

FHS compliant: Kali adheres to the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard, allowing Linux users to locate binaries, support files, libraries, etc., easily.The source code that goes into Kali Linux is available for anyone who wants to tweak or rebuild packages to suit their specific needs. Open source Git tree: We are committed to the open-source development model, and our development tree is available for all to see.You will never, ever have to pay for Kali Linux. Free (as in beer) and always will be: Kali Linux, like BackTrack, is completely free of charge and always will be.

Details on what’s included are on the Kali Tools site.

More than 600 penetration testing tools included: After reviewing every tool included in BackTrack, we eliminated many tools that either did not work or duplicated other tools that provided the same or similar functionality.Kali Linux is a Debian-based Linux distribution geared towards various information security tasks, such as Penetration Testing, Security Research, Computer Forensics, and Reverse Engineering.
