platform-compat
Roslyn analyzer that finds usages of APIs that will throw PlatformNotSupportedException on certain platforms. (by dotnet)
distrobuilder
System container image builder for LXC and Incus (by lxc)

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platform-compat | distrobuilder | |
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23 | 37 | |
249 | 654 | |
- | 4.3% | |
1.2 | 8.5 | |
over 4 years ago | 6 days ago | |
C# | Go | |
MIT License | Apache License 2.0 |
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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.
platform-compat
Posts with mentions or reviews of platform-compat.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-17.
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KeePass flaw allows retrieval of master password
DotNet offers the SecureString class to keep a string encrypted in Memory, but as long as the OS does not natively support this concept, the only advantage is that it resides in memory for a shorter time, the disadvantage is that SecureStrings are easier to search for.
- System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient is not recommended anymore; what is the alternative?
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Bitwarden PINs can be brute-forced
Note the KeePass's resistance to the attack mentioned depends on the security of .NET's secure string, which, here's what Microsoft has to say about it (https://github.com/dotnet/platform-compat/blob/master/docs/D...)
As for KeePassXC, last I checked it didn't even bother.
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Ever Find A Dead Man's Switch On A Network/Domain?
TIL. Looks like the deprecation note recommends MailKit.
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Disabilities and Windows Passwords
Well of course, but it does have to be passed to the module that generates the hashes AD uses in the first place. And as I said, the standard password reset screen is bound to store the password in plain text somewhere as well.
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Embedded logo in HTML email sent from PowerShell
This won’t help you with your question, but I figured I should warn against using send-mailmessage.
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Alternative to PowerShell cmdlet 'send-mailmessage'
points you here.
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API pagination help?
Some of the reasons for not using Hashtable or other non-generic collection types are outlined here. That's why Microsoft doesn't recommend their usage in new implementations across all of its API documentation.
- How to deal with credentials in automated scripts?
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pfSense configuration backup
And if you really want to be secure you need to something better than a SecureString: https://github.com/dotnet/platform-compat/blob/master/docs/DE0001.md
distrobuilder
Posts with mentions or reviews of distrobuilder.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-12-26.
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Beyond Docker - A DevOps Engineer's Guide to Container Alternatives
Working with legacy applications that needed full system access taught me that a different way to do containerization is by using LXC/LXD. The focus in system containers, rather than application containers, can be thought of like a light VM rather than what most consider the typical container.
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Top 8 Docker Alternatives to Consider in 2025
LXC provides system-level containerization, offering a different approach focused on creating environments that more closely resemble traditional virtual machines.
- RunCVM: An open-source Docker runtime for launching container images in VMs
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Top 5 Docker Alternatives for Software Developers in 2024
Linux Container Daemon (LXD) is a container and virtual machine manager developed by Canonical. It provides flexibility by offering a single process for multiple containers. It connects to the Linux container library (LXC) using a REST API. It is an add-on to LXC, providing more features and functionalities.
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A Brief History Of Serverless
Docker introduced their new container technology at PyCon 2013. At this time, Docker containers were just a wrapper for Linux Containers but this fundamentally changed the landscape of computing (more on this later).
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Exploring 5 Docker Alternatives: Containerization Choices for 2024
LXC
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Best virtualization solution with Ubuntu 22.04
which is what docker/podman/containerd use. If you want full system emulation look into LXC/LXD.
- How can I run untrusted Node.js codes using Golang?
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Opinions on linux? I wanna hear yalls opinion on it, because you can do some cool shit with it, heres my own rice for a basic idea of what random shit you can do w/ it
LXD is a manager for Linux Containers (LXC), which lets me spin up a kind-of lightweight VM for any distro, instantly. I use it to run proprietary software isolated from the rest of my system (such as Steam); disposable environments for trying stuff out, and running software that doesn't jive well with Nixos.
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Error: Failed to connect to local LXD: Get "http://unix.socket/1.0": dial unix /var/lib/lxd/unix.socket: connect: no such file or directory
Check this thread on linuxcontainers LXD forum. Half way down Simos points to the eventual solution:
What are some alternatives?
When comparing platform-compat and distrobuilder you can also consider the following projects:
ImportExcel - PowerShell module to import/export Excel spreadsheets, without Excel
packer-plugin-lxd - Packer plugin for LXD Builder
MailKit - A cross-platform .NET library for IMAP, POP3, and SMTP.
images - Browser images for Selenoid and Moon 1.x
envconsul - Launch a subprocess with environment variables using data from @HashiCorp Consul and Vault.
sysbox - An open-source, next-generation "runc" that empowers rootless containers to run workloads such as Systemd, Docker, Kubernetes, just like VMs.

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