# Has anybody managed to run Kali on uConsole?

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**Category:** uConsole\
**Created:** [February 18, 2024, 2:01pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/has-anybody-managed-to-run-kali-on-uconsole/12482 "2024-02-18T14:01:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![werone](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/werone/32/7662_2.png) [@werone](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/werone)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2024, 2:01pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/has-anybody-managed-to-run-kali-on-uconsole/12482/1 "2024-02-18T14:01:59Z")

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Just got it sorted and I have a good feeling about it especially to make it as a handheld device for IT audit. Kali is a quite easy platform to start everything but is there a way to install on UC? Many thx

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**Author:** ![barry99705](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/barry99705/32/6771_2.png) [@barry99705](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/barry99705)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2024, 3:40pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/has-anybody-managed-to-run-kali-on-uconsole/12482/2 "2024-02-18T15:40:06Z")

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Not that I know of. The Kali arm dev didn’t get one, and I don’t think he got very far with creating an image for it.

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**Author:** ![Kyzer](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/kyzer/32/14879_2.png) [@Kyzer](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/Kyzer)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2025, 6:09pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/has-anybody-managed-to-run-kali-on-uconsole/12482/3 "2025-12-04T18:09:15Z")

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**Author:** ![Alejandro](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/alejandro/32/13007_2.png) [@Alejandro](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/Alejandro)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2025, 9:43pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/has-anybody-managed-to-run-kali-on-uconsole/12482/4 "2025-12-05T21:43:41Z")

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> [@Kali 6.12.y for the uConsole and DevTerm](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/kali-6-12-y-for-the-uconsole-and-devterm/14463):
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> UPDATE: 6.12.28 Charge light is back, but only when device is on. Unless device lost power then the charge light wont work with the device off. The kernel can only control the charge light when on. Kali Linux is an open-source, Debian-based Linux distribution geared towards various information security tasks, such as Penetration Testing, Security Research, Computer Forensics and Reverse Engineering. Features: ClockworkPi-Kali-6.12.y Sane charging defaults applied. External WiFi antenna alrea…