Apache-2.0

Open-source C++ library providing real-time simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) for robots and autonomous systems. Supports multiple sensor configurations including LiDAR, IMU, and odometry.

K3s is a CNCF-certified Kubernetes distribution packaged as a single binary under 70MB. Built by SUSE (formerly Rancher Labs), it runs on ARM64, ARMv7, and x86_64, making it ideal for edge computing, IoT gateways, and factory-floor deployments.

Open-source industrial automation platform for building SCADA and MES systems. Supports unlimited data points with no expiration, runs on Windows and Linux, and includes web-based HMI, redundancy, and multiple protocol drivers.

Open-source high-level neural networks API that supports multiple backends. Designed for fast prototyping, readability, and production deployment.

An end-to-end open-source platform for machine learning with comprehensive tools, libraries, and community resources for building and deploying ML-powered applications.

Open-source secrets management platform that secures non-human access across tools, applications, containers, and cloud environments using policy-based RBAC.

Open-source toolkit that accelerates AI inference with lower latency and higher throughput while maintaining accuracy. Supports computer vision, LLMs, and generative AI models from TensorFlow, PyTorch, and ONNX.

Open-source edge computing platform for connecting devices, normalizing data, and routing it to enterprise or cloud applications. EdgeX Foundry uses a modular microservices architecture with device, core, application, and security services.

Open-source hyperconverged infrastructure software for bare-metal Kubernetes and virtual machine workloads. Harvester combines virtualization, distributed storage, and infrastructure management for datacenter and edge deployments.

Open-source Kubernetes management platform for provisioning, securing, and operating multiple clusters across datacenters, clouds, and edge sites. Rancher supports Rancher-managed distributions such as RKE2 and K3s plus imported or hosted clusters including EKS, AKS, and GKE.

Open-source edge computing platform that extends upstream Kubernetes to distributed edge sites. It adds edge autonomy, cross-node-pool networking, and EdgeX Foundry integration while preserving native Kubernetes APIs.

Open-source Kubernetes extension for multi-site edge environments, providing edge autonomy, distributed health monitoring, and ServiceGroup workload orchestration. A CNCF sandbox project initiated by Tencent Cloud and co-launched with Intel, VMware, and Meituan.

Open-source CNCF-graduated project that extends Kubernetes APIs to edge computing environments. Enables containerized application deployment and device management across cloud-edge infrastructure with ~70MB memory footprint.

Open-source robotics middleware built in Rust that uses Apache Arrow and shared memory for zero-copy communication between nodes. Designed for real-time AI-driven robotic applications with 10-17x lower latency than ROS2.

ClickHouse is an open-source column-oriented database management system designed for real-time analytics using SQL queries. Delivers high-performance query processing at petabyte scale.

Apache IoTDB is a native time-series database optimized for IoT and industrial applications. Features edge-cloud synchronization and SQL-like query interface.

Prometheus is an open-source systems monitoring and alerting toolkit built at SoundCloud. It features a multi-dimensional data model, a flexible query language (PromQL), autonomous single-node operation, and extensive integrations with cloud-native environments.

Apache NiFi is an open-source visual dataflow platform for automating data movement between systems. It provides guaranteed delivery, data provenance tracking, and a browser-based drag-and-drop UI for designing processing pipelines.

Distributed MQTT message broker built on Erlang/OTP for high-performance industrial IoT applications. Features clustering, automatic network partition recovery, Lua scripting, and webhook support.

Java-based MQTT broker that fully supports MQTT 3.x and MQTT 5. The Community Edition is open-source under Apache 2.0, while Enterprise adds clustering, monitoring, and professional support.

Open-source time-series database optimized for high-throughput ingestion and fast SQL analytics. Compatible with InfluxDB line protocol, PostgreSQL wire protocol, and integrates with Grafana.

Strimzi is a CNCF Incubating project that provides Kubernetes operators for deploying and managing Apache Kafka clusters. It simplifies Kafka operations through Custom Resources, automated TLS encryption, and integrations with Kafka Connect, MirrorMaker 2.0, and Cruise Control.

Apache Flink processes event streams with built-in state management, checkpointing, and unified batch/stream APIs. Used by Alibaba, Uber, and Netflix for real-time analytics at scale.

NATS is a high-performance messaging system for distributed architectures, supporting pub/sub, request-reply, and queue groups. JetStream adds optional persistence with at-least-once delivery guarantees.

Apache Pulsar is an open-source, cloud-native distributed messaging and streaming platform that combines pub/sub messaging and event streaming in a unified architecture. Its tiered storage and native multi-tenancy enable indefinite message retention and strong isolation for large-scale deployments.

Apache Kafka is an open-source distributed event streaming platform for high-performance data pipelines, streaming analytics, and mission-critical applications. Handles trillions of events per day with durable, fault-tolerant storage.

Apache StreamPipes is an end-to-end Industrial IoT toolbox from the Apache Software Foundation that enables non-technical users to connect, analyze, and explore IoT data streams through a visual pipeline editor.

General-purpose IoT platform that handles device connectivity, data collection, rule-based processing, and visualization across MQTT, CoAP, HTTP, LwM2M, and SNMP. Supports multi-tenancy out of the box, making it popular with IoT service providers and enterprises managing thousands of devices.

Purpose-built time-series database optimized for high-speed ingestion and querying of timestamped data. InfluxDB 3, rewritten in Rust on Apache Arrow and Parquet, supports SQL and InfluxQL natively with unlimited cardinality.