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The immutable Linux meta-distribution for edge Kubernetes

With Kairos you can build immutable, bootable Kubernetes and OS images for your edge devices as easily as writing a Dockerfile. Optional P2P mesh with distributed ledger automates node bootstrapping and coordination. Updating nodes is as easy as CI/CD: push a new image to your container registry and let secure, risk-free A/B atomic upgrades do the rest.

  • :bowtie: Community Driven
  • :octocat: Open Source
  • 🔒 Linux immutable, meta-distribution
  • 🔑 Secure
  • 🐳 Container based
  • 🐧 Distribution agnostic

Nodes are configured via cloud-init and supports zero-touch configuration and complete lifecycle management with CAPI.

The Kairos 'factory' enables you to build custom bootable OS images for your edge devices, from your choice of OS (including openSUSE, Alpine and Ubuntu) and your choice of edge Kubernetes distribution - Kairos is totally agnostic.

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Contributing 🙌

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If you wish to start contributing, and want to understand more our process check out also:

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  1. kairos kairos Public

    The immutable Linux meta-distribution for edge Kubernetes.

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  2. provider-kairos provider-kairos Public

    🌱 k3s and optional libp2p support for Kairos. Build decentralized cluster with libp2p that stretch across 1000km!

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  3. osbuilder osbuilder Public

    🏗️ Kubernetes Native Extension to build Linux distributions artifacts from container images

    Go 17 9

  4. entangle entangle Public

    🔗 Entangle kubernetes connections running on remote clusters, also behind NAT

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  5. kcrypt kcrypt Public

    🛡️ Cloud native guardian for persistent data in the edge

    Go 3 1

  6. AuroraBoot AuroraBoot Public

    🐣 Kairos bootstrapper

    Go 18 6

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  • kairos Public

    The immutable Linux meta-distribution for edge Kubernetes.

    kairos-io/kairos’s past year of commit activity
    Go 1,252 Apache-2.0 104 377 (7 issues need help) 8 Updated Mar 20, 2025
  • cluster-api-provider-kairos Public

    Kairos CAPI shim provider

    kairos-io/cluster-api-provider-kairos’s past year of commit activity
    Go 0 1 1 12 Updated Mar 20, 2025
  • kcrypt-challenger Public

    🔐 Kairos TPM encryption plugin

    kairos-io/kcrypt-challenger’s past year of commit activity
    Go 0 Apache-2.0 2 1 5 Updated Mar 20, 2025
  • go-nodepair Public

    Golang library to handle transparent remote node pairing

    kairos-io/go-nodepair’s past year of commit activity
    Go 4 Apache-2.0 1 1 9 Updated Mar 20, 2025
  • kairos-sdk Public

    📂 golang sdk for kairos

    kairos-io/kairos-sdk’s past year of commit activity
    Go 0 Apache-2.0 11 1 8 Updated Mar 20, 2025
  • kairos-docs Public

    📖 Kairos documentation

    kairos-io/kairos-docs’s past year of commit activity
    HTML 2 Apache-2.0 26 1 7 Updated Mar 20, 2025
  • community Public

    🤝 Kairos community content

    kairos-io/community’s past year of commit activity
    1 Apache-2.0 0 4 1 Updated Mar 20, 2025
  • kairos-agent Public

    🔧 Lifecycle agent for kairos

    kairos-io/kairos-agent’s past year of commit activity
    Go 7 Apache-2.0 8 2 6 Updated Mar 20, 2025
  • immucore Public

    🦔 The Kairos immutability management interface

    kairos-io/immucore’s past year of commit activity
    Go 8 Apache-2.0 1 1 2 Updated Mar 20, 2025
  • AuroraBoot Public

    🐣 Kairos bootstrapper

    kairos-io/AuroraBoot’s past year of commit activity
    Go 18 Apache-2.0 6 1 3 Updated Mar 20, 2025

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