libosinfo: The Operating System information database

Mailing lists

The project no longer uses a mailing list for communication, however, the historical archive of previous discussions is still available.

Contributors are directed to the GitLab Project for code submissions, bug reports and feature suggestions.

The libosinfo developers can often be found on the OFTC IRC servers, in the #virt channel, on on GNOME IRC servers, in the #boxes channel.

Install it from your Linux distribution (others coming soon)

# yum install libosinfo (Fedora)
# apt-get install libosinfo (Debian)

Try the IRC channel #virt on OTFC or the GitLab Project.

Browse the API docs to learn about its use. To learn about the support statement regarding building on various platforms head to Build platforms.

View known bugs

Report a new bug

The code is browsable online.

Get a personal checkout from GIT

# git clone \
    https://gitlab.com/libosinfo/libosinfo.git