ASTARAXIA LINUX

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Get Astaraxia via the Horizon bootstrap script or wait for stage tarballs. ISOs are coming later.

RECOMMENDED

Horizon Bootstrap

Build your entire system from source using the Horizon engine. Full control. Requires an existing Linux host and a lot of time.

get bootstrap script →
COMING SOON

Stage Tarballs

Pre-built base system tarballs. Extract, configure, boot. Skips the toolchain compilation stages.

not yet available
COMING LATER

Live ISO

Bootable installer image. Includes Astral, a minimal desktop, and an interactive installer.

not yet available
PACKAGE MANAGER

Astral Only

Just the package manager. Run it on an existing Linux system to use AOHARU and ASURA repos.

github →

RELEASES

File Architecture Size Checksum Status
stage3-amd64.tar.xz x86_64 ~500MB pending coming soon
stage3-arm64.tar.xz aarch64 ~450MB pending coming soon
astral any ~300KB see GitHub v5.1.0.0

BOOTSTRAP GUIDE

horizon - full bootstrap
# 1. Install Astral
$ curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Astaraxia-Linux/Astral/main/astral
$ chmod +x astral && sudo mv astral /usr/bin/
# 2. Initialize Horizon
$ export LFS=/mnt/lfs
$ sudo astral -h --init
✓ Stage scripts downloaded to /usr/src/astral/horizon/
# 3. Stage 1 - temporary toolchain (~2-4 hours)
$ sudo astral -h --stage 1
# 4. Stage 2 - chroot prep (~3-5 hours)
$ sudo astral -h --stage 2
# 5. Enter chroot and run stage 3
$ sudo astral --chroot $LFS
$ astral -h --stage 3 # (~6-10 hours)
✓ Astaraxia base system complete.

Check progress at any time with astral -h --status. See the Horizon docs for detailed stage breakdowns.


SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Minimum

CPUx86_64 / aarch64
RAM512 MB
Disk10 GB
Timepatience

Recommended

CPUmulti-core, high clock
RAM4 GB+
Disk20 GB+
Timelots of coffee