Open source at AWS
Since its inception, Amazon Web Services (AWS) has been the best place for customers to build and run open source software in the cloud. AWS is proud to support open source projects, foundations, and partners. We believe that open source is good for everyone and we are committed to bringing the value of open source to our customers, and the operational excellence of AWS to open source communities.
The best place to build and run open source software
AWS regularly contributes to many open source communities like Apache Software Foundation, the Linux Foundation, and more. Here are a few additional ways in which we support our open source ecosystem.
Keeping open source vibrant and secure
AWS has a responsibility to advocate for open source, which is core to the continued development of technology and the internet. We leverage our strengths and resources to improve the long-term health and security of the entire environment in which we’re operating.
Contributing to open source
AWS contributes to open source communities for the long haul. We contribute significantly to a large number of projects. Some well-known examples include Apache Airflow, Apache Cassandra, Apache Flink, Apache Hudi, Apache Kafka, Apache Lucene, Containerd, Kubernetes, OpenJDK, OpenTelemetry, PostgreSQL, Project Jupyter, Rust, and Valkey.
Supporting open source partners and foundations
AWS works with open source partners to improve the operational experience for their customers. We help partners exceed customer expectations. We also support foundations such as the Eclipse Foundation, Cloud Native Computing Foundation, Open Source Security Foundation and many others.
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AWS open source projects
Some of the most popular open source developer tools, platforms, databases, and services on AWS are based on open source projects managed at AWS:
AWS Cloud Development Kit
Accelerate cloud development using common programming languages to model your applications
AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry
Secure, production-ready AWS-supported distribution of the OpenTelemetry project
Bottlerocket
Bottlerocket is a Linux-based platform purpose-built for running containers
Finch
Finch is an open source tool for local container development. Finch aims to help promote innovative upstream container projects by making it easy to install and use them. Finch provides a simple native client to tie it all together.
FreeRTOS
Market-leading real-time operating system (RTOS) for microcontrollers and small microprocessors
Powertools for AWS
Powertools for AWS is a developer toolkit to implement Serverless best practices and increase developer velocity
Smithy
Interface definition language and set of tools for defining services and generating SDKs
AWS leadership in open source
AWS has transferred several of its open source projects to various foundations which provide a neutral setting that helps build vibrant and diverse open source communities. We remain active contributors to the projects we have transferred:
CDK8s
Define Kubernetes applications and reusable abstractions using familiar programming languages and rich object-oriented APIs to create Kubernetes manifests for use in any Kubernetes cluster
Karpenter
Karpenter automatically launches just the right compute resources to handle your Kubernetes cluster's applications. It is designed to let you take full advantage of the cloud with fast and simple compute provisioning for Kubernetes clusters.
O3DE
A full-featured, real-time open source 3D engine, can be used to create high-fidelity games, robotic simulations and immersive 3D worlds, bridging the physical and digital worlds to deliver amazing experiences
OpenSearch
OpenSearch is an open-source, enterprise-grade search and observability suite that makes it easy to ingest, search, visualize, and analyze data.