# KairOS vs Talos

| Criteria | Talos | Kairos |
| ---------------------- | ------------------ | ------------------ |
| Immutable | :white_check_mark: | :white_check_mark: |
| Custom meta layers | :x: | :white_check_mark: |
| Single node cluster | :x: | :white_check_mark: |
| OCI based | :x: | :white_check_mark: |
| Distro Agnostic | :x: | :white_check_mark: |
| Backed by | Sidero Labs | SpectroCloud |
| Latest release version | 1.3 | 1.5 |