Helix Boot: the documentation

Start with the README for what Helix Boot is and the quick start. These pages have the rest.

Using it

Page	What it covers
Installing and updating	Every way to make a stick and keep it current, on Linux, Windows and Mac; the app’s window, button by button; checking a download
What’s on the stick	Every tool, where it comes from and how it is verified; PortableApps.com; bringing your own tools; local.toml
Packs	The whole stick in one offline zip; packs made to be shared, and cut into pieces to send
The boot menu’s look	Themes, icon styles, your own background, icons and splash; saving a look
Lazarus PE	The stick’s own Windows 11 desktop and its launcher (building it)

How it works

Page	What it covers
The engine	Every helix command, verification, checking and testing a stick, a stick and a virtual machine, updating from more than one PC, releasing
Making a theme	How the default theme is put together, and how to build your own
Tool icons	Where the icons come from and whose they are

The project

Page	What it covers
Roadmap	What is planned, and what has shipped in which version
Testing on real hardware	What has been tried on a real stick, Windows and Mac, and what hasn’t
Code signing and privacy	How releases are built and checked; what the app contacts and changes
Changelog	Every release in detail
Contributing and security	How to help, and how to report a security problem privately