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This is an overview over the different available programms, etc. that can be selected from when using alpine. It is also intended as a reference what should be documented and what could be supported.

Bootloaders

See: Bootloaders
Also: systemd-boot

Kernel

See: Kernels

Libc

Name	Support	Notes
musl	Full	Default
glibc	None	Running glibc programs
without aka static	depends on package	Note that this only means no libc at runtime

See also: alpine-glibc
See also: Gentoo Wiki

Initramfs

Name	Support	Notes
mkinitfs	Full	Default
dracut	Full
booster	Full
tinyramfs	None
without	None	may require custom Kernel, kisslinux without initramfs

See also: Initramfs init
See also: Gentoo Wiki

PID 1

Name	Support	Notes
busybox init	Full	Default
dinit	In testing	Shutdown commands are prefixed with `dinit-`. eg `dinit-reboot`
s6-linux-init	Works	Requires manually running `s6-linux-init-maker`
openrc-init	Manual setup
dumb-init	Needs testing	For containers
runit-init	Needs testing	runit-init starting OpenRC
epoch	Needs testing
systemd	None	Supported by postmarketOS
custom	Full	For example in docker containers

See also: Gentoo Wiki
See also: Archwiki

Service Manager

Name	Support	Notes
OpenRC	Full	Default
dinit	In testing	dinit-alpine includes service files
s6-rc	Works	Not integrated. For containers there is s6-overlay
runit	As OpenRC service
daemontools	Needs testing
daemontools-encore	Needs testing
supervisor	Needs testing
busybox runit	None	Not enabled in a busybox package
systemd	None	Supported by postmarketOS
without	Full	Requires to replace alpine-base with custom set of packages (See #71686)

See also: Gentoo Wiki
See also: Archwiki

System Logs

Name	Support	Notes
busybox syslog	Full	Default
rsyslog	Full
syslog-ng	Full
socklog	Needs testing
s6-socklog from s6	Needs testing
systemd-journald	None	Supported by postmarketOS
without	Needs testing

See also: Syslog

Device Manager

Name	Support	Notes
mdev	Full	Default
mdevd	Full
eudev	Full
vdev	None
systemd-udev	None	Supported by postmarketOS

Power Managment

Name	Support	Notes
busybox acpid	Full	Default
acpid	Full
elogind	Needs testing
systemd-logind	None	Supported by postmarketOS
without	Full

See also: Archwiki
See also: Gentoo Wiki

DHCP Client

Name	Support	Notes
busybox udhcpc	Full	Default
dhcpcd	Full
dhclient	Full
without aka static	Full

Wi-Fi

See: Wi-Fi
Also supported: eiwd

Seat/Session Managnent

Name	Support	Notes
elogind	Full
seatd	Full	seats only
turnstile	needs testing	session only
systemd-logind	None	Supported by postmarketOS
without	Full	Not recommended with graphical enviroment

Login

Name	Support	Supports PAM	Notes
busybox login	Full	No	Default
greetd	Full	Yes	requires greeter
shadow-login	Full	Yes
util-linux-login	Full	Yes
systemd-logind	None	Yes	Supported by postmarketOS
without	Full	No

See also: Gentoo Wiki

Shell Utils

Name	Support	Notes
busybox	Full	Dependency of alpine-base
busybox-extras	Full	Some commands that are missing in the main busybox package
util-linux	Full
coreutils	Full
s6-portable-utils	Full
s6-linux-utils	Full
toybox	Needs testing
sbase	Needs testing
ubase	Needs testing
without	None	A lot of implicit dependency

See also: Archwiki

Shell

Name	Support	Notes
busybox ash	Full	Default
bash	Full
dash	Full	When used as /bin/sh this may cause breakage.
yash	Full
busybox hush	None
without	None	sometimes implicit dependency

See also: Change default shell
See proposal: replace busybox ash with another /bin/sh
See also: Archwiki
See also: Gentoo Wiki

SU

Name	Support	Notes
`su` from busybox-suid	Full	default, can't be removed by default (#11730)
`su` from shadow-login	Full
`su` from util-linux-login	Full
sudo	Full
doas	Full	sudo shim using doas: doas-sudo-shim
s6-sudo	Needs testing
run0	None	Supported by postmarketOS
without	Full

SSL/TLS

Name	Support	Notes
openssl	Full	Default
libressl	Needs testing
bearssl	Needs testing

See also: consider LibreSSL as default OpenSSL provider again
See also: Archwiki
See also: haproxy SSL Libraries Support Status

Cron

Name	Support	Notes
cronie	Full
dcron	Full
fcron	Full
vixie-cron	None
scron	None
systemd.timer	None	Supported by postmarketOS
without	Full	alpine-baselayout includes cron specific directories though

See also: Archwiki
See also: Gentoo Wiki

SSH

Name	Support	Notes
openssh	Full
dropbear	Full	provide `ssh` command dropbear-ssh
without	Full

See also: Archwiki
See also: Gentoo Wiki - OpenSSH
See also: Gentoo Wiki - Dropbear

Desktop

See: Desktop environments and Window managers

@@ Line 3: / Line 3: @@
 == Bootloaders ==
 * See: [[Bootloaders]]
-* Not supported: <code>systemd-boot</code>
+* Also: {{Pkg|systemd-boot}}
 == Kernel ==
@@ Line 42: / Line 42: @@
 * See also: [https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Initramfs Gentoo Wiki]
-== Pid 1 ==
+== PID 1 ==
 {| class="wikitable"
@@ Line 50: / Line 50: @@
 | busybox init || style="background:lime" | Full || Default
 |-
-| {{Pkg|s6-linux-init}} || style="background:silver" | Needs testing ||
+| {{Pkg|dinit}} || style="background:orange" | In testing || Shutdown commands are prefixed with {{ic|dinit-}}. eg {{ic|dinit-reboot}}
+|-
+| {{Pkg|s6-linux-init}} || style="background:orange" | Works || Requires manually running {{ic|s6-linux-init-maker}}
+|-
+| {{Pkg|openrc-init}} || style="background:orange" | Manual setup ||
 |-
 | {{Pkg|dumb-init}} || style="background:silver" | Needs testing || For containers
@@ Line 58: / Line 62: @@
 | {{Pkg|epoch}} || style="background:silver" | Needs testing ||
 |-
-| [https://core.suckless.org/sinit/ sinit] || style="background:red" | None ||
+| systemd || style="background:red" | None || Supported by postmarketOS
-|-
-| [https://ewontfix.com/14/ Felker init] || style="background:red" | None ||
 |-
-| systemd || style="background:red" | None ||
+| custom || style="background:lime" | Full || For example in docker containers
 |}
 * See also: [https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Init_system Gentoo Wiki]
@@ Line 74: / Line 76: @@
 |-
 | [[OpenRC]] || style="background:lime" | Full || Default
+|-
+| {{Pkg|dinit}} || style="background:orange" | In testing || {{Pkg|dinit-alpine}} includes service files
+|-
+| {{Pkg|s6-rc}} || style="background:orange" | Works || Not integrated. For containers there is {{Pkg|s6-overlay}}
 |-
 | {{Pkg|runit}} || style="background:orange" | As OpenRC service ||
-|-
-| {{Pkg|s6-rc}} || style="background:silver" | In development ? ||
 |-
 | {{Pkg|daemontools}} || style="background:silver" | Needs testing ||
@@ Line 85: / Line 89: @@
 | {{Pkg|supervisor}} || style="background:silver" | Needs testing ||
 |-
-| [https://davmac.org/projects/dinit/ dinit] || style="background:red" | None || [https://davmac.org/projects/dinit/alpine-demo/ unofficial test]
+| busybox runit || style="background:red" | None || Not enabled in a busybox package
 |-
-| busybox runit || style="background:red" | None ||
+| systemd || style="background:red" | None || Supported by postmarketOS
 |-
-| [https://core.suckless.org/svc/ svc] || style="background:red" | None ||
+| without || style="background:lime" | Full || Requires to replace {{Pkg|alpine-base}} with custom set of packages (See {{Issue|71686}})
-|-
-| sysmgr || style="background:red" | None ||
-|-
-| upstart || style="background:red" | None ||
-|-
-| sysmgr || style="background:red" | None ||
-|-
-| systemd || style="background:red" | None ||
-|-
-| without || style="background:red" | None ||
 |}
 * See also: [https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Init_system Gentoo Wiki]
@@ Line 120: / Line 114: @@
 | [https://skarnet.org/software/s6/s6-socklog.html s6-socklog] from {{pkg|s6}} || style="background:silver" | Needs testing ||
 |-
-| systemd-journald || style="background:red" | None ||
+| systemd-journald || style="background:red" | None || Supported by postmarketOS
 |-
 | without || style="background:silver" | Needs testing ||
@@ Line 137: / Line 131: @@
 |-
 | [[eudev]] || style="background:lime" | Full ||
-|-
-| [https://core.suckless.org/smdev/ smdev] || style="background:red" | None ||
 |-
 | vdev || style="background:red" | None ||
 |-
-| systemd-udev || style="background:red" | None ||
+| systemd-udev || style="background:red" | None || Supported by postmarketOS
-|-
-| without || style="background:red" | None || See: [[:Category:Device_Manager#Do_I_need_a_device_manager?|Do I need a device manager?]]
 |}
@@ Line 159: / Line 149: @@
 | {{Pkg|elogind}} || style="background:silver" | Needs testing ||
 |-
-| systemd-logind || style="background:red" | None ||
+| systemd-logind || style="background:red" | None || Supported by postmarketOS
 |-
 | without || style="background:lime" | Full ||
@@ Line 177: / Line 167: @@
 |-
 | {{Pkg|dhclient}} || style="background:lime" | Full ||
-|-
-| [https://core.suckless.org/sdhcp/ sdhcp] || style="background:red" | None ||
 |-
 | without aka static || style="background:lime" | Full ||
 |}
+* See also: [[Configure Networking]]
 * See also: [https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Network_configuration#DHCP Archwiki]
 * See also: [https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Resolv.conf Gentoo Wiki - resolv.conf]
@@ Line 187: / Line 176: @@
 == Wi-Fi ==
 * See: [[Wi-Fi]]
+* Also supported: {{pkg|eiwd}}
 == Seat/Session Managnent ==
@@ Line 200: / Line 190: @@
 | {{Pkg|turnstile}} || style="background:silver" | needs testing || session only
 |-
-| systemd-logind || style="background:red" | None ||
+| systemd-logind || style="background:red" | None || Supported by postmarketOS
 |-
 | without || style="background:lime" | Full || Not recommended with graphical enviroment
@@ Line 223: / Line 213: @@
 | {{Pkg|util-linux-login}} || style="background:lime" | Full || style="background:lime" | Yes ||
 |-
-| systemd-logind || style="background:red" | None || style="background:lime" | Yes ||
+| systemd-logind || style="background:red" | None || style="background:lime" | Yes || Supported by postmarketOS
 |-
 | without || style="background:lime" | Full || style="background:red" | No ||
@@ Line 237: / Line 227: @@
 | {{Pkg|busybox}} || style="background:lime" | Full || Dependency of {{pkg|alpine-base}}
 |-
-| {{Pkg|busybox-extras}} || style="background:lime" | Full || Some commands that are missing in the busybox package
+| {{Pkg|busybox-extras}} || style="background:lime" | Full || Some commands that are missing in the main {{Pkg|busybox}} package
 |-
 | {{Pkg|util-linux}} || style="background:lime" | Full ||
 |-
 | [[GNU_core_utilities|coreutils]] || style="background:lime" | Full ||
+|-
+| {{Pkg|s6-portable-utils}} || style="background:lime" | Full ||
+|-
+| {{Pkg|s6-linux-utils}} || style="background:lime" | Full ||
 |-
 | {{Pkg|toybox}} || style="background:silver" | Needs testing ||
@@ Line 248: / Line 242: @@
 |-
 | {{Pkg|ubase}} || style="background:silver" | Needs testing ||
-|-
-| {{Pkg|s6-portable-utils}} || style="background:silver" | Needs testing ||
-|-
-| {{Pkg|s6-linux-utils}} || style="background:silver" | Needs testing ||
 |-
 | without || style="background:red" | None || A lot of implicit dependency
@@ Line 267: / Line 257: @@
 | {{Pkg|bash}} || style="background:lime" | Full ||
 |-
-| {{Pkg|dash}} || style="background:lime" | Full ||
+| {{Pkg|dash}} || style="background:lime" | Full || When used as /bin/sh this may cause breakage.
 |-
 | {{Pkg|yash}} || style="background:lime" | Full ||
@@ Line 286: / Line 276: @@
 ! Name !! Support !! Notes
 |-
-| su from {{Pkg|busybox-suid}} || style="background:lime" | Full || default
+| {{ic|su}} from {{Pkg|busybox-suid}} || style="background:lime" | Full || default, can't be removed by default ({{issue|11730}})
 |-
-| su from {{Pkg|shadow-login}} || style="background:lime" | Full ||
+| {{ic|su}} from {{Pkg|shadow-login}} || style="background:lime" | Full ||
 |-
-| su from {{Pkg|util-linux-login}} || style="background:lime" | Full ||
+| {{ic|su}} from {{Pkg|util-linux-login}} || style="background:lime" | Full ||
 |-
 | {{Pkg|sudo}} || style="background:lime" | Full ||
@@ Line 297: / Line 287: @@
 |-
 | [https://skarnet.org/software/s6/s6-sudo.html s6-sudo] || style="background:silver" | Needs testing ||
+|
 |-
-| without || style="background:silver" | Needs testing ||
+| run0 || style="background:red" | None || Supported by postmarketOS
+|-
+| without || style="background:lime" | Full ||
 |}
@@ Line 333: / Line 326: @@
 | scron || style="background:red" | None ||
 |-
-| systemd-timer || style="background:red" | None ||
+| systemd.timer || style="background:red" | None || Supported by postmarketOS
 |-
-| without || style="background:lime" | Full || alpine-baselayout includes cron specific directories though
+| without || style="background:lime" | Full || {{Pkg|alpine-baselayout}} includes cron specific directories though
 |}
 * See also: [https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Cron Archwiki]
@@ Line 348: / Line 341: @@
 | [[Setting_up_a_SSH_server#OpenSSH|openssh]] || style="background:lime" | Full ||
 |-
-| [[Setting_up_a_SSH_server#Dropbear|dropbear]] || style="background:lime" | Full || provide ssh command {{pkg|dropbear-ssh}}
+| [[Setting_up_a_SSH_server#Dropbear|dropbear]] || style="background:lime" | Full || provide {{ic|ssh}} command {{pkg|dropbear-ssh}}
 |-
 | without || style="background:lime" | Full ||
@@ Line 361: / Line 354: @@
 == See Also ==
 * [[Architecture|Alpine Architecture]]
-* See also: [https://gitlab.alpinelinux.org/alpine/tsc/-/issues/55 Future of busybox]
+* [https://gitlab.alpinelinux.org/alpine/tsc/-/issues/55 Future of busybox]