siderolabs/talos
Talos Linux is a modern Linux distribution built for Kubernetes. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
99/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 98
- Longevity 100
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: 12.0
- age_days: 3225
- days_rel: 14
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 51
Adoption not part of the score
11024 stars · 880 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Talos Linux is a minimal, immutable, API-managed Linux distribution purpose-built for running Kubernetes. It ships no shell, SSH, or package manager, and is managed entirely through a declarative gRPC API secured with mutual TLS.
Use cases
- run kubernetes on bare metal
- minimal secure os for k8s nodes
- immutable linux distro for containers
- boot a kubernetes cluster in minutes
- manage k8s nodes via api without ssh
- homelab kubernetes operating system
- edge kubernetes node os
When to choose
- you want a hardened, minimal OS dedicated to Kubernetes nodes
- you prefer API-driven, declarative node management with no SSH access
- you need atomic, predictable upgrades and rollback on cluster nodes
- you run bare metal, VM, or edge Kubernetes and want fast provisioning
When to avoid
- you need a general-purpose Linux distro with a shell and package manager
- your workloads require running software directly on the host OS outside containers
- you depend on SSH-based tooling or traditional configuration management on nodes
Facets
application · maturity stable
container-orchestration security configuration-management deployment self-hosted cloud-computing operating-systems infrastructure-as-code go cli self-hosted cloud kubernetes-os immutable-linux minimal-distro grpc-api bare-metal edge containers devops linux
7 sources
- readme: https://github.com/siderolabs/talos · fetched 2026-08-28 · 01eb7f9eb87c
- homepage: https://siderolabs.com/talos-linux · fetched 2026-08-29 · 6850a0f25b63
- site_page: https://docs.siderolabs.com/latest · fetched 2026-08-29 · 180f04381a3e
- site_page: https://docs.siderolabs.com/talos · fetched 2026-08-29 · 180f04381a3e
- site_page: https://www.siderolabs.com/about-us · fetched 2026-08-29 · efdb91a527fe
- site_page: https://www.siderolabs.com/pricing · fetched 2026-08-29 · fcc7a0331ea3
- site_page: https://www.siderolabs.com/omni · fetched 2026-08-29 · 786357f91269
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| siderolabs/talos | main | 99 |
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