CachyOS / linux-cachyos

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Arch Linux kernel packages from CachyOS offering multiple CPU schedulers and performance patches.

Why you might care

Provides prebuilt Arch-compatible kernel variants (BORE, EEVDF, BMQ, RT, hardened, server) so you can pick a scheduler suited to gaming, throughput, or servers. Builds come in x86-64, x86-64-v3, v4, and znver4 optimizations, with Clang Thin LTO and AutoFDO on the default kernel.

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Star history (as recorded here)

2026-10-20 · 4,653 ★ 2026-10-29 · 4,719 ★

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LicenseGPL-3.0

Created2021-10-10 (5y ago)

Last push2d ago

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GitHub topics

archlinux baby-sched cachy cachy-scheduler cachyos cacule-sched kernel linux-kernel performance performance-tuning

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