Void Linux is an independent distribution, developed entirely by volunteers.

Unlike trillions of other existing distros, Void is not a modification of an existing distribution. Void's package manager and build system have been written from scratch.

Void focuses on stability, rather than on being bleeding-edge. Install once, update routinely and safely.

Thanks to our continuous build system[build.voidlinux.org], new software is built into binary packages as soon as the changes are pushed to the void-packages repository.

We use runit[smarden.org] as the init system and service supervisor.

runit is a simple and effective approach to initialize the system with reliable service supervision. Refer to the Void Handbook[docs.voidlinux.org] for an introduction.

Void Linux supports both the musl[musl.libc.org] and GNU[www.gnu.org] libc implementations, patching incompatible software when necessary and working with upstream developers to improve the correctness and portability of their projects.

xbps[github.com] is the native system package manager, written from scratch with a 2-clause BSD license.

XBPS allows you to quickly install/update/remove software in your system and features detection of incompatible shared libraries and dependencies while updating or removing packages (among others). Refer to the Handbook for an overview[docs.voidlinux.org].

xbps-src[github.com] is the xbps package builder, written from scratch with a 2-clause BSD license.

This builds the software in containers through the use of Linux namespaces, providing isolation of processes and bind mounts (among others). No root required!

Additionally, xbps-src can build natively or cross compile for the target machine, and supports multiple C libraries (glibc and musl currently).