{"repo":"parke/lxroot","free":true,"listed":false,"github":"https://github.com/parke/lxroot","clone":"git clone https://github.com/parke/lxroot.git","description":"A lightweight, flexible, and safer alternative to chroot and/or Docker.","language":"C++","stars":121,"topics":["chroot-environment","chroot","linux","namespace","cli","virtualization","userland","lightweight"],"license":"GPL-3.0","category":"cli-tools","readme_excerpt":"Lxroot - a software virtualization tool About Lxroot lxroot is a lightweight and safe alternative to chroot , Docker, and other software virtualization tools. lxroot allows a non-root user to easily and safely create a \"chroot-style\" virtual software environment (via Linux namespaces), and then run one or more programs inside that environment. Requirements 1. Lxroot requires Linux kernel version 3.9 or later. (And preferably version 5.11 or later, see man user namespaces for details.) 2. The kernel must have been compiled with unpriveleged namespace support. (See related discussion.) 3. Unpriveleged namespace support must also be enabled at runtime. As of 2025 (and possibly even since 2020), most common Linux distributions by default both (a) support unpriveleged namespaces and (b) enable them by default. Project Status As of September 2023, Lxroot is still under intermittent development. I seem to work on Lxroot several times per year. Typically, when I work on Lxroot, I spend several days either adding new features or refactoring existing features to make Lxroot easier to use. I personally run software inside Lxroot every hour of every day, all year long. As time passes, I am increasing the quantity and variety of programs that I run inside of Lxroot. To the best of my knowledge, I am the only person who uses Lxroot regularly. Therefore, I have been investing my energy in improving Lxroot, rather than documenting the improvements and publishing updates. Therefore, if you ar","default_branch":null,"files":null,"tree":[],"storefront":"/r/parke","claimed":false,"request_supported":{"post":"https://gitbuyer.com/r/parke/lxroot/request-supported","requests":0},"note":"indexed from public GitHub; nothing is for sale on this page. Clone it from GitHub. Paid listings live at /search."}