Wolfi · GitHub

2023-06-27 02:19:37

Wolfi is a group Linux OS designed for the container and cloud-native period. Chainguard began the Wolfi undertaking to allow constructing Chainguard Images, our assortment of curated distroless photographs that meet the necessities of a safe software program provide chain. This required a Linux distribution with parts on the applicable granularity and with help for each glibc and musl, one thing that was not but out there within the cloud-native Linux ecosystem.

Wolfi is a stripped-down distro designed for the cloud-native period. It does not have a kernel of its personal, as a substitute counting on the surroundings (such because the container runtime) to supply one. This separation of considerations in Wolfi means it’s adaptable to a variety of environments.

Wolfi, whose title was impressed by the world’s smallest octopus, has some key options that differentiates it from different distributions that target container/cloud-native environments:

Supplies a high-quality, build-time SBOM as normal for all packages
Packages are designed to be granular and unbiased, to help minimal photographs
Makes use of the confirmed and dependable apk package deal format
Absolutely declarative and reproducible construct system
Designed to help glibc and musl

bootstrap-stage1 accommodates the stage1 bootstrap repository which is used with Alpine.
bootstrap-stage2 accommodates the stage2 bootstrap repository which is used with Alpine and the stage1 toolchain to bootstrap stage3.
bootstrap-stage3 accommodates the stage3 bootstrap repository which is a micro GNU/Linux distribution constructed with stage2 and used to bootstrap Wolfi.
os accommodates the core Wolfi OS repository.

What’s Wolfi and the way does it examine to Alpine?

Wolfi is a Linux undistro designed from the bottom as much as help newer computing paradigms resembling containers. Though Wolfi has just a few related design rules as Alpine (resembling utilizing apk), it’s a totally different distribution that’s targeted on provide chain safety. In contrast to Alpine, Wolfi doesn’t presently construct its personal Linux kernel, as a substitute counting on the host surroundings (e.g. a container runtime) to supply one.

Is Wolfi free to make use of?

Sure, Wolfi is free and can all the time be.

Can I exploit Wolfi on the Desktop?

No. Wolfi is an un-distro, or distroless base for use throughout the container / OCI ecosystem. Desktop distributions require further software program that’s out of scope for Wolfi’s roadmap.

Who maintains Wolfi?

Wolfi was created and is presently maintained by Chainguard.

What are the plans for long-term Wolfi governance?

We intend for Wolfi to be a community-driven undertaking, which implies over time it would have multi-vendor governance and maintainers. For now we’re targeted on constructing the undertaking and group, and can revisit this in a number of months when a group has shaped.