Transparency & Funding
$0 FOR THE EDUCATION.
NOW 100% FREE FOR WINDOWS & LINUX.
No tuition. No required subscription. No educational paywall.
EDUCATION IS FREE. ALL EDITIONS ARE FREE.
DaemonCore Academy provides free cybersecurity education across all supported platforms. Version 10 for Windows is out now through the Microsoft Store for free, alongside the official Linux and web editions.
Available Access Options
1. WEB ACADEMY
- Price: $0
- Education: Included
- Curriculum: Included
- Browser access: Yes
- Local desktop: No
- Docker ranges: No
Students can access the live Academy through preview.daemoncore.app at no cost. The web version provides access to the educational curriculum and Academy experience. Local Docker-based ranges/features that require the desktop environment are not available through the web version.
2. LINUX EDITION
- Price: $0
- Education: Included
- Curriculum: Included
- Local app: Yes
- FieldOps Pro: Included
- Platform: Linux
The Linux edition of DaemonCore Academy remains completely free to download and use. Under the Founding Fathers offer, it includes the complete package with FieldOps.
3. WINDOWS DESKTOP
- Price: $0 (Free)
- Education: Included
- Curriculum: Included
- Native app: Yes
- Local function: Yes
- Docker ranges: Yes*
- FieldOps Pro: Included
- Subscription: None
Version 10 for Windows is out now through the Microsoft Store. All versions are free and include the complete Academy package and FieldOps with no recurring subscription.
All versions of DaemonCore Academy are 100% free and include FieldOps. Nobody is required to pay for cybersecurity education or tools.
Learn with DaemonCore Academy on your platform of choice. Use the web edition. Use Linux. Use Windows v10 from the Microsoft Store. Learn the material and build practical evidence.
SPECIAL ASSISTANCE & LAB ACCESS
The Windows Desktop Edition (v10) is free on the Microsoft Store. If you are an educator, student, or organization requiring offline deployments, customized lab setups, or special accommodations, you can apply through our assistance program.
What does each edition include?
Every desktop package—both Windows v10 and Linux—includes the full 127-lesson curriculum, interactive workbenches, sealed Docker ranges, and the complete FieldOps operations suite at zero cost.
All learning material and tools are fully accessible. There are no paywalls or locked lessons.
Why charge for Windows?
Building, maintaining, signing, distributing, updating, and supporting a native Windows application costs money. Revenue from the Windows edition helps fund DaemonCore infrastructure, development, new educational material, labs, and continued free access through the web and Linux editions.
Commercial Professional Software
There is a fundamental distrust of "free" resources in the cybersecurity community. There should be. Usually, free means you are the product. It means telemetry harvesting, hidden affiliate funnels, or bait-and-switch paywalls.
DaemonCore is different. We operate on a simple model: We give away the knowledge. We sell the infrastructure.
DaemonCore builds professional-grade offensive and defensive tooling for active practitioners and security teams, including FieldOps. Under the latest release, the complete package—including FieldOps—is included together for free on both Microsoft Store (Windows v10) and Linux with no separate purchase required.
Revenue from commercial software helps support the broader DaemonCore ecosystem and our ability to continue producing free educational resources.
Knowledge is yours to keep, regardless of what software you use in the field.
Knowledge should not depend on your wallet.
Software still costs money to build.
So we drew the line there.