Parrot 7.0 Released with New Penetration Testing and AI Tools
Parrot OS 7.0, codenamed Echo, has been released as a comprehensive system overhaul based on Debian 13. This update includes KDE Plasma 6 and Wayland as default, along with new penetration testing tools, featuring a dedicated AI category.
Parrot OS 7.0, codenamed Echo, has been released as a comprehensive system overhaul based on Debian 13. This update includes KDE Plasma 6 and Wayland as default, along with new penetration testing tools, featuring a dedicated AI category.
This version emphasizes lightweight theming and community-driven customizations, providing significant enhancements for ethical hackers and security professionals.
The Echo theme, inspired by Flat Remix and Sweet Mars, is included in echo-themes, offering a modern and efficient appearance. KDE Plasma 6 ensures smoother animations and optimized resource utilization, which is beneficial for older hardware or resource-constrained pentesting environments. The wallpapers, featuring the Echo Parakeet, are accessible via the project’s graphics repository.
Builds utilize live-build for ISOs and custom scripts for VM formats like QCOW2 and VMDK, with comprehensive GitLab CI/CD automation . Core packages such as parrot-core (7.0.10) and parrot-menu (7.0.16) accommodate KDE configurations, while the launcher-updater, developed in Go, addresses desktop entry issues. Metapackages extend the range of pre-installed tools across various categories.
Parrot 7.0 includes advanced tools for reconnaissance, exploitation, and more:
Parrot OS 7.0, codenamed Echo, has been released as a comprehensive system overhaul based on Debian 13.
New: convoC2 (MS Teams C2), goshs (Go HTTPS server), evil-winrm-py (WinRM execution), hexstrike-ai (AI pentesting), bpf-linker (eBPF reversing), pkinit-tools (Kerberos), chisel (tunneling), bloodhound.py (AD mapping), autorecon (network recon), trufflehog (secret scanning). Updates: Burp Suite (2025.10.5), airgeddon (11.60), sqlsus (0.7.2), Caido (0.53.1), jadx (1.4.7), Maltego (4.8.1).
The parrot-tools metapackage now includes pre-installed tools such as gdb/cgdb (development), peass/autorecon (information gathering), syft/trufflehog (cloud), and seahorse (cryptography).
A new AI tools menu is introduced with hexstrike-ai , focusing on LLM prompt security and prompt engineering tests, rather than general automation. The development team aims to promote tools that enhance AI-driven cybersecurity and address emerging threats in machine learning models.
This release is the first pentesting distribution to offer official RISC-V support via a rootfs tarball and native repositories. The Parrot Updater, rewritten in Rust with a GTK4 GUI, provides weekly notifications.
Docker/WSL images are updated automatically; the Rocket version reaches 1.3.0. A Debian 13 conversion script is included. Raspberry Pi users are encouraged to perform clean installs of the Core Edition, while Parrot 6 upgrades are recommended for stability.
Based on reporting by Cyber Security News.