There are only 12 binaries in Talos Linux

• kubectl-node-shell

  4 1,302 5.6 Shell

  Exec into node via kubectl

Big fan of Talos, have used it in some homelab + cloud clusters over the years, currently powers all my self-hosting. The `talosctl` command is great, and any time you need to do node-level debugging, there's always something like node-shell [1].

[1] https://github.com/kvaps/kubectl-node-shell

• talos

  43 5,302 9.7 Go

  Talos Linux is a modern Linux distribution built for Kubernetes.

  

Super cool. I always enjoy reading about systems that challenge, well, "ossified" assumptions. An OS not providing a shell, for example? Madness! ... or is it genius, if the OS has a specific purpose...? It's thought-provoking, if nothing else.

I'm a bit skeptical of parts. For instance, the "init" binary being less than 400 lines of golang - wow! And sure, main.go [1] is less than 400 lines and very readable. Then you squint at the list of imported packages, or look to the left at the directory list and realize main.go isn't nearly the entire init binary.

That `talosctl list` invocation [2] didn't escape my notice either. Sure, the base OS may have only a handful of binaries - how many of those traditional utilities have been stuffed into the API server? Not that I disagree with the approach! I think every company eventually replaces direct shell access with a daemon like this. It's just that "binary footprint" can get a bit funny if you have a really sophisticated API server sitting somewhere.

[1]: https://github.com/siderolabs/talos/blob/main/internal/app/m...

[2]: https://www.talos.dev/v1.6/reference/cli/#talosctl-list

• InfluxDB

  www.influxdata.com sponsored

  Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

  

• community

  1 32 -

  COSI Community (by cosi-project)

  

I agree number of binaries is an arbitrary metric but also an indicator that things work differently with Talos. You have to use the declarative API for management which some people could see as a bad thing.

I’d also like to point out that the system API is designed to be extendable and adaptable to different operating systems. We’d love for more vendors to create adapters/shims to get the benefits of API managed Linux

https://github.com/cosi-project/community

• containerd-shim-systemd-v1

  1 56 - Go

• systemk

  4 153 4.1 Go

  Systemk is a systemd backend for the virtual-kubelet. Instead of starting containers, you start systemd units.

  

• WorkOS

  workos.com sponsored

  The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

  

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