StageX Documentation
Welcome to the documentation for StageX — a minimal, fully bootstrapped, deterministic, multi-party-signed Linux distribution for verifiable infrastructure.
StageX produces reproducible and multi-signed OCI container images of common open source software toolchains, full-source bootstrapped from a 181-byte machine code seed. No pre-compiled binaries are used at any stage.
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Where to Start
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I want to learn StageX
→ Start the Quick Start Tutorial -
I need to build something
→ Browse How-To Guides for your language -
I need technical details
→ Look it up in Reference -
I want to understand the philosophy
→ Read the Explanation section
What Makes StageX Different
| Feature | StageX | Traditional Distros |
|---|---|---|
| Bootstrapping | Full-source from 181-byte seed | Pre-compiled binaries |
| Reproducibility | Bit-for-bit identical builds | Varies |
| Trust model | Decentralized multi-sig quorum | Centralized single-key |
| Package format | OCI-native layers | RPM/Deb/Pacman |
| Builds | Hermetic (--network=none) |
Network-dependent |
Status: This documentation is a work in progress and is expanding as StageX workflows are documented. Questions? Join us on Matrix.