Nobara brings a modern Fedora desktop to life with gaming-friendly defaults and fewer extra steps.

  • Stable Fedora base, optimized for games and creative work.
  • WINE, OBS, codecs, and third-party repositories preconfigured.
  • Less time in the terminal, more time playing and creating.

Nobara is a hobby project, independent of Fedora and Red Hat. It is intended for personal use, not for critical production environments.

Choose your edition

Five desktop flavors. One goal: get you gaming and creating quickly.

Official

The reference Nobara experience. KDE with a custom look, balanced for games, creative tools, and everyday apps.

  • Quick access to games and launchers.
  • Presets for streaming and multitasking.

GNOME

Clean, task-focused GNOME with Nobara's tweaks underneath. Minimal, direct, and easy to live in.

  • Simple window workflow with few distractions.
  • Great on laptops and touch devices.

KDE

A more traditional KDE for people who want full control over how their desktop looks and behaves.

  • Panels, widgets, and shortcuts your way.
  • Strong choice for heavy desktop workflows.

Steam-HTPC

Living-room-friendly setup, tuned for TVs and controllers. Feels at home on the couch.

  • Navigation that works well with gamepads.
  • Boot straight into a console-like experience.

Steam-Handheld

Designed for Steam Deck-style handhelds. Compact desktop that fits smaller screens.

  • Layouts scaled for portable displays.
  • Fast switch between desktop and game modes.

Ready from first boot

  • Nvidia and AMD drivers tuned for gaming.
  • Steam, Proton-GE, and capture tools just a few clicks away.
  • Desktop presets built for multitasking and creative workflows.

Simpler experience

Built for people who prefer clear graphical options over long terminal commands.

  • Guided installer.
  • First-run setup suggestions.
  • Integrated updates.

Gaming-first setup

Ships with WINE dependencies, OBS Studio, popular multimedia codecs, and third-party repositories enabled.

  • Steam ready to sign in.
  • Good fit for Steam Deck-style handhelds.
  • Kernel and graphics tuning for low-latency play.

Fedora roots, own personality

Uses Fedora packages alongside RPMFusion and Nobara repositories to fill gaps for a gaming and creator desktop.

  • Third-party repos enabled out of the box.
  • Desktop choices for different styles of work and play.
  • Project is independent from Fedora and Red Hat.