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Intro

A list of tools that can be used to build multi-package systems; in chroots, app/service containers, disk images, VMs or other formats.

Tool	Language	Read-only/Writable	Formats	Comments	??
debootstrap	shell, Perl		directory
cdebootstrap			directory
multistrap			directory	multiple apt repos, ?docs
polystrap			directory	works without root
qemu-debootstrap	shell		directory	little shell wrapper around debootstrap, supports multiple architectures via qemu-user
crosshurd			directory
rinse	Perl		directory	only for rpm packages, build rpm distro chroot on Debian
fai-server	shell, Perl		directory	fai dirinstall creates a chroot

debian-installer	shell, C
calamares
propellor	Haskell	propellor is d-i 2.0	??
ubiquity	Ubuntu/Mint installer, uses d-i in backend.

virt-inst
vmdebootstrap	python, shell
vmdb2		vmdebootstrap successor
qemu-make-debian-root
grml-debootstrap	shell
virt-install
vmbuilder
ltsp-build-client
vserver build
build-simple-cdd
debootstick
mkosi
Kameleon
lxc-create	Linux containers create new buildroots from script templates
debian-rootfs	Shell	WARNING: some questionable customisations
FAI	FAI project can do installations, chroots, disk images, cross architecture
debos	Go	Data driven rootless image creation tool.

live-build
open-infrastructure-system-build
live-wrapper
grml-live	uses fai dirinstall
debirf		Read-only	initramfs
supermin
NEALE

ganeti-instance-debootstrap
bootstrap-vz	Python
python-diskimage-builder	shell, python
openstack-debian-images	shell
packer
xen-tools	Perl
TKLDev
Ubuntu EC2 builds
Scaleway
fai-server	fai-diskimage, The Debian cloud team is testing FAI use for official cloud images

linaro-media-create	Python
buildroot
apertis-image-customization
Armbian lib
spindle	shell
omap-image-builder
JBAT
FAI	Announcement for cross-architecture support

See the full derivatives census page to search all the "Image tool" and "Install tool" fields.

<CAKTje6GG=PyyfH+FM_LNiajfohkcUFd3Qtko=fNWfmX4dtHSmw@mail.gmail.com>: Flashable image generation Re: Bits from ARM porters
<55999F8A.8000807@ghraoui.name>: oem-config for Debian
<570E0639.6040609@pocock.pro>: creating official Debian images for ARM-based NAS devices
<CAKTje6H3_Rvxkt226zJBqzGZBhZRP2GAHry0nFSvWyes=Q3gYw@mail.gmail.com>: support for installing unconfigured systems (VM images, Debian Live images, preinstalled mobile/tablet images)

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  Comment: another talk about Debian-based system images
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+ * DebConf18: [[https://debconf18.debconf.org/talks/89-building-debian-based-system-images/|Building Debian-based system images]] by Ben Hutchings