OSTree

libostree (previously OSTree) is a system for versioning updates of Linux-based operating systems.[1] It can be considered as "Git for operating system binaries". It operates in userspace, and will work on top of any Linux file system. At its core is a Git-like content-addressed object store with branches (or "refs") to track meaningful file system trees within the store.

This article is about the system for versioning updates of Linux-based operating systems. For the data structure that is a variant of the binary search tree, see Order statistic tree.
libostree
Repositorygithub.com/ostreedev/ostree
Written inC
Operating systemLinux (Fedora Silverblue, endless OS, Flatpak, and others)
LicenseLGPL v2+
Websiteostreedev.github.io/ostree/

Features

OSTree is closely inspired by Git. It operates on commits which refer to filesystem trees. To refer to different commits while maintaining a user-readable name, OSTree provides "references" (analogous to branches in Git), such asexampleos/buildmain/x86_64-runtime.

Files provided by commits are by default immutable, done by mounting the filesystem itself as read-only. OSTree allows for two mutable directories for storing user data: /etc and /var. It provides a mechanism to allow filesystem trees to add configuration files to /etc while also allowing system administrators to edit those files in a persistent manner.

OSTree provides bootloader management for hardware deployments. This enables atomic updates, as OSTree can create deployments and atomically insert them into the boot partition. It also allows for systemwide rollback by selecting old deployments during startup.

Usage

libostree is used by various Linux operating systems and tools:

References
  1. "OSTree Manual". Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  2. eos-updater, Endless OS Foundation, 2023-03-30, retrieved 2023-05-17
  3. "Under the Hood — Flatpak documentation". docs.flatpak.org. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
  4. "Fedora Silverblue User Guide". Fedora Docs. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
  5. "Gnome Continuous". Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  6. "Torizon OS". Toradex. 11 October 2023.

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