User:Sertonix/Freedom of choice
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
- Not supported:
systemd-boot
Libc
| Name | Support | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| musl | Full | Default |
| glibc | None | Running glibc programs |
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
Pid 1
| Name | Support | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| busybox init | Full | Default |
| s6-linux-init | Needs testing | |
| dumb-init | Needs testing | For containers |
| runit-init | Needs testing | runit-init starting OpenRC |
| epoch | Needs testing | |
| sinit | None | |
| Felker init | None | |
| systemd | None |
- See also: Archwiki
Service Manager
| Name | Support | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| OpenRC | Full | Default |
| runit | As OpenRC service | |
| s6-rc | In development ? | |
| daemontools | Needs testing | |
| daemontools-encore | Needs testing | |
| supervisor | Needs testing | |
| dinit | None | unofficial test |
| busybox runit | None | |
| svc | None | |
| sysmgr | None | |
| upstart | None | |
| sysmgr | None | |
| systemd | None |
- See also: Archwiki
System Logs
| Name | Support | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| busybox syslog | Full | Default |
| rsyslog | Full | |
| syslog-ng | Full | |
| systemd-journald | None |
- See also: Syslog
Device Manager
| Name | Support | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| mdev | Full | Default |
| mdevd | Full | |
| eudev | Full | |
| smdev | None | |
| vdev | None | |
| systemd-udev | None |
Power Managment
| Name | Support | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| busybox acpid | Full | Default |
| acpid | Full | |
| elogind | Needs testing | |
| systemd-logind | None |
- See also: Archwiki
DHCP Client
| Name | Support | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| busybox udhcpc | Full | Default |
| dhcpcd | Full | |
| dhclient | Full | |
| sdhcp | None |
- See also: Archwiki
Wi-Fi
- See: Wi-Fi
Seat/Session Managnent
| Name | Support | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| elogind | Full | |
| seatd | Full | seats only |
| systemd-logind | None |
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 |
Shell Utils
| Name | Support | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| busybox | Full | Dependency of alpine-base |
| busybox-extras | Full | Some commands that are missing in the busybox package |
| util-linux | Full | |
| coreutils | Full | |
| toybox | Needs testing | |
| sbase | Needs testing | |
| ubase | Needs testing |
- See also: Archwiki
Shell
| Name | Support | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| busybox ash | Full | Default |
| bash | Full |
- Change default shell
- See also: Archwiki
SU
| Name | Support | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| sudo | Full | |
| doas | Full | sudo shim using doas: doas-sudo-shim |
| 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
Cron
| Name | Support | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| cronie | Full | |
| dcron | Full | |
| fcron | Full | |
| vixie-cron | None | |
| scron | None | |
| systemd-timer | None |
- See also: Archwiki
SSH
| Name | Support | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| openssh | Full | |
| dropbear | Full | provide ssh command dropbear-ssh |
- See also: Archwiki