CoreOS is described as 'New Linux distribution that has been rearchitected to provide features needed to run modern infrastructure stacks. The strategies and architectures that influence CoreOS allow companies like Google, Facebook and Twitter to run their services at scale with high' and is a operating system in the os & utilities category. There are more than 50 alternatives to CoreOS for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Self-Hosted, Web-based, BSD and Mac apps. The best CoreOS alternative is Linux Mint, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like CoreOS are Debian, Fedora, Manjaro Linux and elementary OS.