suite of applications, catering to both professional and leisure needs. It offers everything from a complete office suite, tools, games, and multimedia. It includes professional video editors, graphic design software, media center, and even the ability to recover files from reformatted disks.

Elive is intended for everyone, from new to advanced users, who will discover a wealth of useful tools hidden within.

Be always safe | Virus Protected
In Elive there are no viruses and it is almost impossible to get a virus in Linux systems. Viruses are mostly created to sell anti-virus software in corrupted operating systems, while in Elive we do not sell anything.

Extreme Performance | Super Fast
A madness for perfection has resulted in a system tuned for performance and speed. Without planned obsolescence slowing down your computer over time. Made to work fast in old computers, resulting in blazing fast in newer ones.

Live mode | Try before Install
You can run Elive from a USB drive or DVD, without actually having to install it. With our own persistence featuring hardware-based profiles, you can save your work to take with you on the go.

Never be annoyed | Focus
Forget about popups, emergency updates, forced reboots, software trials, and forget about ads. All of these things are unacceptable to us, you will never have publicity in Elive, so you can work in peace.

Easy Setup | Multiple Screens
Elive includes extended usability, acting with a separate and shared behavior at the same time, loading your last configuration only when the screen is detected at boot, featuring unique hotkeys for optimal work, and more. Never a multi-screen setup has been so useful!

No need to pay | Cost-Free
Elive is entirely cost-free, there are no restrictions or limitations on its use, unlike other operating systems. This project is made with love and not for monetary gain. Help Elive be more known.

Easy to use | Intuitive
Simple and clean, your desktop will never be a mess, applications are not over-saturated with options, Elive includes helpers and automation tools, everything has been designed so that even your cat can use it.

Complete and ready | Applications
Many hours were spent making the delicate selection of the best applications available, to give you a complete system that is ready to use, and with all quality software that you may ever need.

Stay calm | Spyware Free
Worried about your personal data being sent to corporations? Elive is open source, so you and anyone else can see what is happening inside.

The entire world | All Languages
Elive is made to work for any language in the world, even the rarest ones! Your country is determined by geolocation, which is used to give a preconfigured setup for your language and keyboard even with exotic language inputs!