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A toolkit for building secure, portable and lean operating systems for containers.

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  • FreeOpen Source

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  • Linux
  • Kubernetes
  • Docker
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    Open Source (Apache-2.0) and Free product.
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  • Supported Languages

    • English

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  •  8,452 Stars
  •  1,017 Forks
  •  356 Open Issues
  •   Updated May 2, 2025 
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LinuxKit was added to AlternativeTo by Paul on Jun 21, 2022 and this page was last updated Jun 21, 2022.
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What is LinuxKit?

LinuxKit, a toolkit for building custom minimal, immutable Linux distributions.

  • Secure defaults without compromising usability
  • Everything is replaceable and customisable
  • Immutable infrastructure applied to building Linux distributions
  • Completely stateless, but persistent storage can be attached
  • Easy tooling, with easy iteration
  • Built with containers, for running containers
  • Designed to create reproducible builds [WIP]
  • Designed for building and running clustered applications, including but not limited to container orchestration such as Docker or Kubernetes
  • Designed from the experience of building Docker Editions, but redesigned as a general-purpose toolkit
  • Designed to be managed by external tooling, such as Infrakit (renamed to deploykit which has been archived in 2019) or similar tools
  • Includes a set of longer-term collaborative projects in various stages of development to innovate on kernel and userspace changes, particularly around security

LinuxKit currently supports the x86_64, arm64, and s390x architectures on a variety of platforms, both as virtual machines and baremetal.

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