Installation Notes #

• Non-Apple Silicon users should use the amd64 variants of the installation media.
• Apple Silicon users should use the arm64 variants of the installation media.
• If https://kali.download and https://kali.org are blocked your network, installation with ISOs might not work.
• Kali and its mirrors tend to package pre-built installation media as compressed 7-Zip archives, which means they must be decompressed before proceeding.

Download Your Kali Linux Installer: #

Pre-built hypervisor-specific installation media (recommended): #

Mirrored files could be sourced from any trusted mirror, such as the following (version 2022.4 or later):

• https://mirrors.ocf.berkeley.edu/kali-images/ (recommended)
• https://mirrors.dotsrc.org/kali-images/
• https://mirror.serverion.com/kali-images/
• https://ftp.hands.com/kali-images/

Follow Kali’s Documentation for Your Hypervisor: #

• Pre-built images (recommended):
  • VirtualBox
  • VMware
• ISOs:
  • VirtualBox
  • VMware
  • UTM (for Apple Silicon on macOS)