What is Alpine Linux?
Alpine Linux is a security-oriented, lightweight Linux distribution based on musl libc and busybox.
Alpine Linux is a tool in the Operating Systems category of a tech stack.
Alpine Linux is an open source tool with GitHub stars and GitHub forks. Here’s a link to Alpine Linux's open source repository on GitHub
Who uses Alpine Linux?
Companies
134 companies reportedly use Alpine Linux in their tech stacks, including CRED, CircleCI, and deleokorea.
Developers
363 developers on StackShare have stated that they use Alpine Linux.
Alpine Linux Integrations
Apache Traffic Server, Try, Trivy, DockerSlim, and Grype are some of the popular tools that integrate with Alpine Linux. Here's a list of all 6 tools that integrate with Alpine Linux.
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Alpine Linux Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to Alpine Linux?
Ubuntu
Ubuntu is an ancient African word meaning ‘humanity to others’. It also means ‘I am what I am because of who we all are’. The Ubuntu operating system brings the spirit of Ubuntu to the world of computers.
CoreOS
It is designed for security, consistency, and reliability. Instead of installing packages via yum or apt, it uses Linux containers to manage your services at a higher level of abstraction. A single service's code and all dependencies are packaged within a container that can be run on one or many machines.
Debian
Debian systems currently use the Linux kernel or the FreeBSD kernel. Linux is a piece of software started by Linus Torvalds and supported by thousands of programmers worldwide. FreeBSD is an operating system including a kernel and other software.
CentOS
The CentOS Project is a community-driven free software effort focused on delivering a robust open source ecosystem. For users, we offer a consistent manageable platform that suits a wide variety of deployments. For open source communities, we offer a solid, predictable base to build upon, along with extensive resources to build, test, release, and maintain their code.
Android OS
It is a mobile platform which powers phones, tablets, watches, TVs, cars etc. It makes doing business easier, in the office or out in the field. Manage entire fleets of devices with a touch. Keep corporate data protected with built-in security. And help your employees get more done.
