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by lrvick 474 days ago
Stagex is a build distribution first, but that said we are working on "sxctl" to make it easier for people to extract packages from containers and put them in your local prefix similar to nix.

Stagex can also easily generate immutable/deterministic live isos, full bootable server images, enclave os images, etc.

It was these sorts of use cases that made us realize no existing distro hit our threat model and caused us to build stagex in the first place.

Here are some standalone deterministic linux distros built or bootstrapped with stagex:

- https://codeberg.org/stagex/repros - Server distro designed exclusively for reproducible builds

- https://git.distrust.co/public/airgap - Minimal CLI-only workstation distribution designed for offline key/secret management

- https://git.distrust.co/public/enclaveos - Linux kernel, rust init system, and user supplied rust code for running whatever you want in nitro enclaves

- https://github.com/tkhq/quorumos - Linux/rust based enclave operating system that uses remote attestation and shamirs secret sharing to manage applications no single sysadmin can be trusted with access to.

- https://github.com/siderolabs/toolchain/blob/main/Pkgfile#L5... - Talos Linux by sidero labs just recently moved their toolchain from alpine to stagex for much higher supply chain security

Honestly stagex was built for your use case.