The CentOS Project
Community-driven free software effort focused around the goal of providing a rich base platform for open source communities to build upon.
We offer two Linux variants: (What's the difference?)
Upcoming EOL Dates
CentOS Stream 8 end of builds is May 31, 2024. CentOS Linux 7 end of life is June 30, 2024. Read the information on upgrade and migration options.
News and events
Around CentOS
CentOS Board Meeting Recap, April 2024
Apr 12, 2024 — The recording of the April CentOS Board meeting is now available. Watch the recording Read the minutes The recording has timestamps so you can skip to...
Thanks to Equinix for sponsoring the CentOS Project
Apr 11, 2024 — The CentOS Project , as long as I can remember, wouldn't have been possible without help of various sponsors over the years. Most sponsors listed on h...
CentOS Board Welcomes Troy Dawson
Apr 4, 2024 — CentOS is excited to welcome Troy Dawson to the Board of Directors. The CentOS Board is made up of 10 members, nominated by the community and appointe...
CentOS mailing lists migration to mailman3
Apr 3, 2024 — Due to a needed upgrade , we'll have to move the existing CentOS mailman instance (aka https://lists.centos.org) to a new server/host. Migration is sc...
March 2024 News
Mar 29, 2024 — March 2024 News CentOS Linux 7 and CentOS Stream 8 will both go EOL in just a couple months. Fabian ArrotinĀ posted some details on how this will affec...