Anaconda is the installation program used by Fedora, Red Hat Enterprise Linux and some other distributions.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-2.0)
Platforms
- Linux
- Fedora
- Red Hat


Calamares is described as 'Installer framework. By design it is very customizable, in order to satisfy a wide variety of needs and use cases. Calamares aims to be easy, usable & beautiful while remaining independent of any particular Linux distribution' and is an app. There are 2 alternatives to Calamares for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Fedora, Kubuntu, Ubuntu and Debian apps. The best Calamares alternative is Anaconda installer, which is both free and Open Source.
Anaconda is the installation program used by Fedora, Red Hat Enterprise Linux and some other distributions.


This is a simple live CD installer designed to integrate well with Debian- and Ubuntu-based systems, and to reuse code from d-i for ease of maintenance.
