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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, orphaned
polystrap			directory	works without root, abandoned upstream
mmdebstrap			directory,tarball,ext2,squashfs	works without superuser privileges, uses apt and thus supports multiple mirrors
zdebootstrap	C++		directory	research project for fast install bootstrap through parallelism
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

Tool	Language	Read-only/Writable	Formats	Comments
qemu-debootstrap	shell		directory	little shell wrapper around debootstrap, supports multiple architectures via qemu-user
DQIB	shell		ZIP file containing rootfs, kernel, initrd	wrapper around mmdebstrap
bdebstrap	Python			wrapper around mmdebstrap for YAML configuration
deb-bpo-builder	shell			wrapper around mmdebstrap, targeted at building Debian testing → stable backports

Tool	Language	Read-only/Writable	Formats	Comments
sbuild	Perl			chroot/unshare/schroot/autopkgtest(schroot/lxc/chroot/qemu/ssh) for isolation.
pbuilder	Bash			chroot for isolation
cowbuilder	C			chroot for isolation, cowdancer via LD_PRELOAD for copy-on-write
qemubuilder	C			qemu for isolation
conbuilder	Python			systemd-nspawn for isolation
debspawn	Python			systemd-nspawn for isolation
whalebuilder	Ruby			docker for isolation
voidbuilder	?JavaScript			docker for isolation
docker-buildpackage	Bash			docker for isolation
debocker	Python			docker for isolation
debdocker	Bash			docker for isolation
deb-build-pkg	Bash			docker for isolation
DUE	Bash			docker for isolation
rocm-builder	Bash			docker for isolation

Tool	Language	Read-only/Writable	Formats	Comments
debian-installer	shell, C
calamares				used on the LiveCD
propellor	Haskell			propellor is d-i 2.0	??
ubiquity	Ubuntu/Mint installer, uses d-i in backend.
v-i				based on vmdb2, announcement
consfigurator	Common Lisp			similarish to propellor

Tool	Language	Read-only/Writable	Formats	Comments
vmdebootstrap	python, shell			deprecated, but not yet removed from Debian
vmdb2	python, configuration specified in yaml	read/write	raw	vmdebootstrap successor
qemu-make-debian-root
grml-debootstrap	shell
virt-builder	ocaml	read/write	qcow2, raw
vmbuilder
ltsp-build-client
vserver build
build-simple-cdd
debootstick
mkosi
Kameleon
lxc-create				Linux containers create new buildroots from script templates
distrobuilder
debian-rootfs	Shell			WARNING: some questionable customizations
FAI				can do installations, chroots, disk images, cross architecture
debos	Go			Data driven rootless image creation tool. debos intro
image-bootstrap	python			Creates (chroots and) bootable virtual machine images
deb-ostree-builder	shell, python
apt2ostree	python
boxer
genimage	C
dmm	python		iso, tar	very alpha, not ready for production use, similar to debos and mkosi but much larger in scope (meant to be used for appimages/installer/ppa systems eventually)
kiwi	python	read/write	iso,qcow2,raw	Also used by SUSE and Redhat, supports non-root building in a VM

Tool	Language	Read-only/Writable	Formats	Comments
live-build
open-infrastructure-system-build
live-wrapper
grml-live	uses fai dirinstall
debirf		Read-only	initramfs
supermin
NEALE

Tool	Language	Read-only/Writable	Formats	Comments
ganeti-instance-debootstrap
bootstrap-vz	Python			deprecated, removed from Debian 11
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 using FAI for official cloud images
debian-cloud-images				wapper around FAI
image-factory	Python			wapper around virt-install

Tool	Language	Read-only/Writable	Formats	Comments
linaro-media-create	Python
buildroot
apertis-image-customization
Armbian lib
spindle	shell
omap-image-builder
JBAT
FAI	Announcement for cross-architecture support

<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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