Release history
This page lists the releases and major changes since 2025. For the full changelog of each release, see Changelogs.
| Date | Release | What changed |
|---|---|---|
| Not set | Next release | Upcoming release, date not set yet. See Upcoming changes |
| 2026-09-20 | Garuda Nix | The Garuda Nix subsystem was renamed to Garuda Nix. It installs the NixOS Mokka or Dr460nized edition through the Calamares installer or the install-garuda-nix CLI. See Garuda Nix |
| 2026-08-19 | 260819 Temeraire | New default kernel linux-garuda, replacing linux-zen. Plasma editions and live environments use the Plasma Login Manager instead of SDDM. Better Blur is removed from the Plasma editions. Hyprland is configured in Lua. Sway supports NVIDIA hardware out of the box. The installer creates LUKS2 volumes with argon2. Garuda Toolbox replaces the legacy tools. A Garuda Arch mirror on Cloudflare R2 is available |
| 2026-03-09 | 260309 | Hotfix to 260308. Run garuda-update to apply it, no reinstall needed |
| 2026-03-08 | 260308 | ISO refresh |
| 2026-01-15 | 260115 | First ISO refresh of 2026 |
| 2025-11-03 | 251103 | ISO refresh |
| 2025-10-02 | 251002 | ISO refresh |
| 2025-09-16 | 250916 | ISO refresh |
| 2025-09-07 | 250907 | ISO refresh |
| 2025-03-10 | COSMIC edition | The COSMIC desktop edition is added as an alpha. Bugs in COSMIC itself are not for the Garuda forum |
| 2025-03-08 | 250308 Broadwing | A new Garuda application combines the Welcome, Gamer and Assistant apps. See Toolbox |
Refresh releases
Section titled “Refresh releases”ISO refreshes contain the latest packages, bug fixes and hardware fixes of an existing release. You do not need to reinstall to use them. Run garuda-update on an installed system instead.