https://github.com/coreos/rpm-ostree
⚛📦 Hybrid image/package system with atomic upgrades and package layering
https://github.com/coreos/rpm-ostree
centos fedora ostree package-manager
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⚛📦 Hybrid image/package system with atomic upgrades and package layering
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/coreos/rpm-ostree
- Owner: coreos
- License: other
- Created: 2013-12-22T03:16:38.000Z (over 11 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2025-05-12T19:25:56.000Z (6 days ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-05-13T00:37:13.600Z (6 days ago)
- Topics: centos, fedora, ostree, package-manager
- Language: C
- Homepage: https://coreos.github.io/rpm-ostree
- Size: 16.8 MB
- Stars: 911
- Watchers: 50
- Forks: 201
- Open Issues: 441
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md
- License: COPYING.GPL
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README
# rpm-ostree: A true hybrid image/package system
rpm-ostree is a hybrid image/package system. It combines
[libostree](https://ostree.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) as a base image format,
and accepts RPM on both the client and server side, sharing code with the
[dnf](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNF_(software)) project; specifically
[libdnf](https://github.com/rpm-software-management/libdnf). and thus bringing
many of the benefits of both together.
NOTE: Currently, development focus has shifted to [bootc](https://github.com/containers/bootc), [dnf](https://github.com/rpm-software-management/dnf5/), and the ecosystem around those tools. However, rpm-ostree is widely in use today in many upstream projects and downstream products and continues to be supported. In general, new major features related to bootable containers should land in those projects instead.
```mermaid
flowchart TD
rpmostree["rpm-ostree (daemon + CLI)
status, upgrade, rollback
package layering
initramfs --enable"]
bootc["bootc (image system)
fetch bootable container images
transactional upgrades and rollbacks"]
ostree["ostree (image system)
fetch ostree repositories
transactional upgrades and rollbacks"]
libdnf["libdnf (pkg system) ties together
libsolv (SAT solver)
librepo (RPM repo downloads)
librpm (RPM installation)
"]
rpmostree --> ostree
rpmostree --> bootc
rpmostree --> libdnf
```
**Features:**
- Transactional, background image-based (versioned/checksummed) upgrades, using both bootable container images as well as an "ostree native" HTTP model
- OS rollback without affecting user data (`/usr` but not `/etc`, `/var`) via libostree
- Client-side package layering (and overrides)
- Custom base images via `rpm-ostree compose image` (container) or `rpm-ostree compose tree` (ostree repo)
## Documentation
For more information, see the [project documentation](docs/index.md) or the
[project documentation website](https://coreos.github.io/rpm-ostree).
## License
rpm-ostree includes code licensed under GPLv2+, LGPLv2+, (Apache 2.0 OR MIT).
For more information, see [LICENSE](https://github.com/coreos/rpm-ostree/blob/main/LICENSE).