# rocky-linux/rocky

Rocky Linux is a community enterprise Operating System designed to be 100% bug-for-bug compatible with Enterprise Linux created in response to the effective discontinuation of CentOS.

Repository: https://github.com/rocky-linux/rocky
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/rocky
Homepage: https://rockylinux.org
License Family: other
Topics: rocky, enterprise-linux
Archived: true
Last push: 2021-08-21T10:31:18+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2094, "days_push": 1838, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 9488, forks 336 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:31.370659+00:00)

## What it is
Rocky Linux is a community-driven, open-source enterprise Linux distribution built to be 100% bug-for-bug compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux. It was created as a successor to CentOS and offers a stable, production-ready OS with a 10-year support lifecycle.

## Use cases
- replace CentOS for production servers
- run a free RHEL-compatible enterprise OS
- migrate from CentOS or other Enterprise Linux distros
- host self-hosted services on a stable server OS
- deploy cloud servers with long-term support
- build a stable base for enterprise workloads

## When to choose
- you need RHEL compatibility without a subscription
- you want a long-lifecycle, production-ready server OS
- you are migrating off CentOS or CentOS Stream
- you prefer a community-governed enterprise distribution

## When to avoid
- you need cutting-edge or rolling-release packages
- you want commercial vendor support contracts
- you need a desktop-focused or lightweight distribution

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: stable
- function: self-hosted, cloud
- domain: operating-systems, self-hosted, cloud-computing
- platform: cloud, self-hosted
- tags: enterprise-linux, rhel-compatible, centos-successor, linux-distribution, server-os, operating-systems, devops, linux

## Member repositories
- rocky-linux/rocky (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:31.370659+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 2026-08-29T17:22:02.904004+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/rocky-linux/rocky (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:31.370659+00:00, sha 7cc78268d2c7)
  - homepage: https://rockylinux.org (fetched 2026-08-29T08:22:15.699855+00:00, sha 869b90e90fce)
  - site_page: https://rockylinux.org/news/2026-08-25-contributor-spotlight-steven-spencer (fetched 2026-08-29T08:22:15.708989+00:00, sha db14f543a809)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.