lxc/incus-os
Immutable Linux OS to run Incus observed · 2026-09-03
Health v2 · maintenance only
68/100
- Activity 100
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 52
Flags: no_releases
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 741
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 0
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1090 stars · 83 forks observed · 2026-09-03
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
IncusOS is an immutable, Debian-based Linux operating system purpose-built for running Incus container and virtual machine servers. It leverages UEFI Secure Boot and TPM 2.0 for boot security and full disk encryption, applies atomic A/B updates, and is managed exclusively through an authenticated REST API with no shell access.
Use cases
- run an incus container and VM server on bare metal
- deploy a secure immutable hypervisor host with full disk encryption
- set up a locked-down container host managed only via REST API
- build a reproducible fleet of identical incus servers
- install incus on Hetzner, OpenStack, Scaleway or VMware
- create a ceph-backed incus cluster
- run incus in a VM for testing
When to choose
- you want a dedicated, minimal, secure OS purely for running Incus
- you need UEFI Secure Boot, TPM-backed encryption and atomic A/B updates out of the box
- you value identical, bit-for-bit consistent servers for easy scaling and redeployment
- you prefer API-only management with no shell attack surface
When to avoid
- you need a general-purpose Linux OS with a shell and arbitrary packages
- you want to run workloads other than Incus on the host
- your hardware lacks UEFI Secure Boot or TPM 2.0 support
- you need fine-grained manual control over the host OS
Facets
application · maturity active
container-runtime security self-hosted deployment self-hosted operating-systems cloud-computing immutable-os incus lxc secure-boot tpm full-disk-encryption a-b-updates zfs mkosi debian-based rest-api-management containers devops linux amd64 arm64
8 sources
- readme: https://github.com/lxc/incus-os · fetched 2026-09-03 · 2f5e2efbdcdd
- homepage: https://linuxcontainers.org/incus-os/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 7d5e71bf0a8b
- site_page: https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/docs/main · fetched 2026-08-29 · e7ded83d765b
- site_page: https://linuxcontainers.org/incus-os/docs/main · fetched 2026-08-29 · 03cf5084e71c
- site_page: https://linuxcontainers.org/lxc/getting-started · fetched 2026-08-29 · bc8a7ac428c9
- site_page: https://linuxcontainers.org/lxc/documentation · fetched 2026-08-29 · 12b232992f56
- site_page: https://linuxcontainers.org/lxcfs/getting-started · fetched 2026-08-29 · da97669c7916
- site_page: https://linuxcontainers.org/distrobuilder/docs/latest · fetched 2026-08-29 · b769c8605a16
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| lxc/incus-os | main | 68 |
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