# EdgelessPE/Edgeless

🏠 The opensource repository of Edgeless PE Project

Repository: https://github.com/EdgelessPE/Edgeless
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/edgeless
Homepage: https://home.edgeless.top
Language: Batchfile
License: MPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: edgeless
Last push: 2026-03-14T18:28:02+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 65/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 72, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2322, "days_push": 172, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1182, forks 63 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:54.234926+00:00)

## What it is
Edgeless is a powerful and elegant Windows PE (Preinstallation Environment) tool based on Win10, designed to replace some Windows To Go use cases. It offers a highly customizable bootable environment with a strong plugin package system (applied by simply placing .7z packages on the boot drive), theme packages for deep UI customization, and a command-line package manager (ept). It is the first partially open-source PE project in the Eastern Hemisphere, with its original code licensed under MPL-2.0 and adhering to a 'three-no' principle: no ads, no fees, no hijacking.

## Use cases
- create a customizable Windows PE bootable USB drive
- customize a PE environment with plugin packages without deep technical knowledge
- theme a Windows PE desktop with custom wallpapers, icons, and start menu
- boot a PE environment from an existing boot drive without reformatting (parasitic boot)
- install Windows system images from within a PE environment
- manage PE plugins via a command-line package manager
- build a custom PE kernel from open-source components

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: developer-tools, plugin-system, theme, self-hosted, package-manager
- domain: operating-systems, windows
- platform: windows, cli, cross-platform
- tags: system-recovery, bootable-media, customization

## Member repositories
- EdgelessPE/Edgeless (main) score 65

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:54.234926+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 2026-08-30T06:24:45.738458+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/EdgelessPE/Edgeless (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:54.234926+00:00, sha 4a8f2f53d40c)
  - homepage: https://home.edgeless.top (fetched 2026-08-29T12:31:43.882803+00:00, sha e4245addd093)
  - site_page: https://wiki.edgeless.top/v2/faq/ME.html (fetched 2026-08-29T12:31:43.892138+00:00, sha 44a80126fcf6)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.