cleverca22/not-os resource
An operating system generator, based on NixOS, that, given a config, outputs a small (47 MB), read-only squashfs for a runit-based operating system, with support for iPXE and signed boot. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
73/100
- Activity 91
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 3743
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 58
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1009 stars · 42 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
not-os is an operating system generator based on NixOS that, given a configuration, produces a small (~47 MB) read-only squashfs image with a kernel, initrd, and runit-based init. It supports iPXE network booting with cryptographic signature verification and is automatically built and boot-tested via Hydra.
Use cases
- generate a minimal read-only linux os from a nix config
- build a small embedded os image with nix
- network boot a signed os image over ipxe
- create a tiny nixos-based appliance image
- verify cryptographic signatures on boot images
- run a minimal os in qemu for testing
When to choose
- you want a tiny, reproducible, read-only OS built declaratively with Nix
- you need secure network booting with signed images for embedded hardware
- you're already in the NixOS ecosystem and want minimal embedded images
When to avoid
- you need a full general-purpose desktop or server OS with package management at runtime
- you're not familiar with Nix and want a conventional distro
- you need a writable root filesystem or systemd-based init
Facets
infra-config · maturity active
infrastructure-as-code embedded security build-tool operating-systems embedded-systems infrastructure-as-code security embedded nixos nix squashfs runit ipxe signed-boot minimal-os os-generator linux
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/cleverca22/not-os · fetched 2026-08-28 · 69c99bf5361b
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| cleverca22/not-os | main | 73 |
For agents
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