Parrot OS images (Home and Security)
Rex's Parrot OS build for CM3/CM4/CM5 in Home and Security editions, plus krokowitz's Security spin with RTL-SDR and ALFA drivers preinstalled.
What it takes
- Software only
Difficulty 1 of 3 — easy.
Details
Rex's Parrot OS thread (July 2024) offers a lightweight Home edition and the full Security edition on his uConsole kernel, for DevTerm CM4/CM5 and uConsole CM3/CM4/CM5: login pi/parrot, antenna preset, headers, auto-expanding filesystem. DevTerm users change the Device line in config.txt; the uConsole is the default.
krokowitz's Parrot Security 6.12.45 image (February 2026) is built on Rex's work with RTL-SDR Blog V4 drivers, ALFA WiFi drivers with monitor mode and injection, and SDR++ added — CM4 with the original panel only. IamUSER's thread has the setup steps for the HackerGadgets AIO board on Parrot: create a new user first, fix the locale, install the hackergadgets-uconsole-aio-board package, add yourself to dialout for GPS.
Links
Open at Forum threadRelated mods
Rex's Kali image for CM4 and CM5 on the uConsole kernel with the hardware presets; cuu's original CM4 build is documented on the ClockworkPi wiki.
The community's recommended OS: Debian 13 on Rex's patched Pi kernel, desktop and Lite variants, for CM3+, CM4, CM4S and CM5.
The previous Debian release of Rex's line, still rebuilt for the new screens in 2026 — the fallback when something on Trixie is not ready yet.
Rex's build of DragonOS Pi64 — an Ubuntu 22.04 SDR distribution with the radio tools preinstalled — on the uConsole kernel for CM4 and CM5.
Ubuntu on the uConsole kernel for CM3/CM4/CM5 — originally 24.04, now 26.04 on the 7.1.y kernel line.
Rex's port of TwisterOS — a themed Raspbian derivative with Box86/Box64, Wine and Pi-Apps — for the uConsole and DevTerm.