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title: What is Talos?
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Talos is an open source platform to host and maintain Kubernetes clusters.
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It includes a purpose-built operating system and associated management tools.
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It can run on all major cloud providers, virtualization platforms, and bare metal hardware.
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All system management is done via an API, and there is no shell or interactive console.
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Some of the capabilities and benefits provided by Talos include:
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- **Security**: Talos reduces your attack surface by practicing the Principle of Least Privilege (PoLP) and by securing the API with mutual TLS (mTLS) authentication.
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- **Predictability**: Talos eliminates unneeded variables and reduces unknown factors in your environment by employing immutable infrastructure ideology.
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- **Evolvability**: Talos simplifies your architecture and increases your ability to easily accommodate future changes.
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Talos is flexible and can be deployed in a variety of ways, but the easiest way to get started and experiment with the system is to run a local cluster on your laptop or workstation.
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There are two options:
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- [Run a Docker-based local cluster](/docs/v0.6/local-platforms/docker/) on your Linux or Mac workstation
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- [Run a Firecracker micro-VM-based](/docs/v0.6/local-platforms/docker/) cluster on your Linux workstation
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