# bootc-dev/bootc

Boot and upgrade via container images

Repository: https://github.com/bootc-dev/bootc
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/bootc
Homepage: https://bootc-dev.github.io/bootc/
Language: Rust
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2026-08-26T21:00:39+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 99/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 99, longevity 98
- inputs: {"age_days": 1372, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 8, "gap_med": 17, "n_releases_24m": 40}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2240, forks 223 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:29.712388+00:00)

## What it is
bootc is a Rust CLI tool that enables transactional, in-place operating system updates using standard OCI/Docker container images as the delivery format for bootable host systems. It applies the container layering model to base OS updates, with the container image including a Linux kernel used to boot the system.

## Use cases
- update a Linux OS in place using container images
- build bootable container images for host systems
- deliver base OS updates via OCI registries
- convert an ostree-based system to container-based updates
- manage immutable/atomic operating system upgrades
- ship custom Linux distributions as container images

## When to choose
- you want to use OCI/Docker tooling and registries to build and distribute bootable OS images
- you need transactional, atomic in-place upgrades for Linux hosts or appliances
- you are building Fedora CoreOS, CentOS bootc, or Atomic desktop derivatives
- you want immutable infrastructure where the whole OS is a container image

## When to avoid
- you need a general-purpose container runtime for running application containers
- your target platform is not Linux or lacks ostree-compatible boot infrastructure
- you require a traditional package-manager-driven mutable OS update flow

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: stable
- function: deployment, container-runtime, cli
- domain: operating-systems, cloud-computing
- platform: cli
- tags: bootable-containers, oci-images, ostree, os-updates, transactional-updates, immutable-infrastructure, containers, devops, linux, docker

## Member repositories
- bootc-dev/bootc (main) score 99

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:29.712388+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:44:07.516641+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/bootc-dev/bootc (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:29.712388+00:00, sha 6b229a223956)
  - homepage: https://bootc-dev.github.io/bootc/ (fetched 2026-08-29T10:24:29.152865+00:00, sha e4229c759d1c)
  - site_page: https://bootc.dev/bootc/installation.html (fetched 2026-08-29T10:24:29.161965+00:00, sha 5adfba08ab3f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.