PhobOS is the Debian based and Torizon compatible Linux distribution for secure embedded Linux.

PhobOS is compatible with the Toradex Torizon ecosystem. It uses OSTree to manage the system rootfs, Aktualizr to handle secure updates through Torizon OTA and comes with a Docker container runtime.

Although systems have design and architectural differences the goal as the project grows is to add to PhobOS some level of feature parity. The table below shows the current status of each key feature:

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 - Feature is available
 - Work in progress
󰔟 - Feature possible but not planned yet
 - Feature will never match
 - Community support

Feature	Torizon OS	PhobOS
OTA Update OS Image		
OTA Update Container App		
OTA Update Bootloader		󰔟
Native apt-get install¹		
Device Monitoring		󰔟
RAC Remote Access		
Prebuilt OS Image		󰔟
Automated QA Releases		󰔟
Built with Yocto/OE		
Image Customizing with Opus³		
Image Customizing with TCB²		
SBOM⁴		
Torizon VS Code Extension support⁵		

¹Native apt-get install: it is possible to install Debian packages without need of containerization, as the OS is Debian based.
²TCB: Torizon Core Builder
³Opus: PhobOS image customization tool
⁴SBOM: Software Bill of Materials
⁵Torizon VS Code Extension support: PhobOS supports the Torizon VS Code templates trought a different repository that need to be configured on the VS Code settings