# hypriot/image-builder-rpi

SD card image for Raspberry Pi with Docker: HypriotOS

Repository: https://github.com/hypriot/image-builder-rpi
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/image-builder-rpi
Homepage: http://blog.hypriot.com/post/how-to-get-docker-working-on-your-favourite-arm-board-with-hypriotos/
Language: Ruby
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: sd-card-image, raspberry-pi, image-builder-rpi, vagrant, docker-machine, hypriot-os, docker
Archived: true
Last push: 2022-02-18T20:23:48+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3891, "days_push": 1657, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1057, forks 160 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:24.888167+00:00)

## What it is
A build pipeline that produces HypriotOS SD card images for Raspberry Pi 1, 2, 3, 4, and Zero — a minimal Debian-based OS optimized to run Docker. It assembles root filesystem, kernel, and Docker tooling into a flashable image, built locally via Vagrant and tested with Serverspec.

## Use cases
- build a Docker-ready SD card image for Raspberry Pi
- run Docker containers on a Raspberry Pi
- create a minimal Debian OS image for ARM boards
- customize HypriotOS with cloud-init user-data
- flash a preconfigured Docker OS onto an SD card
- set up an IoT cluster of containerized Raspberry Pis

## When to choose
- you want Docker preinstalled and tuned on a Raspberry Pi without manual setup
- you need a reproducible, tested OS image build pipeline for ARM SBCs
- you want a minimal Debian base with up-to-date Docker Engine on Pi hardware

## When to avoid
- you need a general-purpose desktop OS on the Raspberry Pi
- you target non-Raspberry-Pi boards (use other HypriotOS builders)
- you need actively maintained releases — the latest release is from 2022 and Raspberry Pi OS now ships Docker support

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: build-tool, developer-tools, container-runtime, infrastructure-as-code
- domain: embedded-systems, iot, operating-systems
- platform: iot
- tags: sd-card-image, hypriotos, raspberry-pi, docker, arm, image-builder, vagrant, cloud-init, containers, devops, linux

## Member repositories
- hypriot/image-builder-rpi (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:24.888167+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 2026-08-30T06:57:58.417806+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/hypriot/image-builder-rpi (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:24.888167+00:00, sha b090943c852e)
  - homepage: http://blog.hypriot.com/post/how-to-get-docker-working-on-your-favourite-arm-board-with-hypriotos/ (fetched 2026-08-29T12:59:40.292334+00:00, sha 45b1033c672b)
  - site_page: https://blog.hypriot.com/getting-started-with-docker-on-your-arm-device (fetched 2026-08-29T12:59:40.301821+00:00, sha aa05383d89a0)
  - site_page: https://blog.hypriot.com/about (fetched 2026-08-29T12:59:40.306319+00:00, sha 282fe0af8ce8)
  - site_page: https://blog.hypriot.com/faq (fetched 2026-08-29T12:59:40.303884+00:00, sha c912ddd2e97f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.