Docs

From booting the ISO to a first-boot system — the whole arc in one read.

The profile file your selections produce, and every variable it knows.

How profile/make.conf templates the build and the swappables.

The formal spec for kama package recipes — fields, hooks, tiers.

Write your first kama recipe, with real examples from the repo.

scripts/build-root.sh and mkfs-root.sh — how a make.conf becomes a rootfs.

binutils → gcc → libc → self-host: what "from scratch" means.

live/init — how booting the ISO auto-starts the installer.

Every kama variable: PKGDIR, ROOT, CACHEDIR, MAKE_CONF, mirrors.

The download order and the dl/src/stage cache layout.

Trust model of a source-only build, stated plainly.

Diagnose by stage — boot, network, fetch, build, finalize.

What a release contains, and how versioning works.

Every component you can choose at install, with the full option list.

The end-to-end installation flow, from BIOS to boot.

How to get involved across the three repos and this site.