Building Successful Open Source Projects
The OpenInfra Foundation is a neutral, collaborative home for open source infrastructure projects, providing a clear path to success and sustainability. This path to success is driven by our sustainability model (3 Forces), our collaboration principles (4 Opens), and our network of developers, companies and operators around open infrastructure. Read about recent work and accomplishments in our Annual Reports.
our model
3 FORCES:
SUSTAINABILITY Model For Open Source
Successful open source communities need to bring together what we call the “3 Forces:” developers, users, and commercial ecosystems. Understanding how those forces best interact with each other and create compounding effects, is key to building successful open source communities. The OpenInfra Foundation has built the model that has helped OpenStack become the de-facto open source standard for providing cloud infrastructure.
We dedicate our resources, strategic thinking, and experience to developing, balancing and unlocking the impact that these 3 Forces will have on every OpenInfra project. One of the ways we do this is by aligning companies who wish to work together, providing them with a framework and tools to effectively collaborate. With this, they produce code and pool/invest their funds in the ways that best help the project they care about.
Balancing the 3 Forces creates compounding growth
OUR COLLABORATION PRINCIPLES
4 Opens: Building TRUE Open Source Communities
The collaborative approach to developing open source has been under attack over the past several years, with single-vendor projects and controversial licensing decisions filling the headlines. At the OpenInfra Foundation, we believe in openly-developed open source. This approach goes beyond open source licensing, following our "Four Opens" principles:
open source
open development
open community
open design
our network
Worldwide OpenInfra Community
The OpenInfra community is vast, comprising more than 110,000 people from over 182 countries and 710 organizations. Our community is passionate about open source and actively engaged in advancing open infrastructure through a diverse set of activities ranging from code contribution to operations and deployment. Community members connect and collaborate through events like the OpenInfra Summit and OpenInfra Live, publications like Superuser Magazine, and regular engagement through project mailing lists and the OpenInfra Newsletter. This engaged community actively participates in shaping the future of open infrastructure, sharing knowledge, and driving innovation through collaborative efforts.
VAST NETWORK OF Organizations Driving Open Source Infrastructure
The OpenInfra Foundation is supported by a vast network of members and organizations who are committed to advancing open source infrastructure. These members have a vested interest in not only supporting the set of open source projects they currently rely on to power their businesses, but are actively looking for the next solution to take their efforts to the next level. Through their support, OpenInfra Foundation projects have an inside track to proof of concept (POC) and production use at some of the most impactful companies in the world.
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OUR FOCUS
Building The Next Decade of Open Infrastructure
We’re focused on what’s next in the world of infrastructure and positioned to make a significant impact over the next decade.
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More open source components to build, test, and integrate
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Hardware diversification including GPUs, FPGAs, DPUs to meet performance, economic, latency, and power requirements
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Deployment diversification DCs, and edge and IoT deployments, from micro to hyperscale
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Governments with requirements around data sovereignty, privacy
Some of the largest companies in the world support the OpenInfra Foundation because we help projects thrive and truly believe that transparency and open collaboration is the key to building the most effective form of open source. This has been proven by the long-term success of OpenStack, the de-facto open source cloud project. Collectively we support the largest, most active, and engaged open source infrastructure communities globally.
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Annual Reports
OpenInfra Foundation activities and progress
Our annual reports provide comprehensive insights into the OpenInfra Foundation's activities, achievements, and progress throughout each year. These reports document the growth and impact of our hosted projects, community milestones, member contributions, and strategic initiatives that advance open infrastructure globally. They serve as a transparent record of how we support open source communities, facilitate collaboration, and drive innovation in infrastructure software. For detailed information about our work, community impact, and organizational progress, explore our annual reports.