These are the same [build-scripts](https://gitlab.com/kalilinux/build-scripts) that the [Kali team](https://www.kali.org/) uses to generate the official Kali Linux base images, found here: [kali.org/get-kali/](https://www.kali.org/get-kali/).
_Build your Kali Linux image today!_
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These images can be used to live boot into Kali, from such a USB/CD/DVD/sdCard, as well offers a basic installation. For more customization during setup, see [kali-installer](https://gitlab.com/kalilinux/build-scripts/kali-installer).
- [kali-installer](https://gitlab.com/kalilinux/build-scripts/kali-installer) uses [Simple-CDD](https://wiki.debian.org/Simple-CDD) _(which is a wrapper for [debian-cd](https://wiki.debian.org/debian-cd))_
Have a look at [Live Build a Custom Kali ISO](https://www.kali.org/docs/development/live-build-a-custom-kali-iso/) for explanations on how to use this repository.
There are also other [code examples of live-build](https://gitlab.com/kalilinux/recipes/live-build-config-examples), as well as [code examples for pre-seed to automate/unattended installation](https://gitlab.com/kalilinux/recipes/kali-preseed-examples).
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## Help
```console
$ ./build.sh --help
Usage: ./build.sh [<option>...]
--distribution <arg>
--proposed-updates
--arch <arg>
--verbose
--debug
--variant <arg>
--version <arg>
--subdir <arg>
--get-image-path
--no-clean
--clean
--help
More information: https://www.kali.org/docs/development/live-build-a-custom-kali-iso/
$
```
## Usage Examples
Both images types, using the latest packages:
```console
$ ./build.sh
[...]
```
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Manually define which Kali mirror to pull from, as well as be more detailed in output:
```console
$ echo "http://kali.download/kali" > .mirror
$
$ ./build.sh --verbose
[...]
```
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Build a different Live image version (GNOME and KDE Plasma):
