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Cpak – OCI application package format for Linux desktops, servers and devices

Cpak is an OCI-based package format that bundles a manifest, verifiable origin, and install command for Linux desktops, servers, and devices. It uses two static binaries for runtime, a shared content store, Dockerfile-style syntax, layer caching, and incremental builds without a container daemon. Cpak binds host graphics drivers at launch, limits applications to required resources, supports any tag, branch, or commit SHA, and builds OCI images for each architecture, functioning on all Linux distributions.