https://github.com/dracut-ng/dracut-ng

dracut - the event driven initramfs infrastructure
https://github.com/dracut-ng/dracut-ng

alpine aosc-os archlinux boot centos debian dracut dracut-module fedora gentoo initramfs initramfs-generator initramfs-image initrd luks opensuse slackware ubuntu voidlinux

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dracut - the event driven initramfs infrastructure

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/dracut-ng/dracut-ng
• Owner: dracut-ng
• License: gpl-2.0
• Created: 2024-03-30T00:43:07.000Z (over 1 year ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2025-06-30T19:32:33.000Z (4 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-06-30T20:32:10.878Z (4 months ago)
• Topics: alpine, aosc-os, archlinux, boot, centos, debian, dracut, dracut-module, fedora, gentoo, initramfs, initramfs-generator, initramfs-image, initrd, luks, opensuse, slackware, ubuntu, voidlinux
• Language: Shell
• Homepage: https://dracut-ng.github.io
• Size: 10.5 MB
• Stars: 146
• Watchers: 6
• Forks: 83
• Open Issues: 139
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Changelog: NEWS.md
  • License: COPYING
  • Codeowners: .github/CODEOWNERS
  • Authors: AUTHORS

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README

          
# dracut-ng

dracut-ng is an event driven initramfs infrastructure.

[![distributions](https://repology.org/badge/tiny-repos/dracut.svg)](https://repology.org/project/dracut/versions)

[![version(s)](https://repology.org/badge/latest-versions/dracut.svg)](https://repology.org/project/dracut/versions)

[![Contributor Covenant](https://img.shields.io/badge/Contributor%20Covenant-v2.0%20adopted-ff69b4.svg)](https://dracut-ng.github.io/dracut-ng/developer/code_of_conduct.html)

dracut creates an initrd image by copying tools and files from an installed

system and combining it with dracut modules, usually found in

/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d.

# Documentation

Generated documentation from this source tree is available at

https://dracut-ng.github.io/

The [Wiki](https://github.com/dracut-ng/dracut-ng/wiki) is available to share

information.

# Releases

The release tarballs are [here](https://github.com/dracut-ng/dracut-ng/releases).

See [News](NEWS.md) for information about changes in the releases

# Contributing

Currently dracut-ng is developed on [github.com](https://github.com/dracut-ng/dracut-ng).

See the developer guide at https://dracut-ng.github.io/ for information on

reporting issues, contributing code via pull requests and guidelines for how to

get started contributing to dracut.

# Security

Security is taken very seriously.  Please do not report security issues in the

public tracker.  For guidelines on reporting security issues see the

[security](https://dracut-ng.github.io/dracut-ng/developer/security.html) guide.

# Chat and project interactions

Chat (Matrix):

 - https://matrix.to/#/#dracut-ng:matrix.org

See the [GitHub issue tracker](https://github.com/dracut-ng/dracut-ng/issues) for

things which still need to be done. This is also the main place used for

discussions.

# License

Licensed under the GPLv2