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Alpine-linux projects on GitHub
Lightweight Linux distribution favored for containers, VPN gateways, and minimal servers.
As of , the most-starred Alpine-linux projects on GitHub are setup-ipsec-vpn (28.7K stars), ish (20.6K stars) and reinstall (13.8K stars). GitHub.Locker tracks 6 Alpine-linux repositories with 77.3K stars combined. The fastest-growing on October 16 was reinstall, with +16 stars in a day.
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Most stars gained in a day · Oct 16
reinstall
bin456789/reinstall · ★ 13.8KA one-click script that reinstalls a VPS's operating system over the network: about 20 common Linux distros, or Windows from official ISOs — and the machine can currently be running either Linux or Windows.
setup-ipsec-vpn
hwdsl2/setup-ipsec-vpn · ★ 28.7KA set of shell scripts that turns a fresh Linux server into your own IPsec VPN server in minutes, with IPsec/L2TP, Cisco IPsec and IKEv2 modes. Traffic is encrypted so nobody between you and the server can eavesdrop.
+9techo5
HuskerMinion/techo5 · ★ 338TECHO5 is open-source firmware that replaces Android and Alexa on the Amazon Echo Show 5 (also ported to the Show 8, Spot and Dot 2) with a minimal Alpine Linux image and a single Go daemon, turning the device into a local Home Assistant voice satellite with its own touchscreen and no Amazon cloud involved.
+7ish
ish-app/ish · ★ 20.6KiSH is an open-source iOS app that gives you a Linux shell on your iPhone or iPad. It emulates an x86 processor in usermode and translates Linux syscalls, so Linux command-line programs run on iOS as they are.
The all-time top
6 projects · by stars
- 28.7K
#1 · hwdsl2/setup-ipsec-vpn
setup-ipsec-vpn
A set of shell scripts that turns a fresh Linux server into your own IPsec VPN server in minutes, with IPsec/L2TP, Cisco IPsec and IKEv2 modes. Traffic is encrypted so nobody between you and the server can eavesdrop.
- 20.6K
#2 · ish-app/ishish
iSH is an open-source iOS app that gives you a Linux shell on your iPhone or iPad. It emulates an x86 processor in usermode and translates Linux syscalls, so Linux command-line programs run on iOS as they are.
- 13.8K
#3 · bin456789/reinstall
reinstall
A one-click script that reinstalls a VPS's operating system over the network: about 20 common Linux distros, or Windows from official ISOs — and the machine can currently be running either Linux or Windows.
- 4

ShellCrash
13.6Kjuewuy/ShellCrash · ShellShellCrash is a Shell script for deploying and managing mihomo/sing-box proxy client kernels on Linux-based devices — routers, servers, Docker — via a terminal management interface.
- 5

techo5
338HuskerMinion/techo5 · GoTECHO5 is open-source firmware that replaces Android and Alexa on the Amazon Echo Show 5 (also ported to the Show 8, Spot and Dot 2) with a minimal Alpine Linux image and a single Go daemon, turning the device into a local Home Assistant voice satellite with its own touchscreen and no Amazon cloud involved.
- 6

ServerBox
264madeye/ServerBox · KotlinServerBox is an Android app that turns an old phone into a Linux server without rooting it, running Alpine, Arch, Debian, Kali or Ubuntu with an always-on SSH server.
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