zfs VS zfsbootmenu

Compare zfs vs zfsbootmenu and see what are their differences.

zfs

OpenZFS on Linux and FreeBSD (by openzfs)
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zfs zfsbootmenu
718 161
10,062 742
1.3% 6.2%
9.6 9.2
about 5 hours ago 8 days ago
C Shell
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later MIT License
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zfs

Posts with mentions or reviews of zfs. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-02-12.

zfsbootmenu

Posts with mentions or reviews of zfsbootmenu. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-03-01.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing zfs and zfsbootmenu you can also consider the following projects:

root-on-zfs-systemdboot - Dual-boot Root-on-ZFS config for Debian w/ systemd-boot

zstd - Zstandard - Fast real-time compression algorithm

archiso-zfs - Easily load ZFS kernel module on any Archiso.

7-Zip-zstd - 7-Zip with support for Brotli, Fast-LZMA2, Lizard, LZ4, LZ5 and Zstandard

ramroot - Load root file system to ram during boot.

dracut - dracut the event driven initramfs infrastructure

RocksDB - A library that provides an embeddable, persistent key-value store for fast storage.

sanoid - These are policy-driven snapshot management and replication tools which use OpenZFS for underlying next-gen storage. (Btrfs support plans are shelved unless and until btrfs becomes reliable.)

zectl - ZFS Boot Environment manager for Linux

snapper - Manage filesystem snapshots and allow undo of system modifications

nonguix

voidvault - Bootstrap Void with FDE