Bootc Resources
Curated links and references for working with bootable containers — from concepts to production.
Getting Started
- bootc-dev/bootc — the official project repo. Start here for the high-level overview.
- Getting Started with Bootable Containers — Fedora's guide covering core concepts, benefits, and first steps.
Talks and Recordings
Newest first. Every link below was checked against the video's own metadata, so the titles are the ones the speakers gave them.
2026
- Project Lightning Talk: What's Exciting Now In Bootc, And What's Next?
— Colin Walters at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2026 (CNCF). Soft reboots,
factory reset, the
bcvktool for local VMs, then composefs and verified container storage with Secure Boot and custom keys. - Contribfest: Get Started Contributing to bootc — Joseph Marrero Corchado, Laura Santamaria, Preethi Thomas, Alice Frosi and Colin Walters at KubeCon EU 2026. A working session, not a recording.
- Reproducible, Immutable, Bootable: Exploring bootc with Podman Desktop — DevConf.IN 2026. How container build methods make an OCI image into a Linux system that boots and updates.
- DevConf.CZ 2026 live streams — the full playlist. It holds the 2026 bootable-container sessions.
2025
- Bootable Containers in Action: Hands on with Deploying AI Workloads — Carol Chen and Cedric Clyburn at CentOS Connect 2025.
- From Container to Bare Metal: Redefining OS Build with bootc – VP Bank — Chainguard's "In Containers We Trust" series, August 2025. A production account from a bank.
- What are Bootc and bootable containers? — Dan Walsh and Colin Walters, March 2025.
- Bootable Containers and Image Mode: Transforming Linux OS Management with Bootc — FOSDEM 2025. Image-based deployment, boot integrity, and management.
2024
- Keynote: What if you could boot a container? — Dan Walsh, Stef Walter and Colin Walters at DevConf.CZ 2024. The talk that introduced bootc to a wide audience.
- Flock 2024: Bootable Containers — A deep dive into image based OS — Dan Walsh at Flock 2024.
- Bootc: Getting Started with Bootable Containers — Valentin Rothberg for the Fedora Project, September 2024.
- What Are Bootable Containers? Podman, Containerization & Edge Use Cases — IBM Technology. A short introduction.
How It Works
- Understanding
bootc install— how a container image becomes a bootable system. - Filesystem layout — immutable
/usr, mutable/etcand/var. - Pre-tuned real-time bootable containers — Red Hat Developer deep-dive.
- Building images — best practices — configuration, nested containers, and the project's future direction.
Desktop Building with Bootc
- ublue-os/image-template — start here to build your own custom desktop OS image.
- Universal Blue — custom immutable Atomic Desktop images built on bootc.
Base Images
| Image | Source | Registry |
|---|---|---|
| CentOS Stream 10 | GitLab | quay.io/centos-bootc/centos-bootc:stream10 |
| Fedora 44 | GitLab | quay.io/fedora/fedora-bootc:44 |
| AlmaLinux 10 | GitHub | quay.io/almalinuxorg/almalinux-bootc:10 |
Community Images
- TunaOS — cloud-native Enterprise Linux desktops.
- Yellowfin — AlmaLinux Kitten 10
- Albacore — AlmaLinux 10
- Bonito — Fedora 44 (pure bootc)
- Skipjack — CentOS Stream 10
- HeliumOS — KDE CentOS-based desktop image.
- AlmaLinux Atomic Desktop — KDE and GNOME base images on AlmaLinux.
- AlmaLinux Atomic Workstation — opinionated GNOME workstation on AlmaLinux.
Deploying on Bare Metal / Edge
- System provisioning and bootc, now and the future — Colin Walters (OpenShift/CoreOS, bootc maintainer).
- RamaEdge os-builder — k3s and MicroShift baked into bootc images for edge devices.
- Keynote: Revolutionize your OS deploy with bootc — DevConf.CZ 2025.
What About Nix?
- Nix-Fedora-Toolbox
- Managing Your Laptop with Bootable Containers, Fedora Toolbox, Nix, and Home Manager — DevConf.CZ 2025.
Security
-
Syft — SBOM generation.
-
Trivy — SARIF vulnerability scanning.
Future
- Shape the Future of Linux: Contribute to bootc — bootc accepted into the CNCF Sandbox (July 2025).