licheepi-nano-buildroot vs SkiffOS

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licheepi-nano-buildroot		SkiffOS
	Project
2	Mentions	42
102	Stars	663
-	Growth	1.4%
5.9	Activity	9.4
about 2 months ago	Latest Commit	4 days ago
Dockerfile	Language	Shell
GNU General Public License v3.0 only	License	MIT License

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licheepi-nano-buildroot

Posts with mentions or reviews of licheepi-nano-buildroot. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-12-26.

Lichee Pi 4A
4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 26 Dec 2022

I also want to mention the Lichee Pi Nano, though it is much smaller and targeting a different use case: https://www.cnx-software.com/2018/08/17/licheepi-nano-cheap-.... Made an embedded distro Buildroot config for that one some time ago (https://github.com/unframework/licheepi-nano-buildroot).
Allwinner F1C200s
1 project | /r/embeddedlinux | 13 Sep 2021

If this is indeed relevant, I also ported the Lichee Pi Nano vendor's kernel fork to newer Linux version as well (see links in the readme for https://github.com/unframework/licheepi-nano-buildroot).

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/ !

What are some alternatives?

When comparing licheepi-nano-buildroot and SkiffOS you can also consider the following projects:

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

operating-system - :beginner: Home Assistant Operating System

pineroot - Buildroot environment for Pinephone with QT.

clash - A rule-based tunnel in Go.

linuxdeploy-cli - Linux Deploy CLI

VidOS - Complete single purpose linux system that just plays videos

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

skiffos - SkiffOS: lightweight & robust cross-compiled Linux distribution optimized for hosting containers. [Moved to: https://github.com/skiffos/SkiffOS]

LxRunOffline - A full-featured utility for managing Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)

DietPi - Lightweight justice for your single-board computer!

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