OpenRC
E196427
OpenRC is a dependency-based init system and service manager for Unix-like operating systems, designed as a lightweight and flexible alternative to systems like systemd.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| OpenRC canonical | 4 |
| OpenRC-init | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1724362 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: OpenRC Context triple: [Alpine Linux, usesInitSystem, OpenRC]
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A.
systemd
systemd is a modern init system and service manager for Linux that handles system startup, process supervision, logging, and various core system functions.
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B.
Dracut
Dracut is a town in northeastern Massachusetts, United States, known for its suburban character and proximity to the city of Lowell.
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C.
Alpine Linux
Alpine Linux is a lightweight, security-focused Linux distribution designed for simplicity, resource efficiency, and containerized environments.
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D.
Gentoo Linux
Gentoo Linux is a highly customizable, source-based Linux distribution known for its performance optimization and flexibility through its Portage package management system.
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E.
GNU Hurd
GNU Hurd is the GNU Project’s microkernel-based operating system server collection intended as a free Unix-like replacement, built to run on top of the Mach microkernel.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: OpenRC Target entity description: OpenRC is a dependency-based init system and service manager for Unix-like operating systems, designed as a lightweight and flexible alternative to systems like systemd.
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A.
systemd
systemd is a modern init system and service manager for Linux that handles system startup, process supervision, logging, and various core system functions.
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B.
Dracut
Dracut is a town in northeastern Massachusetts, United States, known for its suburban character and proximity to the city of Lowell.
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C.
Alpine Linux
Alpine Linux is a lightweight, security-focused Linux distribution designed for simplicity, resource efficiency, and containerized environments.
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D.
Gentoo Linux
Gentoo Linux is a highly customizable, source-based Linux distribution known for its performance optimization and flexibility through its Portage package management system.
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E.
GNU Hurd
GNU Hurd is the GNU Project’s microkernel-based operating system server collection intended as a free Unix-like replacement, built to run on top of the Mach microkernel.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
free and open-source software
ⓘ
init system ⓘ service manager ⓘ |
| alternativeTo |
System V init
ⓘ
surface form:
SysV init
Upstart ⓘ systemd ⓘ |
| configurationDirectory |
/etc/conf.d
ⓘ
/etc/init.d ⓘ |
| configurationFile | /etc/rc.conf ⓘ |
| configurationStyle | shell scripts ⓘ |
| designGoal |
flexible
ⓘ
lightweight ⓘ portable ⓘ simple ⓘ |
| developer | Roy Marples ⓘ |
| feature |
dependency-based service startup
ⓘ
hotplug support integration ⓘ logging integration ⓘ parallel service startup ⓘ runlevel management ⓘ service supervision ⓘ support for multiple init implementations ⓘ |
| homepage | https://github.com/OpenRC/openrc ⓘ |
| license | BSD-2-Clause license ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
Alpine Linux
ⓘ
Artix Linux ⓘ BSD ⓘ Calculate Linux ⓘ Devuan ⓘ Gentoo Linux ⓘ Hyperbola GNU/Linux-libre ⓘ Linux ⓘ Parabola GNU/Linux-libre ⓘ Unix-like operating systems ⓘ Void Linux ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage | C ⓘ |
| repository | https://github.com/OpenRC/openrc ⓘ |
| softwareModel | open source ⓘ |
| supportsInit |
BusyBox
ⓘ
surface form:
BusyBox init
OpenRC self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
OpenRC-init
System V init ⓘ
surface form:
sysvinit
|
| supportsRunlevel |
boot
ⓘ
default ⓘ nonetwork ⓘ shutdown ⓘ single ⓘ |
| supportsServiceType |
daemon
ⓘ
oneshot ⓘ script ⓘ supervised ⓘ virtual ⓘ |
| usesProcessSupervision | yes ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: OpenRC Description of subject: OpenRC is a dependency-based init system and service manager for Unix-like operating systems, designed as a lightweight and flexible alternative to systems like systemd.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
OpenRC-init