# dnschneid/crouton

Chromium OS Universal Chroot Environment (EOL)

Repository: https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/crouton
Homepage: https://git.io/JZEs0
Language: Shell
License: BSD-3-Clause
License Family: permissive
Topics: chroot, shell, crouton, minecraft, ubuntu, debian, kali, linux, chromeos
Archived: true
Last push: 2025-03-30T01:56:01+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 13, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5006, "days_push": 522, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 8576, forks 1248 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:23.629546+00:00)

## What it is
crouton is a set of shell scripts that generate and manage chroot environments on Chromium OS devices, letting users run full Linux distributions like Ubuntu, Debian, and Kali alongside ChromeOS. It is now end-of-life, with the repo locked and archived due to Chromium OS security changes.

## Use cases
- run a full Linux desktop on a Chromebook
- install Ubuntu on a Chromebook via chroot
- use Debian or Kali tools on a ChromeOS device
- breathe new life into an EOL Chromebook
- switch between ChromeOS and Linux without dual-booting
- run Linux command-line tools on a Chromebook

## When to choose
- you have an EOL Chromebook running Chromium OS 110 or earlier
- you want a chroot-based Linux environment on an older ChromeOS device
- you need to repurpose an old Chromebook as a Linux machine

## When to avoid
- your Chromebook runs Chromium OS 111 or later, where audio, extension, and xiwi support is broken
- you want a supported, actively maintained Linux-on-ChromeOS solution (use Crostini/Linux dev environment instead)
- you need ongoing updates or new distro releases
- your device has been replaced by Android-based ChromeOS

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: abandoned
- function: cli, developer-tools, file-system
- domain: operating-systems, developer-tools
- platform: cli
- tags: chroot, chromeos, chromebook, debootstrap, ubuntu, debian, kali, end-of-life, command-line, linux, shell

## Member repositories
- dnschneid/crouton (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:23.629546+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 2026-08-29T17:26:16.009593+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:23.629546+00:00, sha 81d565eb391e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.