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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.

Getting Started 📚

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Please feel free to file an issue here!

Contributing 🙌

That's awesome! 🥳 We welcome any contribution!

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.

    Go 1.7k 127

  2. hadron hadron Public

    The foundational Linux for the cloud and the edge. Hadron is a minimal, from-scratch distro using vanilla components, engineered for trusted and flexible boot environments.

    Dockerfile 40 8

  3. kairos-agent kairos-agent Public

    🔧 Lifecycle agent for kairos

    Go 16 19

  4. provider-kairos provider-kairos Public

    🌱 k3s and k0s, plus optional libp2p support for Kairos. Build decentralized cluster with libp2p that stretch across 1000km!

    Go 49 19

  5. AuroraBoot AuroraBoot Public

    🐣 Kairos bootstrapper

    Go 32 16

  6. kairos-init kairos-init Public

    🌱 Kairos init will transform a normal docker image into a Kairos flavored one

    Go 15 14

Repositories

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  • packages.kairos.io Public

    📦 package browser website

    kairos-io/packages.kairos.io’s past year of commit activity
    1 Apache-2.0 0 1 2 Updated Mar 17, 2026
  • AuroraBoot Public

    🐣 Kairos bootstrapper

    kairos-io/AuroraBoot’s past year of commit activity
    Go 32 Apache-2.0 16 3 12 Updated Mar 16, 2026
  • kairos Public

    The immutable Linux meta-distribution for edge Kubernetes.

    kairos-io/kairos’s past year of commit activity
    Go 1,669 Apache-2.0 127 334 (12 issues need help) 10 Updated Mar 16, 2026
  • kairos-factory-action Public

    🏭 Build your immutable images within your release pipeline

    kairos-io/kairos-factory-action’s past year of commit activity
    Shell 1 Apache-2.0 2 1 1 Updated Mar 16, 2026
  • kairos-init Public

    🌱 Kairos init will transform a normal docker image into a Kairos flavored one

    kairos-io/kairos-init’s past year of commit activity
    Go 15 14 1 1 Updated Mar 16, 2026
  • community-bundles Public

    🌱 Kairos community-bundles. A 📖 cookbook for your immutable deployments!

    kairos-io/community-bundles’s past year of commit activity
    Shell 14 Apache-2.0 12 2 11 Updated Mar 16, 2026
  • kairos-io/provider-kubeadm’s past year of commit activity
    Go 5 Apache-2.0 12 3 18 Updated Mar 16, 2026
  • kcrypt-discovery-challenger Public

    🔐 Kairos TPM encryption plugin

    kairos-io/kcrypt-discovery-challenger’s past year of commit activity
    Go 1 Apache-2.0 2 1 5 Updated Mar 16, 2026
  • provider-kairos Public

    🌱 k3s and k0s, plus optional libp2p support for Kairos. Build decentralized cluster with libp2p that stretch across 1000km!

    kairos-io/provider-kairos’s past year of commit activity
    Go 49 Apache-2.0 19 1 (1 issue needs help) 7 Updated Mar 16, 2026
  • kairos-docs Public

    📖 Kairos documentation

    kairos-io/kairos-docs’s past year of commit activity
    TypeScript 4 Apache-2.0 37 1 6 Updated Mar 16, 2026

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