diff --git a/overlays/base/etc/modprobe.d/arcline-hardening.conf b/overlays/base/etc/modprobe.d/arcline-hardening.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..48c146e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/overlays/base/etc/modprobe.d/arcline-hardening.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Arcline OS — disabled kernel modules
+# Modules that add attack surface without being needed on the base system.
+# The workstation edition keeps most of these disabled too; hardware you
+# actually use can be re-enabled per-module.
+
+# exotic / historically-risky network protocols
+blacklist sctp
+blacklist dccp
+blacklist rds
+blacklist tipc
+
+# unneeded legacy filesystems (mountable by a user with local access)
+install cramfs /bin/false
+install freevxfs /bin/false
+install jffs2 /bin/false
+install hfs /bin/false
+install hfsplus /bin/false
+install udf /bin/false
diff --git a/overlays/base/etc/motd b/overlays/base/etc/motd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4e35e8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/overlays/base/etc/motd
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+
+Welcome to Arcline OS
+
+  Secure by default.  Zero telemetry.  Self-hosted by principle.
+
+  * hardening guide:      man arcline-hardening (or docs/hardening.md)
+  * manage snapshots:     arcline-snapshot snapshot|list|prune
+  * check firewall:       nft list ruleset
diff --git a/overlays/base/etc/nftables.conf b/overlays/base/etc/nftables.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c59896a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/overlays/base/etc/nftables.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#!/usr/sbin/nft -f
+# Arcline OS — default-deny firewall (nftables)
+# Every edition ships with this policy: drop inbound by default, allow only
+# what you opt in to. Services in `accept` rules are the baseline; add yours
+# with `nft add rule inet filter input tcp dport <port> accept` (or edit this
+# file and reload with `systemctl reload nftables`).
+
+flush ruleset
+
+table inet filter {
+    chain input {
+        type filter hook input priority filter; policy drop;
+
+        # established traffic is fine
+        ct state established,related accept
+        # loopback always
+        iif "lo" accept
+        # drop invalid packets early
+        ct state invalid drop
+
+        # ICMP (needed for PMTU discovery; rate-limited by kernel)
+        ip protocol icmp accept
+        ip6 nexthdr icmpv6 accept
+
+        # baseline services
+        # ssh (key-based auth only — see sshd_config.d)
+        tcp dport 22 accept
+        # web (commented out by default; enable when hosting)
+        # tcp dport 80 accept
+        # tcp dport 443 accept
+    }
+
+    chain forward {
+        type filter hook forward priority filter; policy drop;
+        # containers route via their own bridge tables (docker/podman);
+        # this chain stays drop for anything else.
+    }
+
+    chain output {
+        type filter hook output priority filter; policy accept;
+        # zero telemetry means we never call out — but we don't block
+        # outgoing by default. Arcline never phones home on its own.
+    }
+}
diff --git a/overlays/base/etc/ssh/sshd_config.d/10-arcline-hardening.conf b/overlays/base/etc/ssh/sshd_config.d/10-arcline-hardening.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c9184fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/overlays/base/etc/ssh/sshd_config.d/10-arcline-hardening.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# Arcline OS — ssh hardening
+# Secure by default: key-based auth only, root login via key only.
+# To allow password auth, comment the PasswordAuthentication line — you opt
+# in to exposure, never out.
+#
+# Matches Debian's drop-in semantics (Read drop-ins from sshd_config.d).
+
+# authentication
+PermitRootLogin prohibit-password
+PubkeyAuthentication yes
+PasswordAuthentication no
+KbdInteractiveAuthentication no
+PermitEmptyPasswords no
+MaxAuthTries 3
+LoginGraceTime 30
+
+# session hardening
+X11Forwarding no
+AllowTcpForwarding yes
+AllowAgentForwarding yes
+ClientAliveInterval 300
+ClientAliveCountMax 2
+TCPKeepAlive no
+UseDNS no
diff --git a/overlays/base/etc/sysctl.d/10-arcline-hardening.conf b/overlays/base/etc/sysctl.d/10-arcline-hardening.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..956f6ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/overlays/base/etc/sysctl.d/10-arcline-hardening.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+# Arcline OS — kernel hardening (sysctl)
+# Applies to every edition via the base overlay. Conservative defaults;
+# the workstation edition relaxes a couple of entries (see overlays/workstation).
+
+# ── memory ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+vm.swappiness=10
+vm.overcommit_memory=2
+vm.dirty_ratio=5
+vm.dirty_background_ratio=2
+
+# ── networking ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+# strict reverse-path filtering
+net.ipv4.conf.all.rp_filter=1
+net.ipv4.conf.default.rp_filter=1
+# no ICMP redirects
+net.ipv4.conf.all.accept_redirects=0
+net.ipv4.conf.default.accept_redirects=0
+net.ipv4.conf.all.secure_redirects=0
+net.ipv4.conf.default.secure_redirects=0
+net.ipv4.conf.all.send_redirects=0
+net.ipv4.conf.default.send_redirects=0
+net.ipv6.conf.all.accept_redirects=0
+net.ipv6.conf.default.accept_redirects=0
+# ICMP hardening
+net.ipv4.icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts=1
+net.ipv4.icmp_ignore_bogus_error_responses=1
+# TCP hardening
+net.ipv4.tcp_syncookies=1
+net.ipv4.tcp_rfc1337=1
+net.ipv4.tcp_timestamps=0
+net.ipv4.conf.all.log_martians=1
+net.ipv4.conf.default.log_martians=1
+# IPv6: don't auto-accept router advertisements
+net.ipv6.conf.all.accept_ra=0
+net.ipv6.conf.default.accept_ra=0
+
+# ── kernel / visibility ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+kernel.dmesg_restrict=1
+kernel.kptr_restrict=2
+kernel.perf_event_paranoid=3
+kernel.yama.ptrace_scope=1
+kernel.core_uses_pid=1
+kernel.unprivileged_bpf_disabled=1
+kernel.randomize_va_space=2
+kernel.sysrq=4
+
+# ── filesystem hardening ────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+fs.protected_hardlinks=1
+fs.protected_symlinks=1
+fs.protected_fifos=2
+fs.protected_regular=2
+fs.suid_dumpable=0
diff --git a/overlays/base/etc/systemd/journald.conf.d/10-arcline.conf b/overlays/base/etc/systemd/journald.conf.d/10-arcline.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5f7eac6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/overlays/base/etc/systemd/journald.conf.d/10-arcline.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# Arcline OS — journald
+# Persistent, bounded, compressed logs. Logs live on @log so they survive
+# system rollbacks (see btrfs/README.md).
+
+[Journal]
+Storage=persistent
+Compress=yes
+SystemMaxUse=500M
+SystemMaxFileSize=100M
+MaxRetentionSec=14day
+ForwardToSyslog=no
+ForwardToConsole=no
diff --git a/overlays/base/etc/systemd/system.conf.d/10-arcline.conf b/overlays/base/etc/systemd/system.conf.d/10-arcline.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a0ed68e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/overlays/base/etc/systemd/system.conf.d/10-arcline.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# Arcline OS — systemd manager hardening
+# Global defaults applied to every unit. No core dumps on disk, sane limits.
+
+[Manager]
+DefaultLimitNOFILE=65535
+DefaultLimitNPROC=4096
+DefaultLimitCORE=0
+DumpCore=no
+CoreDumpSize=0
diff --git a/overlays/base/usr/lib/systemd/system/arcline-snapshot.service b/overlays/base/usr/lib/systemd/system/arcline-snapshot.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e65bafb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/overlays/base/usr/lib/systemd/system/arcline-snapshot.service
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Arcline btrfs snapshot
+Documentation=file:///usr/local/sbin/arcline-snapshot
+RequiresMountsFor=/.snapshots
+After=local-fs.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+ExecStart=/usr/local/sbin/arcline-snapshot snapshot
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/overlays/base/usr/lib/systemd/system/arcline-snapshot.timer b/overlays/base/usr/lib/systemd/system/arcline-snapshot.timer
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5e49906
--- /dev/null
+++ b/overlays/base/usr/lib/systemd/system/arcline-snapshot.timer
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Daily Arcline btrfs snapshot
+Requires=arcline-snapshot.service
+
+[Timer]
+OnCalendar=*-*-* 03:00:00
+Persistent=true
+RandomizedDelaySec=300
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=timers.target
diff --git a/overlays/cloud/etc/cloud/cloud.cfg b/overlays/cloud/etc/cloud/cloud.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8aa29cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/overlays/cloud/etc/cloud/cloud.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+# Arcline OS — cloud-init configuration (cloud edition)
+# Minimal, deterministic first-boot provisioning. No telemetry: cloud-init is
+# pointed only at the configured datasource and never phones home.
+
+# hostname
+preserve_hostname: false
+hostname: arclines
+fqdn: arclines.local
+
+# datasource: auto-detected (aws, gce, azure, openstack, hetzner, ...)
+datasource_list: [ NoCloud, ConfigDrive, OpenStack, Ec2, GCE, Azure, Hetzner, None ]
+datasource:
+  Ec2:
+    strict_id: false
+    metadata_urls: ["http://169.254.169.254"]
+
+# only the arcline user is guaranteed; everything else comes from user-data
+system_info:
+  default_user:
+    name: arcline
+    lock_passwd: true
+    gecos: Arcline Cloud User
+    groups: [adm, sudo, systemd-journal]
+    sudo: ["ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL"]
+    shell: /bin/bash
+
+# disable cloud-init's own telemetry/reporting
+reporting:
+  logging:
+    type: log
+
+# grow root partition on first boot (cloud volumes)
+growpart:
+  mode: auto
+  devices: ["/"]
+
+resize_rootfs: true
+
+# keep ssh config managed by Arcline, not cloud-init
+ssh_genkeytypes: ["ed25519"]
+disable_ec2_metadata: false
diff --git a/overlays/server/etc/grafana/provisioning/dashboards/dashboards.yml b/overlays/server/etc/grafana/provisioning/dashboards/dashboards.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fa1664f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/overlays/server/etc/grafana/provisioning/dashboards/dashboards.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# Arcline OS — Grafana dashboard provisioning (server edition)
+apiVersion: 1
+
+providers:
+  - name: Arcline
+    orgId: 1
+    folder: Arcline
+    type: file
+    disableDeletion: false
+    allowUiUpdates: true
+    updateIntervalSeconds: 30
+    options:
+      path: /etc/grafana/provisioning/dashboards
diff --git a/overlays/server/etc/grafana/provisioning/dashboards/node-overview.json b/overlays/server/etc/grafana/provisioning/dashboards/node-overview.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c96a1d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/overlays/server/etc/grafana/provisioning/dashboards/node-overview.json
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+{
+  "uid": "arcline-node-overview",
+  "title": "Arcline Node Overview",
+  "tags": ["arcline", "node"],
+  "timezone": "browser",
+  "schemaVersion": 39,
+  "version": 1,
+  "refresh": "30s",
+  "time": { "from": "now-1h", "to": "now" },
+  "panels": [
+    {
+      "id": 1,
+      "title": "System load",
+      "type": "timeseries",
+      "gridPos": { "h": 8, "w": 12, "x": 0, "y": 0 },
+      "datasource": { "type": "prometheus", "uid": "Prometheus" },
+      "targets": [
+        {
+          "expr": "node_load1",
+          "legendFormat": "load1",
+          "refId": "A"
+        },
+        {
+          "expr": "node_load5",
+          "legendFormat": "load5",
+          "refId": "B"
+        }
+      ],
+      "fieldConfig": {
+        "defaults": { "unit": "short" },
+        "overrides": []
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "id": 2,
+      "title": "Memory used",
+      "type": "timeseries",
+      "gridPos": { "h": 8, "w": 12, "x": 12, "y": 0 },
+      "datasource": { "type": "prometheus", "uid": "Prometheus" },
+      "targets": [
+        {
+          "expr": "(1 - node_memory_MemAvailable_bytes / node_memory_MemTotal_bytes) * 100",
+          "legendFormat": "% used",
+          "refId": "A"
+        }
+      ],
+      "fieldConfig": {
+        "defaults": { "unit": "percent", "max": 100, "min": 0 },
+        "overrides": []
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "id": 3,
+      "title": "Disk usage",
+      "type": "gauge",
+      "gridPos": { "h": 8, "w": 12, "x": 0, "y": 8 },
+      "datasource": { "type": "prometheus", "uid": "Prometheus" },
+      "targets": [
+        {
+          "expr": "(1 - node_filesystem_avail_bytes{mountpoint=\"/\"} / node_filesystem_size_bytes{mountpoint=\"/\"}) * 100",
+          "legendFormat": "/",
+          "refId": "A"
+        }
+      ],
+      "fieldConfig": {
+        "defaults": { "unit": "percent", "max": 100, "min": 0 },
+        "overrides": []
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "id": 4,
+      "title": "Network traffic",
+      "type": "timeseries",
+      "gridPos": { "h": 8, "w": 12, "x": 12, "y": 8 },
+      "datasource": { "type": "prometheus", "uid": "Prometheus" },
+      "targets": [
+        {
+          "expr": "rate(node_network_receive_bytes_total[5m])",
+          "legendFormat": "rx {{ $labels.device }}",
+          "refId": "A"
+        },
+        {
+          "expr": "rate(node_network_transmit_bytes_total[5m])",
+          "legendFormat": "tx {{ $labels.device }}",
+          "refId": "B"
+        }
+      ],
+      "fieldConfig": {
+        "defaults": { "unit": "Bps" },
+        "overrides": []
+      }
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/overlays/server/etc/grafana/provisioning/datasources/prometheus.yml b/overlays/server/etc/grafana/provisioning/datasources/prometheus.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cd16a19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/overlays/server/etc/grafana/provisioning/datasources/prometheus.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Arcline OS — Grafana datasource provisioning (server edition)
+# Grafana is installed from the upstream apt repo (see configure-system.sh /
+# docs/observability.md). These files auto-provision on first start.
+
+apiVersion: 1
+
+datasources:
+  - name: Prometheus
+    type: prometheus
+    access: proxy
+    url: http://localhost:9090
+    isDefault: true
+    editable: false
+
+  - name: Loki
+    type: loki
+    access: proxy
+    url: http://localhost:3100
+    isDefault: false
+    editable: false
diff --git a/overlays/server/etc/loki/loki.yml b/overlays/server/etc/loki/loki.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c5ad494
--- /dev/null
+++ b/overlays/server/etc/loki/loki.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# Arcline OS — Loki configuration (server edition)
+# Single-node, filesystem storage, 14-day retention. Loki is installed from
+# the upstream tarball (see docs/observability.md).
+
+auth_enabled: false
+
+server:
+  http_listen_port: 3100
+  grpc_listen_port: 9095
+
+common:
+  path_prefix: /var/lib/loki
+  storage:
+    filesystem:
+      chunks_directory: /var/lib/loki/chunks
+      rules_directory: /var/lib/loki/rules
+  replication_factor: 1
+  ring:
+    instance_addr: 127.0.0.1
+    kvstore:
+      store: inmemory
+
+schema_config:
+  configs:
+    - from: 2024-01-01
+      store: tsdb
+      object_store: filesystem
+      schema: v13
+      index:
+        prefix: index_
+        period: 24h
+
+limits_config:
+  retention_period: 14d
+  allow_structured_metadata: false
diff --git a/overlays/server/etc/prometheus/arcline.rules.yml b/overlays/server/etc/prometheus/arcline.rules.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d043229
--- /dev/null
+++ b/overlays/server/etc/prometheus/arcline.rules.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+# Arcline OS — pre-built alerting rules (Prometheus)
+groups:
+  - name: arcline-node
+    rules:
+      - alert: NodeDown
+        expr: up == 0
+        for: 2m
+        labels:
+          severity: critical
+        annotations:
+          summary: "{{ $labels.instance }} is unreachable"
+
+      - alert: HighCpuLoad
+        expr: node_load1 / count(node_cpu_seconds_total{mode="idle"}) > 2
+        for: 10m
+        labels:
+          severity: warning
+        annotations:
+          summary: "sustained load average > 2 on {{ $labels.instance }}"
+
+      - alert: DiskAlmostFull
+        expr: (1 - node_filesystem_avail_bytes{fstype!~"tmpfs|overlay|squashfs"} / node_filesystem_size_bytes) * 100 > 85
+        for: 10m
+        labels:
+          severity: warning
+        annotations:
+          summary: "filesystem {{ $labels.mountpoint }} on {{ $labels.instance }} > 85%"
+
+      - alert: RootDiskCritical
+        expr: (1 - node_filesystem_avail_bytes{mountpoint="/"} / node_filesystem_size_bytes{mountpoint="/"}) * 100 > 95
+        for: 5m
+        labels:
+          severity: critical
+        annotations:
+          summary: "root filesystem on {{ $labels.instance }} > 95%"
+
+      - alert: ServiceRestarts
+        expr: increase(node_systemd_unit_restart_total[15m]) > 2
+        for: 0m
+        labels:
+          severity: warning
+        annotations:
+          summary: "unit {{ $labels.name }} restarting repeatedly on {{ $labels.instance }}"
diff --git a/overlays/server/etc/prometheus/prometheus.yml b/overlays/server/etc/prometheus/prometheus.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c88bbee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/overlays/server/etc/prometheus/prometheus.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Arcline OS — Prometheus configuration (server edition)
+# Scrapes itself and node_exporter on the local host. Extension points for
+# the Arcline toolchain (arcline-uptime exposes :8081/metrics) are commented.
+
+global:
+  scrape_interval: 15s
+  evaluation_interval: 15s
+  external_labels:
+    cluster: arcline
+
+rule_files:
+  - /etc/prometheus/arcline.rules.yml
+
+scrape_configs:
+  - job_name: prometheus
+    static_configs:
+      - targets: ["localhost:9090"]
+
+  - job_name: node
+    static_configs:
+      - targets: ["localhost:9100"]
+
+  # - job_name: arcline-uptime
+  #   static_configs:
+  #     - targets: ["localhost:8081"]
diff --git a/overlays/server/etc/promtail/promtail.yml b/overlays/server/etc/promtail/promtail.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..88b461d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/overlays/server/etc/promtail/promtail.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# Arcline OS — Promtail configuration (server edition)
+# Ships systemd journal + /var/log files to Loki. Zero telemetry: this only
+# talks to the local Loki instance on localhost.
+
+server:
+  http_listen_port: 9080
+  grpc_listen_port: 0
+
+positions:
+  filename: /var/lib/promtail/positions.yaml
+
+clients:
+  - url: http://localhost:3100/loki/api/v1/push
+
+scrape_configs:
+  - job_name: systemd-journal
+    journal:
+      path: /var/log/journal
+      max_age: 12h
+      labels:
+        job: systemd-journal
+    relabel_configs:
+      - source_labels: ["__journal__systemd_unit"]
+        target_label: "unit"
+
+  - job_name: varlogs
+    static_configs:
+      - targets: [localhost]
+        labels:
+          job: varlogs
+          __path__: /var/log/**/*.log
diff --git a/overlays/workstation/etc/profile.d/arcline-dev.sh b/overlays/workstation/etc/profile.d/arcline-dev.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..abd9df6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/overlays/workstation/etc/profile.d/arcline-dev.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# Arcline Workstation — developer environment (profile.d)
+# Standard Go / Rust / Node paths for every login shell.
+
+# Go
+export GOPATH="$HOME/go"
+export PATH="$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin:$GOPATH/bin"
+
+# Rust (rustup installs to ~/.cargo)
+export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/.cargo/bin"
+
+# Node
+export PATH="$PATH:./node_modules/.bin"
diff --git a/overlays/workstation/etc/sysctl.d/90-arcline-desktop.conf b/overlays/workstation/etc/sysctl.d/90-arcline-desktop.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d0f274a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/overlays/workstation/etc/sysctl.d/90-arcline-desktop.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# Arcline Workstation — desktop relaxation overrides
+# The base hardening is strict (perf_event_paranoid=3 blocks `perf` for
+# unprivileged users). A workstation developer wants perf, tracing, and
+# unprivileged user namespaces (used by podman/rootless containers). These
+# lines land AFTER the base file, so they win.
+
+kernel.perf_event_paranoid=1
+kernel.unprivileged_bpf_disabled=0
+kernel.yama.ptrace_scope=0
+
+# rootless containers
+kernel.unprivileged_userns_clone=1