# Editions (/en/docs/platform/canopy-os/editions)



Canopy OS is built in three editions on one shared base. Each edition writes its name into `/etc/canopy-edition` and ships its own protection defaults.

<Callout type="warn" title="Early and unfinished">
  The defaults below are written in the images, but the Horizon and network-filter services that would read them aren't installed yet. They describe the intent of each edition, not protection you get today. See the [overview](/en/docs/platform/canopy-os/overview).
</Callout>

|                           | **Family**                               | **Institutional**                                    | **Personal**               |
| ------------------------- | ---------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------- |
| Image tag                 | `canopy-family`                          | `canopy-institutional`                               | `canopy-personal`          |
| Made for                  | Parental controls and child safety       | Schools and managed fleets                           | Privacy-conscious adults   |
| Horizon AI risk detection | Strict                                   | Moderate                                             | Off (optional)             |
| Network filtering profile | Strict: adult, malware, social, violence | Moderate: adult, malware                             | Privacy: malware, trackers |
| First-boot wizard         | Includes a child profile step            | Includes a fleet enrolment step                      | Standard                   |
| Extra                     |                                          | Folder prepared for device-management (MDM) settings |                            |

## Family [#family]

For a home computer used by children. It is the strictest edition: Horizon in strict mode, the strictest web filtering profile, and a setup wizard that asks you to create a child profile.

## Institutional [#institutional]

For schools and organisations that manage many computers. Detection and filtering are moderate, the wizard enrols the computer into a fleet instead of creating a child profile, and the image reserves a place for a device-management agent. An admin dashboard is part of the plan.

## Personal [#personal]

For adults who want privacy defaults without monitoring. Horizon is off, and the filtering profile blocks malware and trackers.

## Which one for my family? [#which-one-for-my-family]

If you want protection for a child today, use the [Android child app](/en/docs/platform/android/setup) with the [dashboard](/en/docs/platform/dashboard/setup). Canopy OS editions aren't a substitute yet.