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Public Software Mirrors

The Emerald Valley Network operates public mirrors for open source software repositories. Free to use, synced frequently, and hosted on 2.5Gbps fiber in Eugene, Oregon.

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4
Mirrors
1.8T
Data Served
2.5G
Fiber Uplink
99.99%
Uptime

About The Mirrors

If you are nearby, this is the fastest mirror you can use for Alpine Linux, CRAN, CTAN, and Rocky Linux — with low latency and high bandwidth.

  • All mirrors are freely accessible via HTTPS and rsync — no registration or account required
  • Synced on regular schedules ranging from hourly to every few hours depending on upstream update frequency
  • Hosted on dedicated mirror infrastructure in Eugene, Oregon with 2.5Gbps fiber connectivity
  • rsync access is available for downstream mirrors wishing to mirror from us
  • View live sync status, disk usage, and uptime at Mirror Stats

Available Mirrors

Open source repositories mirrored from official upstream sources

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Alpine Linux

A security-oriented, lightweight Linux distribution. Alpine uses musl libc and busybox, making it a common base for Docker containers and embedded systems. Synced multiple times daily from the official Alpine CDN.

alpine.emeraldvalley.net →
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CRAN

The Comprehensive R Archive Network — the primary repository for R packages used in statistical computing and data analysis. Used by researchers, data scientists, and statisticians worldwide. Synced daily from the CRAN master.

cran.emeraldvalley.net →
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CTAN

The Comprehensive TeX Archive Network — the central repository for TeX and LaTeX packages. Used for academic and scientific document preparation worldwide. Contains thousands of packages for typesetting mathematics, science, and humanities documents.

ctan.emeraldvalley.net →
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Rocky Linux

A community enterprise Linux distribution designed as a binary-compatible alternative to RHEL. Widely used in server and enterprise environments. Includes all official Rocky Linux releases and architectures. Synced multiple times daily.

rocky.emeraldvalley.net →

Access Methods

HTTPS and rsync access for all mirrors

HTTPS

alpine.emeraldvalley.net
cran.emeraldvalley.net
ctan.emeraldvalley.net
rocky.emeraldvalley.net

HTTP redirects to HTTPS automatically

rsync

rsync://alpine.emeraldvalley.net/alpine
rsync://cran.emeraldvalley.net/CRAN
rsync://ctan.emeraldvalley.net/CTAN
rsync://rocky.emeraldvalley.net/rocky

Available for downstream mirroring

Infrastructure

Location: Eugene, OR, USA
Uplink: 2.5 Gbps fiber
IPv4: Yes
IPv6: Not available
FTP: Not available
Contact: admin@emeraldvalley.net

Live Mirror Statistics

Real-time sync status, disk usage, and uptime for all mirrors

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Mirror Stats Dashboard

Our stats page shows current sync status for each mirror, last successful sync time, 30-day sync history, disk usage, system uptime, and network accessibility details.

Updated hourly. Includes rsync availability status and contact information for mirror administrators wishing to sync from us.

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