Open Source Summit + Embedded Linux Conference North America 2026

Most Linux distributions trust individual maintainers with complete package control, creating critical supply chain vulnerabilities. StageX rebuilds this trust model from scratch with a radically different approach: no single person or computer can compromise the system.
StageX requires fully bit-for-bit reproducible builds verified and signed by multiple independent parties before release. Built from 181 bytes of machine code, StageX bootstraps modern toolchains that can be used in container-native and static contexts.
This talk demonstrates StageX's approach to full-source bootstrapping, bit-for-bit reproducibility and multi-party verification; contrasts it with other reproducible build efforts like NixOS/Guix, and shows how its container-native design provides practical security guarantees. You'll learn how to implement these approaches in your own infrastructure to build software from toolchain to deployment.