Migrate to Pantavisor

These guides show a practical path from an existing tool to Pantavisor as a full replacement. Pantavisor takes over the whole device, including the base/BSP and kernel — you do not keep the old updater running underneath it.

Guides

• Mender to Pantavisor
• RAUC to Pantavisor
• SWUpdate to Pantavisor
• Balena to Pantavisor
• Docker Compose to Pantavisor
• When not to use Pantavisor

⚠️ Warning — No hybrid stacks

There is no supported configuration where RAUC/Mender/SWUpdate updates the kernel/BSP while Pantavisor handles apps. That would reintroduce whole-image updates and break the single signed-revision model. Pantavisor replaces them.

For a capability and efficiency comparison, see the benchmarks and comparisons.