SkiffOS vs linux-factory

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SkiffOS		linux-factory
	Project
42	Mentions	10
664	Stars	291
1.5%	Growth	-
9.4	Activity	8.1
4 days ago	Latest Commit	3 months ago
Shell	Language	Python
MIT License	License	Apache License 2.0

The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.

SkiffOS

Posts with mentions or reviews of SkiffOS. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-02-27.

Linux-factory: A framework used to create custom Linux Debian operating systems
5 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 27 Feb 2023
SkiffOS: easily run any distro on Raspberry Pi: supports Gentoo, Fedora, Alpine, Ubuntu, Debian
1 project | /r/raspberry_pi | 18 Oct 2022
SkiffOS: Reliably run any Linux distribution on any hardware with a cross-compiled host OS for containerized environments.
1 project | /r/ApertureRobotics | 18 Oct 2022
WSL now has built in systemd support
1 project | /r/bashonubuntuonwindows | 21 Sep 2022
Questions about the XU4Q as a backup server
1 project | /r/ODroid | 4 Aug 2022

SkiffOS supports the XU4Q and will continue to probably forever. https://github.com/SkiffOS/skiffos
SkiffOS Linux now supports BeagleV/VisionFive and Allwinner D1 risc-v SBCs
1 project | /r/RISCV | 27 Jun 2022
Odroid M1 with SkiffOS (Buildroot) cross-compiled OS w/ Gentoo, Alpine, Debian, and more
1 project | /r/ODroid | 19 May 2022

SkiffOS adds a configuration layering system to the Buildroot cross-compiler, which makes it easy to re-target applications to new hardware. Layers are merged together as specified in the SKIFF_CONFIG comma-separated environment variable.
SkiffOS / Buildroot now support the Lichee RV Dock and Nezha Risc-V Boards
2 projects | /r/RISCV | 16 May 2022
How is Aarm64 support? I was considering building my own setup based on gentoo in a vm on my m1 MacBook air.
4 projects | /r/Gentoo | 8 May 2022
RISC-V Archlinux D1 LicheeRV image builder
2 projects | /r/RISCV | 8 May 2022

Add to the list Buildroot and https://github.com/skiffos/skiffos/ !

linux-factory

Posts with mentions or reviews of linux-factory. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-02-27.

Linux-factory: A framework used to create custom Linux Debian operating systems
1 project | /r/patient_hackernews | 27 Feb 2023

1 project | /r/hackernews | 27 Feb 2023

1 project | /r/hypeurls | 27 Feb 2023

5 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 27 Feb 2023
The Penguins Must Grow
1 project | /r/Factoriohno | 27 Feb 2023
Lnux-factory: a framework used to create custom Linux Debian operating systems
3 projects | /r/linux | 27 Feb 2023
🐧🏭 Linux Factory: a framework used to create custom linux debian operating systems
1 project | /r/debianinrandomplaces | 27 Feb 2023

2 projects | /r/debian | 27 Feb 2023

Take a peek at the example overlay. https://github.com/clayrisser/linux-factory/tree/main/overlays/example

1 project | /r/linux | 27 Feb 2023

What are some alternatives?

When comparing SkiffOS and linux-factory you can also consider the following projects:

FunKey-OS - Buildroot-based embedded Linux OS for the FunKey S retro-gaming console

plugsched - Live upgrade Linux kernel scheduler subsystem

licheepi-nano-buildroot - Config files for full Lichee Pi Nano Linux image build

meta-tegra - BSP layer for NVIDIA Jetson platforms, based on L4T

pineroot - Buildroot environment for Pinephone with QT.

community

linuxdeploy-cli - Linux Deploy CLI

buildroot - Buildroot, making embedded Linux easy. Note that this is not the official repository, but only a mirror. The official Git repository is at http://git.buildroot.net/buildroot/. Do not open issues or file pull requests here.

openwrt-tailscale-enabler - Brings Tailscale to low powered OpenWRT devices

Fedora-Virt-Lab - A demo for setting up a Fedora hypervisor for your home lab using Ansible, Web Console, and Image Builder

pve-edge-kernel - Newer Linux kernels for Proxmox VE 7

snakeware - A free Linux distro with a Python-based userspace