Download it. See for yourself.
One ISO. Ten distros. ZFS on root. Offline. Two minutes. If it doesn’t impress you, delete it — it’s free and it cost you nothing but a USB stick.
Minimum Requirements
| Server / Core | Desktop | Desktop + AI | |
|---|---|---|---|
| RAM | 4 GB | 8 GB | 16 GB |
| Disk | 40 GB | 80 GB | 80 GB |
| CPU | 2 cores | 4 cores | 4 cores |
| Boot | UEFI (Secure Boot supported) | ||
| USB | 8 GB+ USB drive (or VM with ISO attached) | ||
| Internet | Not required (offline darksites) | Required for AI model download | |
kldloadOS Free — AMD64
CentOS, Debian, RHEL, Rocky — ZFS on root, boot environments, WireGuard, eBPF, NVIDIA, image export. Everything offline.
↓ Download ISOWhat’s on the USB
A live CentOS Stream 9 desktop with a web-based installer. Pick your distro, pick your profile, click install. 3,600+ packages for Debian and 900+ for CentOS/Rocky baked in — no internet needed. Export the installed disk as qcow2, VMDK, VHD, OVA, or raw — deploy anywhere from one install.
Three steps
1
Download
Grab the ISO above
2
Burn to USB
dd, Rufus, or Balena Etcher
3
Boot & install
Pick your distro. 2 minutes.
Write to USB
Linux / macOS
# One-liner: download + burn + eject (replace /dev/sdX)
curl -L -o /tmp/kldload.iso https://dl.kldload.com/kldload-free-latest.iso && \
dd if=/tmp/kldload.iso of=/dev/sdX bs=4M status=progress oflag=sync conv=fsync && \
sync && eject /dev/sdXWindows
Use Rufus (recommended) or Balena Etcher. Select the ISO, select your USB drive, click Start.
Or boot in a VM
Works in KVM, Proxmox, VMware ESXi, VirtualBox, UTM. Just attach the ISO as a CD-ROM and boot with UEFI.
Or build your own
# Clone and build — same result as the download
git clone https://github.com/kldload/kldload.git
cd kldload
./deploy.sh clean && ./deploy.sh builder-image && PROFILE=desktop ./deploy.sh buildEvery script is readable bash. No compiled binaries. No vendor SDK. cat any file and read what it does.