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Fedora CoreOS vs Bottlerocket: catalog facts
Fedora CoreOS	Bottlerocket
Free Free and open source, developed by the Fedora community.	Free The OS is free; you pay only for the AWS infrastructure it runs on.
Linux, Self-hosted	Linux, Self-hosted
Automatic updates Minimal image focused on containers	Single-step updates that can be rolled back Only the software required to run containers
Not a general-purpose or desktop system Provisioning works differently from a traditional server install	Built mainly around AWS and EC2 Not a general-purpose operating system
Operating system	Operating system
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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