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2.1.4 «Umbra» — built 2026-08-10. 3.97 GB (3.70 GiB), amd64, hybrid ISO (BIOS + UEFI).

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Version
2.1.4 «Umbra»
Built
2026-08-10
Size
3.97 GB (3.70 GiB)
Arch
amd64
Boot
BIOS + UEFI
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shadowfetch-2.1.4-amd64.iso3.97 GB (3.70 GiB) · amd64 · hybrid ISO

If the download keeps stopping

The image is 3.97 GB (3.70 GiB). A single transfer that large is easy to lose on an ordinary connection, and a dropped one starts again from the beginning. Both routes below resume where they left off, and neither waits on other people to be sharing.

  • Torrent — resumable and web-seeded

    Archive.org provides web seeds for the same verified image, so it can transfer without waiting for other people to share it. Open it in any BitTorrent client. This is the best option on an unreliable connection.

  • archive.org mirror — a second copy, in a different place

    The Internet Archive holds the image, its signature and its checksum: direct download or their torrent. Useful if this site is slow or unreachable from where you are. Earlier releases are preserved there as the project archive.

Whichever route you use, verify what you got: the checksum and signature are the same for all of them, and the verify page shows how.

Verify this download →Secure Boot notes →Release files on Archive.org →

Verify your download

Every release is checksummed and signed with the Shadowfetch GPG key.

SHA-256

81a906788ec48150d4a4527b4d9e7b09a974d3d577f1bd32ba3f333df8a1a86b  shadowfetch-2.1.4-amd64.iso

Exact size

3968475136 bytes  shadowfetch-2.1.4-amd64.iso

3,968,475,136 bytes — 3.97 GB (3.70 GiB). Anything else is a truncated download, and the checksum will not match either. Check it with stat -c %s shadowfetch-2.1.4-amd64.iso on Linux or stat -f %z shadowfetch-2.1.4-amd64.iso on macOS.

GPG signing key

Fingerprint: 8F13CE1535EE1F4A2916A1F73C5C900B7BE80CA1

Download public key (.asc)Full verification guide (Linux · macOS · Windows) →

The detached signature, checksum file and web-seeded.torrent are kept with the v2.1.4 Archive.org record. If the direct download is slow or keeps breaking part-way, the torrent is usually the better way to fetch a file this size — it resumes, and it checks itself as it goes.

A verified ISO is not the same thing as a signed bootloader. This release is not Secure Boot signed, so on a machine with Secure Boot enabled the USB may simply not appear or refuse to boot. What that means and what to do about it is on Secure Boot.

Verify on Linux or macOS with:

gpg --import shadowfetch.gpg.asc
gpg --verify shadowfetch-2.1.4-amd64.iso.asc
shasum -a 256 shadowfetch-2.1.4-amd64.iso

Write the ISO to a USB stick

You need an 8 GB or larger USB stick — writing the ISO erases everything on it, so back up anything you want to keep first. The easiest, hardest-to-get-wrong way is a graphical writer:

  • balenaEtcher

    Windows, macOS, Linux

    The simplest cross-platform option. Pick the ISO, pick the USB drive, click Flash. It validates the write for you.

  • KDE ISO Image Writer

    Shadowfetch, KDE Plasma

    Built right into Shadowfetch and KDE Plasma (search “ISO Image Writer” in the menu). Choose the ISO and the target USB, write.

  • GNOME Disks

    GNOME systems

    Open the USB device, use the menu’s Restore Disk Image…, and select the ISO.

Whichever tool you use, double-check you selected the USB stick and not an internal drive before you write.

Advanced: write from the command line with dd

If you prefer the terminal on macOS or Linux, dd works — but it has no undo and no confirmation.

sudo dd if=shadowfetch-2.1.4-amd64.iso of=/dev/sdX bs=4M status=progress conv=fdatasync

Replace /dev/sdX with your USB stick’s device (find it with lsblk on Linux or diskutil list on macOS). Get this wrong and dd will silently overwrite whatever disk you point it at — including the one you booted from. There is no warning and no recovery. If you are not certain which device is the USB stick, use a graphical writer above instead.

Next: install guide →Hardware notes

Shadowfetch Linux is free and there is nothing to buy. If it turns out to be useful to you and you want to help cover build and bandwidth costs, there is a donate page. It is optional and it changes nothing about what you just downloaded.

Debian is a registered trademark of Software in the Public Interest, Inc. Shadowfetch Linux is an independent derivative and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Debian project.