Alpine Linux

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Alpine Linux
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DeveloperAlpine Linux Development Team
OS familyLinux (Unix-like)
Working stateActive
Source modelOpen source
Initial releaseAugust 2005; 21 years ago (2005-08)[1]
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Marketing targetGeneral-purpose. Security, embedded systems and other resource-constrained systems, such as containers.[2]
Available inMultilingual
Package managerAPK (Alpine Package Keeper)
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Kernel typeMonolithic (Linux)
UserlandBusyBox
InfluencedpostmarketOS
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user interface		Ash
Official websiteTemplate:Official url

Alpine Linux is a Linux distribution "designed for power users who appreciate security, simplicity and resource efficiency".[3] It uses musl, BusyBox, and OpenRC instead of glibc, GNU Core Utilities, and systemd, respectively.[4][5][6][7][8] This makes Alpine one of the few Linux distributions not to be based on systemd.[9] For security, Alpine compiles all user-space binaries as position-independent executables with stack-smashing protection.[2] Template:RpBecause of its small size and rapid startup, it is commonly used in containers providing quick boot-up times,[10][11] on virtual machines (e.g., OS-level virtualization) as well as on real hardware in embedded devices, such as routers, servers and NAS.[citation needed]

History

Originally, Alpine Linux began as an embedded-first distribution for devices such as wireless routers, based on Gentoo Linux,[12] inspired by Page Template:Tooltip/styles.css has no content.Template:Encodefirst and the Bering-uClibc branch of the LEAF Project.[1] Founder Natanael Copa has said that the name was chosen as a backronym for "A Linux-Powered Network Engine" or some such similar phrase, but that the exact phrase has since been forgotten.[13]

Alpine's package management system, the Alpine Package Keeper (apk),[a][14] was originally a collection of shell scripts[15] but was later rewritten in C.[16]

In 2014, Alpine Linux switched from uClibc to musl as its C standard library.[17]

Derivatives

postmarketOS, a Linux distribution for mobile devices, is based on Alpine Linux.[18]

Notes

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  1. ^ Not to be confused with the apk file format used by Android

References

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  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Verma, Adarsh (8 November 2017). "10 Most Secure Linux Distros For Complete Privacy & Anonymity | 2017 Edition". Fossbytes. Archived from the original on 15 June 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Noyes, Katherine (9 February 2016). "Is Docker ditching Ubuntu Linux? Confusion reigns". Network World. Archived from the original on 16 June 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."OpenRC". wiki.alpinelinux.org. Archived from the original on 18 October 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Wallen, Jack (30 June 2023). "What is Alpine Linux?". Tech Target. Archived from the original on 22 November 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
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  12. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Copa, Natanael (22 August 2005). "Re: [leaf-devel] 2.6.x kernel support?". SourceForge. Archived from the original on 7 April 2023. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
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  15. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."apk-tools". SourceForge. Archived from the original on 17 December 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  16. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."apk-tools – Alpine package manager". git.alpinelinux.org. Archived from the original on 7 March 2025. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
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  18. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."postmarketOS // real Linux distribution for phones". postmarketOS. Archived from the original on 10 July 2021. Retrieved 2 October 2025.

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