Comparison of OpenSolaris distributions
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Technical variations of Solaris distributions include support for different hardware devices and systems or software package configurations. Organizational differences may be motivated by historical reasons. Other criteria include security, including how quickly security upgrades are available; ease of package management; and number of packages available.
These tables compare each noteworthy distribution's latest stable release on wide-ranging objective criteria. It does not cover each operating system's subjective merits, branches marked as unstable or beta, nor compare Solaris distributions with other operating systems.
General
Basic general information about the distributions: creator or producer, release date and latest version, and so forth.
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! Distribution ! abbr="First release" | First public release ! abbr="Base" | Based on ! abbr="Latest" | Latest release date ! Status ! Purpose ! Cost |
| {{Rh}} | BeleniX
| {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | OpenSolaris, GNU | 0.7.1 / July 19, 2008 | {{Dropped|Discontinued}} | {{dunno}} | {{Free|Gratis}} |
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| {{Rh}} | Nexenta OS
| 2005 | OpenSolaris, GNU, Ubuntu | {{Latest stable software release/Nexenta OS}} | {{Dropped|Discontinued}} | {{dunno}} | {{Free|Gratis}} |
| {{Rh}} | NexentaStor
| {{dunno}} | 5.3.0, May 2020{{cite web|url=https://nexenta.com/products/documentation|title=Nexenta Documentation|date=1 May 2020}} | {{Active}} | “Enterprise Grade Unified Block & File Storage”{{cite web|url=https://nexenta.com/products/nexentastor|title=NexentaStor|date=27 November 2013}} | {{no|Commercial}} |
| {{Rh}} | OmniOSce
| OmniTI / OmniOSce Association | r151054 (May 5, 2025){{cite web |title=OmniOS Community Edition r151054 |url=https://omnios.org/article/r54.html}} | {{Active}} | “Produce a self-hosting, minimalist Illumos-based release suitable for production deployment”{{cite web|url=https://omnios.omniti.com/wiki.php/OmniOSJeOS|title=OmniOS Approach}} | {{Free|Gratis}} |
| {{Rh}} | OpenIndiana
| illumos Foundation et al. | 2010 | illumos, OpenSolaris, GNU | {{Latest stable software release/OpenIndiana}} | {{Active}} | “Ensure the continued availability of an openly developed distribution based on OpenSolaris”{{Cite web|url=https://docs.openindiana.org/misc/openindiana/|title=About OpenIndiana|access-date=2 November 2020}} | {{Free|Gratis}} |
| {{Rh}} | SmartOS
| Joyent | {{dunno}} | 20201203T165910Z, Dec 2020{{cite web|url=https://wiki.smartos.org/download-smartos/|title=Download SmartOS|access-date=3 December 2020}} | {{Active}} | Cloud computing (“converged container and virtual machine hypervisor”{{cite web|url=https://www.joyent.com/smartos|title=SmartOS - Joyent|website=www.joyent.com}}) | {{Free|Gratis}} |
| {{Rh}} | Tribblix
| {{dunno}} | illumos | {{Active}} | Tribblix is an operating system distribution derived from OpenSolaris, OpenIndiana, and illumos, with a retro style and modern components (“”{{cite web|url=http://www.tribblix.org/about.html|title=Tribblix |website=www.tribblix.org}}) | {{Free|Gratis}} |
| {{Rh}} | v9os
| Alexander Eremin | {{dunno}} | illumos | 2018-10-01{{cite web|url=https://sourceforge.net/projects/v9os/files/|title=v9os|website=sourceforge.net}} | {{Active}} | “Server-only, IPS-based minimal SPARC distribution of illumos”{{Cite web|url=http://www.milax.fi/v9os.html|title=v9os|access-date=2 November 2020}} | {{Free|Gratis}} |
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! Distribution ! Developer ! abbr="First release" | First public release ! abbr="Base" | Based on ! abbr="Latest" | Latest release date ! Status ! Purpose ! Cost |
Technical
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! Distribution ! abbr="Architectures" | Supported architectures ! abbr="Environment" | Install-time desktop environment selection |
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| {{Rh}} | BeleniX |
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| {{Rh}} | Nexenta OS
| GNOME |
| {{Rh}} | NexentaStor
| x86(-64?) | {{dunno}} |
| {{Rh}} | OmniOS
| none |
| {{Rh}} | OpenIndiana
| MATE |
| {{Rh}} | SmartOS
| x86-64{{cite web|url=https://wiki.smartos.org/display/DOC/Hardware+Requirements|title=Hardware Requirements - SmartOS Documentation - SmartOS Wiki|website=wiki.smartos.org}} | none |
| {{Rh}} | Tribblix
| Xfce |
| {{Rh}} | v9os
| SPARC | none |
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! Distribution ! abbr="Architectures" | Supported architectures ! abbr="Environment" | Install-time desktop environment selection |
Package management and installation
Information on features in the distributions. Package numbers are only approximate.
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! Distribution ! abbr="Packages" | Approximate number of packages ! abbr="Format" | Package format/tools ! Default installer ! abbr="Graphical installation" | Graphical installation procedure |
| {{Rh}} | BeleniX
| {{dunno}} | RPM | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
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| {{Rh}} | Nexenta OS
| {{dunno}} | APT | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
| {{Rh}} | NexentaStor
| {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
| {{Rh}} | OmniOS
| IPS | Kayak | No |
| {{Rh}} | OpenIndiana
| IPS | Caiman | Yes |
| {{Rh}} | SmartOS
| {{dunno}} | pkgsrc/pkgin | N/A (live system) | N/A |
| {{Rh}} | Tribblix
| SVR4 | N/A (live system) | N/A |
| {{Rh}} | v9os
| {{dunno}} | IPS | {{dunno}} | No |
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! Distribution ! abbr="Packages" | Approximate number of packages ! Package format/tools ! Default installer ! abbr="Graphical installation" | Graphical installation procedure |
Security features
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See also
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References
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