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2.0.1 «Umbra» — built 2026-07-21. 4.49 GB (4.18 GiB), amd64, hybrid ISO (BIOS + UEFI).

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Version: 2.0.1 «Umbra»
Built: 2026-07-21
Size: 4.49 GB (4.18 GiB)
Arch: amd64
Boot: BIOS + UEFI

Download ISO

shadowfetch-2.0.1-amd64.iso4.49 GB (4.18 GiB) · amd64 · hybrid ISO

Verify this download →Secure Boot notes →Signing key, signatures, SHA256SUMS and torrent on GitHub →

Verify your download

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

SHA-256

b5e7fbe232027958aac2296c2e623a56e20f85c61d444fd59a784c2edbdb04be  shadowfetch-2.0.1-amd64.iso

Exact size

4486000640 bytes  shadowfetch-2.0.1-amd64.iso

4,486,000,640 bytes — 4.49 GB (4.18 GiB). Anything else is a truncated download, and the checksum will not match either. Check it with stat -c %s shadowfetch-2.0.1-amd64.iso on Linux or stat -f %z shadowfetch-2.0.1-amd64.iso on macOS.

GPG signing key

Fingerprint: 8F13CE1535EE1F4A2916A1F73C5C900B7BE80CA1

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

The detached signatures, the SHA256SUMS file and a web-seeded .torrent are all attached to the v2.0.1 release on GitHub, alongside the same signing key. 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-2.0.1-amd64.iso.asc
shasum -a 256 shadowfetch-2.0.1-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-2.0.1-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.

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