# TritonDataCenter/smartos-live

For more information, please see http://smartos.org/  For any questions that aren't answered there, please join the SmartOS discussion list: https://smartos.topicbox.com/groups/smartos-discuss

Repository: https://github.com/TritonDataCenter/smartos-live
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/smartos-live
Language: C
License Family: other
Last push: 2026-08-21T04:59:21+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 76/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5499, "days_push": 12, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1682, forks 250 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:21.768390+00:00)

## What it is
smartos-live is the root repository for building SmartOS, a live-image illumos-based operating system from the Triton DataCenter project. It orchestrates building the illumos core OS, third-party dependencies, and SmartOS-specific tools like vmadm and imgadm.

## Use cases
- build a SmartOS platform image from source
- run a hypervisor OS for zones and bhyve VMs
- contribute patches to SmartOS or illumos-joyent
- develop SmartOS-specific tools like vmadm and imgadm
- set up a bare-metal host for Triton-style container and VM workloads
- customize an illumos live image with extra software

## When to choose
- you need a lightweight hypervisor OS booting from USB/PXE with zones and bhyve support
- you want to build or modify the SmartOS platform image from source
- you are contributing to illumos-joyent or SmartOS-specific tooling
- you run Triton DataCenter infrastructure and need matching platform images

## When to avoid
- you need a general-purpose desktop or server Linux distribution
- you want a turnkey OS without building from source (use official SmartOS images instead)
- your workload requires Linux kernel-specific features or drivers
- you need support for non-x86 architectures

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: developer-tools
- domain: operating-systems, self-hosted, infrastructure-as-code
- platform: -
- tags: smartos, illumos, hypervisor, zones, bhyve, live-image, os-build, triton, operating-system, virtualization, x86_64, bare-metal

## Member repositories
- TritonDataCenter/smartos-live (main) score 76

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:21.768390+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 2026-08-30T03:41:21.140733+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/TritonDataCenter/smartos-live (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:21.768390+00:00, sha 311ba0903865)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.