CentOS - About the company
CentOS is an unfunded company based in Raleigh (United States), founded in 2004. It operates as a Community-driven free software effort delivering a robust open-source Linux platform. CentOS has not raised any funding yet. The company has 131 active competitors, including 6 funded and 4 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Ubuntu, Neverware and GNU.
Company Details
Community-driven free software effort delivering a robust open-source Linux platform. It focuses on providing a rich base for open-source communities. It offers a development framework for cloud providers, the hosting community, and scientific data processing. It collaborates with upstream communities to help them layer and distribute their software effectively. The project includes CentOS Stream, a continuously delivered distro tracking ahead of RHEL, and CentOS Hyperscale, built for large-scale deployments. Special Interest Groups (SIGs) create distributions, develop software, and support the project. It provides alternative images, cloud builds, and storage solutions. It also offers virtualization technologies and infrastructure management. The project fosters community through forums, mailing lists, chat, events, and blogs. It relies on sponsors for support and welcomes contributions.
- Website
- centos.org
- Email ID
- *****@centos.org
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2004
Location
Raleigh, United States
Stage
Unfunded
Ranked
9th among 131 active competitors
Employee Count
23 as on Jul 01, 2024
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CentOS's funding and investors
CentOS has not raised any funding rounds yet.
CentOS's founders and board of directors
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CentOS's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of CentOS include Ubuntu, Neverware and GNU. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of CentOS, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Ubuntu 2004, London (United Kingdom), Funding Raised | Open source desktop operating system | - | 55/100 | |
2nd | Neverware 2011, New York City (United States), Acquired | Upgrade PCs/Macs with ChromeOS Flex: secure, cloud-based, and easy to manage | $14.2M | 50/100 | |
3rd | GNU 1983, United States, Unfunded | Operating systems for computing control | - | - | 44/100 |
4th | DBOS 2023, Cambridge (United States), Seed | Cloud based integrated serverless solutions for application development | $8.5M | 44/100 | |
5th | Arch Linux 2002, Canada, Unfunded | Linux-based open source operating system for desktops | - | - | 43/100 |
6th | Debian 1993, United States, Unfunded | Unix-like open source operating system for desktop | - | - | 43/100 |
7th | Insyde Software 1998, Westborough (United States), Public | Manufacturer of UEFI firmware solution for embedded applications | - | 43/100 | |
8th | Platform offering enterprise operating system | - | - | 43/100 | |
9th | CentOS 2004, Raleigh (United States), Unfunded | Community-driven free software effort delivering a robust open-source Linux platform | - | - | 42/100 |
10th | Tongxin Software 2019, Beijing (China), Series A | Provider of desktop and server operating system | $168M | 42/100 |
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CentOS's Investments and acquisitions
CentOS has made no investments or acquisitions yet.
Reports related to CentOS
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News related to CentOS
Media has covered CentOS for a total of 2 events in the last 1 year, 1 of them has been about company updates.
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CentOS Kmods SIG Offers NVIDIA Linux Open GPU Kernel Modules for RHEL/CentOS UsersPhoronix•Dec 15, 2025•CentOS
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INVL Baltic Sea Growth Fund: Galinta has an agreement to acquire the Polish company Cenosgospodarka.sos.pl•Aug 18, 2025•Galinta, INVL, CentOS, Ekofrisa
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CentOS Linux ending because "Red Hat simply refused to invest in it"TechRadar•Jan 27, 2021•Red Hat, CentOS
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