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rootlesskit

Linux-native fake root for implementing rootless containers

About rootlesskit

Linux-native fake root for implementing rootless containers

This project links 20 native package records across 10 recorded operating-system releases. Compare the retained versions and architectures below, then open the package for your own release.

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Alpine Linux 3.21: 3 package records; Alpine Linux 3.22: 3 package records; Alpine Linux 3.23: 3 package records; Debian 12 (Bookworm): 2 package records; Debian 13 (Trixie): 2 package records; Fedora 43: 3 package records; Fedora 44: 1 package records; openSUSE Leap 15.6: 1 package records; openSUSE Leap 16.0: 1 package records; openSUSE Tumbleweed: 1 package records. Catalog coverage diagram, not an application screenshot.rootlesskit: recorded package coverageAlpine Linux 3.213 recordsAlpine Linux 3.223 recordsAlpine Linux 3.233 recordsDebian 12 (Bookworm)2 recordsDebian 13 (Trixie)2 recordsFedora 433 recordsFedora 441 recordsopenSUSE Leap 15.61 records
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Project identity

Project
rootlesskit
Publisher
Not authoritatively mapped
Native package records
20
Operating systems
alpine-linux-3-21, alpine-linux-3-22, alpine-linux-3-23, debian-12, debian-13, fedora-43, fedora-44, opensuse-leap-15-6, opensuse-leap-16-0, opensuse-tumbleweed
License expression
Apache-2.0
Metadata completeness
70/100 (not a software quality rating)
Homepage
Visit upstream site
Source repository
Open source repository

Source-reported description

The fullest retained description is shown with its source. Distribution packaging descriptions may include downstream details.

RootlessKit is a Linux-native implementation of "fake root" using user_namespaces. RootlessKit is intended to run Docker and Kubernetes as an unprivileged user (known as "Rootless mode"), so as to protect the real root on the host from potential container-breakout attacks.

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Packages by operating system

Compare recorded versions, then open a package for dependency, file, checksum, and repository evidence. Version strings are distribution-specific, not a ranking of newer software.

Alpine Linux 3.21

  1. rootlesskit

    Alpine Linux 3.21 / source rootlesskit

    2.3.5-r0

    Linux-native fake root for implementing rootless containers

    aarch64x86_64v3.21
  2. rootlesskit-doc

    Alpine Linux 3.21 / source rootlesskit

    2.3.5-r0

    Linux-native fake root for implementing rootless containers (documentation)

    aarch64x86_64v3.21
  3. rootlesskit-docker-proxy

    Alpine Linux 3.21 / source rootlesskit

    2.3.5-r0

    Linux-native fake root for implementing rootless containers - Docker proxy

    aarch64x86_64v3.21

Alpine Linux 3.22

  1. rootlesskit

    Alpine Linux 3.22 / source rootlesskit

    2.3.5-r5

    Linux-native fake root for implementing rootless containers

    aarch64x86_64v3.22
  2. rootlesskit-doc

    Alpine Linux 3.22 / source rootlesskit

    2.3.5-r5

    Linux-native fake root for implementing rootless containers (documentation)

    aarch64x86_64v3.22
  3. rootlesskit-docker-proxy

    Alpine Linux 3.22 / source rootlesskit

    2.3.5-r5

    Linux-native fake root for implementing rootless containers - Docker proxy

    aarch64x86_64v3.22

Alpine Linux 3.23

  1. rootlesskit

    Alpine Linux 3.23 / source rootlesskit

    2.3.5-r10

    Linux-native fake root for implementing rootless containers

    aarch64x86_64v3.23
  2. rootlesskit-doc

    Alpine Linux 3.23 / source rootlesskit

    2.3.5-r10

    Linux-native fake root for implementing rootless containers (documentation)

    aarch64x86_64v3.23
  3. rootlesskit-docker-proxy

    Alpine Linux 3.23 / source rootlesskit

    2.3.5-r10

    Linux-native fake root for implementing rootless containers - Docker proxy

    aarch64x86_64v3.23

Debian 12 (Bookworm)

  1. golang-github-rootless-containers-rootlesskit-dev

    Debian 12 (Bookworm) / golang / source rootlesskit

    1.1.0-1

    Linux-native "fake root" for rootless containers (library)

    allbookworm
  2. rootlesskit

    Debian 12 (Bookworm) / devel / source rootlesskit

    1.1.0-1+b4

    Linux-native "fake root" for rootless containers

    amd64arm64bookworm

Debian 13 (Trixie)

  1. golang-github-rootless-containers-rootlesskit-dev

    Debian 13 (Trixie) / golang / source rootlesskit

    2.0.2-2

    Linux-native "fake root" for rootless containers (library)

    alltrixie
  2. rootlesskit

    Debian 13 (Trixie) / devel / source rootlesskit

    2.0.2-2+b9

    Linux-native "fake root" for rootless containers

    amd64arm64trixie

Fedora 43

  1. golang-github-rootless-containers-rootlesskit

    Fedora 43 / Unspecified / source golang-github-rootless-containers-rootlesskit

    1.0.1-11.fc43

    Linux-native "fake root" for implementing rootless containers

    aarch64x86_6443
  2. golang-github-rootless-containers-rootlesskit-devel

    Fedora 43 / Unspecified / source golang-github-rootless-containers-rootlesskit

    1.0.1-11.fc43

    Linux-native "fake root" for implementing rootless containers

    noarch43
  3. rootlesskit

    Fedora 43 / Unspecified / source rootlesskit

    3.1.0-1.fc43

    Linux-native "fake root" for implementing rootless containers

    aarch64x86_6443

Fedora 44

  1. rootlesskit

    Fedora 44 / Unspecified / source rootlesskit

    3.1.0-1.fc44

    Linux-native "fake root" for implementing rootless containers

    aarch64x86_6444

openSUSE Leap 15.6

  1. rootlesskit

    openSUSE Leap 15.6 / Unspecified / source rootlesskit

    1.1.1-150600.1.48

    Linux-native fakeroot using user namespaces

    aarch64ppc64les390xx86_64leap-15.6

openSUSE Leap 16.0

  1. rootlesskit

    openSUSE Leap 16.0 / Unspecified / source rootlesskit

    2.0.0-160000.2.2

    Linux-native fakeroot using user namespaces

    aarch64ppc64les390xx86_64leap-16.0

openSUSE Tumbleweed

  1. rootlesskit

    openSUSE Tumbleweed / Unspecified / source rootlesskit

    3.1.0-1.1

    Linux-native fakeroot using user namespaces

    x86_64tumbleweed

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