Void Linux image for the CM4
Paige Thompson's musl-based Void build for the CM4: runit, BTRFS with zstd, a 6.12.y ClockworkPi kernel and an Ansible sideload — archived in 2026.
What it takes
- Software only
Difficulty 1 of 3 — easy.
Details
Built on GitHub Actions with cross-compilation and QEMU, the image (November 2024) is a barebones aarch64-musl Void base on a BTRFS root with zstd compression to spare the SD card, a kernel from Rex's rpi-6.12.y tree with CONFIG_HZ_1000 and NO_HZ_FULL, and user pi with no password. An optional Ansible playbook on a sideload partition installs the rest, including a Plasma Wayland desktop with working audio; systemd is unavailable on musl.
The repository (now under Ravenhammer-Research) was archived read-only on 28 February 2026, so the releases stay downloadable but nothing is maintained.
Links
Open at Forum thread- GitHub — void-uconsole (archived)Repository
Related mods
The community's recommended OS: Debian 13 on Rex's patched Pi kernel, desktop and Lite variants, for CM3+, CM4, CM4S and CM5.
The previous Debian release of Rex's line, still rebuilt for the new screens in 2026 — the fallback when something on Trixie is not ready yet.
ClockworkPi's own images: CM4 v3.1 on Linux 6.12.62 (April 2026), the older XFCE build, and the A-06 and R-01 releases, with MD5s on GitHub.
Rex's Kali image for CM4 and CM5 on the uConsole kernel with the hardware presets; cuu's original CM4 build is documented on the ClockworkPi wiki.
Rex's Parrot OS build for CM3/CM4/CM5 in Home and Security editions, plus krokowitz's Security spin with RTL-SDR and ALFA drivers preinstalled.
Rex's build of DragonOS Pi64 — an Ubuntu 22.04 SDR distribution with the radio tools preinstalled — on the uConsole kernel for CM4 and CM5.