Alpine Linux vs Fedora Linux
| Alpine Linux | Fedora Linux | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | No | Yes |
| Free trial | No | No |
| Paid from | — | Free |
| Open source | No | No |
| Platforms | Linux | Linux, self-hosted |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Device types | Physical computers, Raspberry Pi, routers, servers, virtual machines, cloud images, containers and chroots | Desktop computers, laptops, servers, cloud virtual machines, IoT devices |
| CPU architectures | aarch64, armhf, armv7, loongarch64, ppc64le, riscv64, s390x, x86, x86_64 | x86_64, aarch64; Fedora CoreOS also supports s390x |
| Support lifecycle | Main repository typically supported for 2 years; community repository until the next stable release | Fedora Workstation versions are updated for approximately 13 months; each release is maintained until one month after two subsequent releases. |
| Deployment models | Physical installation images, cloud images, virtual-system images, container and chroot root filesystems, netboot, Raspberry Pi and Xen Dom0 | Physical device installation, live USB testing, cloud images, and container base images |
| Built-in management | — | DNF package management; PackageKit update notifications; automatic update capability |
| App compatibility | — | Install applications from Fedora repositories, Flathub, or other sources; RPM package management |
Both are listed in Best Operating Systems. On Freedom251, Fedora Linux scores higher on our published basis.