# oasislinux/oasis

a small statically-linked linux system

Repository: https://github.com/oasislinux/oasis
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/oasislinux-oasis
Language: Roff
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: linux, musl
Last push: 2026-06-09T23:56:39+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 62/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 86, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3737, "days_push": 85, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3101, forks 97 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:43.529703+00:00)

## What it is
Oasis is a small, fully statically-linked Linux system built around musl, with reproducible builds driven by Lua-generated samurai manifests. It has no package manager; instead users configure package specifications and the build system produces a filesystem tree merged into /.

## Use cases
- build a minimal statically-linked linux system
- reproducible os builds from source
- bootstrap a linux distro from macOS or BSD
- run a system with no dynamic linking dependencies
- use bearssl as the system-wide tls library
- cross-compile a small linux base system

## When to choose
- you want a tiny, self-contained, statically-linked linux base
- you value reproducible builds and minimal bootstrap dependencies
- you prefer configuring package specs over using a package manager

## When to avoid
- you need a large package repository or glibc compatibility
- you want a conventional dynamic-linking desktop distro
- you are not comfortable building your system from source

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: build-tool, compiler, security, configuration-management
- domain: operating-systems, developer-tools, self-hosted
- platform: -
- tags: statically-linked, reproducible-builds, minimal-linux, musl, bearssl, no-package-manager, bsd-like, linux, x86_64

## Member repositories
- oasislinux/oasis (main) score 62

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:43.529703+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 2026-08-30T07:27:00.168686+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/oasislinux/oasis (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:43.529703+00:00, sha da2010375621)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.