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    siderolabs/talos

    Talos Linux is a modern Linux distribution built for Kubernetes.

    cloud
    api
    kubernetes
    cloud-native
    containerd
    go
    grpc
    kubernetes-distribution
    Go
    MPL-2.0
    11.5K stars
    940 forks
    88 GitHub watchers
    Updated Nov 6, 2026
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    Where it stands

    Rank, growth pace and release cadence relative to everything GStars tracks.

    5 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 9 days ago, with 375 contributors on GitHub.

    Peaked at #54 in the weekly ranking the week of Dec 28, its best in the past year.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Provides a minimal, secure, and immutable Linux OS designed specifically for running Kubernetes clusters.
    • Reduces attack surface and configuration drift by using an API-driven, immutable infrastructure with mutual TLS authentication.
    • Use for deploying production-ready Kubernetes clusters with enhanced security and atomic OS updates.
    • Use for managing Kubernetes infrastructure without shell access, relying solely on API-based system management.
    • Use for maintaining consistent, hardened Linux environments that simplify upgrades and reduce operational complexity.

    Should you depend on it?

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    License

    Mozilla Public License 2.0

    Weak copyleft: changes to the licensed code itself must be shared when you distribute it, but code that merely uses it can stay under your own license.

    Community files

    • README: present
    • Contributing guide: present
    • Code of conduct: present

    Watch-outs

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    From the README

    A modern OS for Kubernetes.

    For instructions on deploying and managing Talos, see the Documentation.

    Excerpt from the siderolabs/talos README on GitHub (MPL-2.0 license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

    Daily snapshots

    Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots

    Aug 18: +6Aug 27: +6Sep 8: +2Sep 12: +7Sep 13: +1Sep 14: +7Sep 15: +9Sep 16: +5Sep 17: +10Sep 18: +11Sep 19: +9Sep 20: +4Sep 21: +6Sep 22: +7Sep 23: +4Sep 24: +11Sep 25: +1

    +544 stars over 84 days across 26 snapshot days; best day +11 on Sep 18.

    Forks

    940+70

    Open issues

    287+73

    Compared with peers in Cloud

    Fastest-growing repositories GStars tracks in this cohort for the week of Nov 8, by 7-day star growth

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