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Flatcar Container Linux


Last Update: 2026-01-17 13:48 UTC

Flatcar Container Linux is a container-optimized operating system based on Gentoo Linux. It is a minimal operating system image which includes only the tools needed to run containers and it supports all of the popular methods for running containers. The distribution ships an immutable filesystem and includes automatic atomic updates. Flatcar Container Linux runs on most cloud providers, virtualization platforms and bare metal servers.

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Flatcar Summary
Distribution Flatcar Container Linux
Home Page https://www.flatcar.org/
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Feature 4547.0.0
(Alpha)		 4515.1.0
(Beta)		 4459.2.2
(Stable)		 4081.3.6
(LTS)
Release Date 2025-12-18 2025-12-18 2025-12-18 2025-09-15
End Of Life        
Price (US$) Free Free Free Free
Image Size (MB) 400-500 400-500 400-500 400-500
Free Download IMG, ISO, QCOW2, RAW IMG, ISO, QCOW2, RAW IMG, ISO, QCOW2, RAW IMG, ISO, QCOW2, RAW
Installation Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode
Default Desktop -- -- -- --
Default Browser        
Package Management -- -- -- --
Release Model Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed
Office Suite -- -- -- --
Processor Architecture aarch64, x86_64 aarch64, x86_64 aarch64, x86_64 aarch64, x86_64
Init Software systemd systemd systemd systemd
Journaled File Systems Btrfs, ext4, XFS Btrfs, ext4, XFS Btrfs, ext4, XFS Btrfs, ext4, XFS
Multilingual en en en en
Asian Language Support -- -- -- --
Full Package List 4547.0.0 4515.1.0 4459.2.2 4081.3.6

Full Package List:   Flatcar Container Linux 4081.3.6
  Number of packages: 300 (download as TXT)
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  •  acl-2.3.2-r1
  •  acpid-2.0.34-r1
  •  adcli-0.9.2
  •  adm-0-r3
  •  afterburn-5.6.0-r1
  •  argon2-20190702-r1
  •  attr-2.5.2-r1
  •  audio-0-r3
  •  audit-3.1.2
  •  awk-4
  •  azure-nvme-utils-0.2.0
  •  baselayout-3.6.8-r15
  •  bash-5.2_p26-r6
  •  bind-tools-9.16.48
  •  binutils-config-5.5
  •  binutils-libs-2.42-r1
  •  bootengine-0.0.38-r33
  •  bpftool-6.9.2
  •  bridge-utils-1.7.1-r1
  •  bsdiff-4.3-r4
  •  btrfs-progs-6.9.2
  •  bzip2-1
  •  bzip2-1.0.8-r5
  •  ca-certificates-3.115.1
  •  c-ares-1.29.0
  •  cdrom-0-r3
  •  checkpolicy-3.6
  •  cifs-utils-7.0
  •  clevis-19-r1
  •  conntrack-tools-1.4.8
  •  coreos-0.0.1-r314
  •  coreos-au-key-0.0.2
  •  coreos-cloudinit-1.14.0-r9
  •  coreos-firmware-20240811
  •  coreos-init-0.0.1-r197
  •  coreos-kernel-6.6.106
  •  coreos-modules-6.6.106
  •  coreutils-9.5
  •  cpio-0
  •  cpio-2.15
  •  cracklib-2.9.11
  •  c_rehash-1.7-r1
  •  cri-tools-1.27.0
  •  cryptsetup-2.7.2
  •  curl-8.9.1-r1
  •  cyrus-sasl-2.1.28-r4
  •  dbus-1.14.4-r2
  •  dbus-glib-0.112-r1
  •  dialout-0-r3
  •  diffutils-3.10
  •  ding-libs-0.6.2-r1
  •  disk-0-r3
  •  dosfstools-4.2
  •  dracut-053-r1
  •  duktape-2.7.0-r3
  •  e2fsprogs-1.47.1
  •  ebtables-2.0.11-r3
  •  editor-0-r7
  •  efibootmgr-18-r1
  •  efivar-38
  •  elfutils-0.191-r1
  •  etcdctl-3.5.0
  •  etcd-wrapper-3.5.0-r2
  •  ethertypes-0
  •  ethtool-6.9
  •  expat-2.6.3
  •  findutils-4.10.0
  •  flannel-wrapper-0.14.0-r1
  •  gawk-5.3.0-r1
  •  gcc-13.3.1_p20240614
  •  gentoo-functions-0.19
  •  gettext-0.22.4
  •  gflags-2.2.2-r1
  •  git-2.44.2
  •  glib-2.78.6
  •  glibc-2.38-r13
  •  glog-0.6.0
  •  gmp-6.3.0-r1
  •  gnupg-2.4.5-r1
  •  gnutls-3.8.5-r1
  •  google-oslogin-20200910.00-r3
  •  go-tspi-0.1-r5
  •  gptfdisk-1.0.9-r3
  •  grep-3.11-r1
  •  gzip-1
  •  gzip-1.13-r1
  •  http-parser-2.9.4-r2
  •  hwdata-0.383
  •  ignition-2.19.0-r1
  •  inih-58
  •  input-0-r3
  •  intel-microcode-20240514_p20240514
  •  iproute2-6.8.0-r2
  •  ipset-7.22-r1
  •  iptables-1.8.8-r5
  •  iputils-20240117
  •  ipvsadm-1.31-r1
  •  jansson-2.14-r2
  •  jose-12
  •  jq-1.7.1
  •  json-c-0.17
  •  kbd-2.6.4
  •  kexec-tools-2.0.28
  •  keyutils-1.6.3
  •  kmem-0-r3
  •  kmod-32-r2
  •  krb5-0-r1
  •  kvm-0-r3
  •  lbzip2-2.5_p20181227-r2
  •  ldb-2.7.2
  •  less-643-r2
  •  libaio-0.3.113-r1
  •  libarchive-3.7.4
  •  libassuan-2.5.7
  •  libbsd-0.11.8
  •  libcap-2.70
  •  libcap-ng-0.8.5
  •  libcrypt-2-r1
  •  libelf-3-r1
  •  libev-4.33
  •  libevent-2.1.12-r1
  •  libffi-3.4.4-r4
  •  libgcrypt-1.10.3-r1
  •  libgpg-error-1.49
  •  libiconv-0-r2
  •  libidn2-2.3.7
  •  libintl-0-r2
  •  libksba-1.6.7
  •  libmd-1.1.0
  •  libmicrohttpd-1.0.1-r1
  •  libmnl-1.0.5
  •  libnetfilter_conntrack-1.0.9-r1
  •  libnetfilter_cthelper-1.0.1-r1
  •  libnetfilter_cttimeout-1.0.1
  •  libnetfilter_queue-1.0.5
  •  libnfnetlink-1.0.2
  •  libnftnl-1.2.6-r1
  •  libnl-3.9.0
  •  libnvme-1.9
  •  libpcap-1.10.4
  •  libpcre2-10.43
  •  libpcre-8.45-r3
  •  libpsl-0.21.5
  •  libpwquality-1.4.5-r2
  •  libseccomp-2.5.5-r1
  •  libselinux-3.6-r1
  •  libsemanage-3.6
  •  libsepol-3.6
  •  libsodium-1.0.19_p20240117
  •  libtasn1-4.19.0
  •  libtirpc-1.3.4
  •  libudev-251-r2
  •  libunistring-1.2
  •  libunwind-1.8.1
  •  liburing-2.3-r4
  •  libusb-1.0.27-r1
  •  libusb-1-r2
  •  libuv-1.48.0
  •  libverto-0.3.2
  •  libxcrypt-4.4.36-r3
  •  libxml2-2.12.7
  •  linux-headers-6.6-r1
  •  locksmith-0.7.0-r1
  •  logrotate-3.20.1-r1
  •  lp-0-r3
  •  lshw-02.20.2b-r1
  •  lsof-4.99.3
  •  lsscsi-0.32-r1
  •  luksmeta-9-r1
  •  lvm2-2.02.188-r3
  •  lz4-1.10.0-r1
  •  lzo-2.10
  •  mayday-1.0.0-r3
  •  mdadm-4.2-r1
  •  messagebus-0-r3
  •  misc-files-0-r6
  •  mit-krb5-1.21.3
  •  mokutil-0.6.0
  •  multipath-tools-0.9.8
  •  ncompress-5.0-r1
  •  ncurses-6.4_p20240414
  •  nettle-3.9.1-r1
  •  net-tools-2.10
  •  nfs-utils-2.5.4-r3
  •  nftables-0.9.9-r2
  •  nghttp2-1.62.1
  •  nobody-0-r2
  •  npth-1.7-r1
  •  nss-usrfiles-2.30-r1
  •  ntp-0-r3
  •  ntp-4.2.8_p17-r1
  •  nvidia-drivers-535.104.05-r1
  •  nvme-cli-2.9.1
  •  oniguruma-6.9.8
  •  openbsd-netcat-1.219_p1
  •  open-iscsi-2.1.10
  •  open-isns-0.102
  •  openldap-2.6.4-r3
  •  openssh-9.7_p1-r7
  •  openssl-3.2.3-r1
  •  p11-kit-0.23.22
  •  pam-1.5.3-r1
  •  pambase-20220214
  •  parted-3.6-r2
  •  pax-utils-1.3.7
  •  pcap-0-r1
  •  pciutils-3.13.0
  •  pigz-2.8
  •  pinentry-1.2.1-r7
  •  pkgconf-2.2.0
  •  pkgconfig-3
  •  policycoreutils-3.6
  •  polkit-121
  •  polkitd-0-r3
  •  popt-1.19-r1
  •  procps-4.0.4-r1
  •  protobuf-21.12
  •  qemu-guest-agent-8.2.0
  •  quota-4.09
  •  readline-8.2_p10
  •  realmd-0.17.0-r2
  •  render-0-r3
  •  resolvconf-1
  •  root-0-r2
  •  root-0-r3
  •  rpcbind-1.2.6
  •  rpcsvc-proto-1.4.4
  •  rsync-3.3.0-r1
  •  samba-4.18.9
  •  sdnotify-proxy-0.1.0-r3
  •  sed-4.9-r1
  •  seismograph-2.2.5-r3
  •  selinux-base-2.20240226-r2
  •  selinux-base-policy-2.20240226-r2
  •  selinux-container-2.20240226-r2
  •  selinux-dbus-2.20240226-r2
  •  selinux-policykit-2.20240226-r2
  •  selinux-sssd-2.20240226-r2
  •  selinux-unconfined-2.20240226-r2
  •  semodule-utils-3.6
  •  sgx-0-r2
  •  shadow-4.13-r4
  •  socat-1.7.4.4-r1
  •  sqlite-3.46.0
  •  sshd-0-r3
  •  sssd-2.3.1-r6
  •  strace-6.9
  •  sudo-1.9.17_p1
  •  systemd-255.8
  •  systemd-coredump-0-r3
  •  systemd-journal-0-r3
  •  systemd-journal-remote-0-r3
  •  systemd-network-0-r3
  •  systemd-oom-0-r2
  •  systemd-resolve-0-r3
  •  systemd-timesync-0-r3
  •  talloc-2.4.1
  •  tape-0-r3
  •  tar-0
  •  tar-1.35
  •  tcpdump-4.99.4-r1
  •  tdb-1.4.9
  •  tevent-0.15.0
  •  thin-provisioning-tools-1.0.10
  •  timezone-data-2021a-r1
  •  tmpfiles-0-r5
  •  toolbox-0.0.0-r17
  •  tpm2-tools-5.7
  •  tpm2-tss-4.1.3
  •  tpmpolicy-20160404
  •  traceroute-2.1.5
  •  trousers-0.3.14-r2
  •  tss-0-r3
  •  tty-0-r3
  •  udev-217-r7
  •  ue-rs-0.1.0-r8
  •  unzip-6.0_p27-r1
  •  update_engine-0.4.10-r22
  •  update-ssh-keys-0.3.0-r9
  •  usbutils-017
  •  users-0-r2
  •  userspace-rcu-0.14.0
  •  util-linux-2.39.4-r1
  •  utmp-0-r3
  •  video-0-r3
  •  vim-9.1.0366
  •  vim-core-9.1.0366-r1
  •  wget-1.24.5
  •  wheel-0-r3
  •  which-2.21
  •  whois-5.5.21
  •  wireguard-tools-1.0.20210914
  •  xenserver-pv-version-6.2.0
  •  xenstore-4.14.2-r2
  •  xfsprogs-6.8.0
  •  xz-utils-5.6.2-r1
  •  zip-3.0-r7
  •  zlib-1.3.1-r1
  •  zram-generator-1.1.2
  •  zstd-1.5.6


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