Open Infrastructure for Everyone
The Karios Foundation exists to advance open infrastructure technologies and foster a thriving community around the Karios BSD platform.
Whether you are building a home lab, developing applications, educating the next generation of technology professionals, or operating production environments, Karios BSD provides a powerful foundation for innovation.
Our Mission
The mission of the Karios Foundation is to advance open infrastructure technologies through innovation, collaboration, education, and community stewardship.
Developing and maintaining Karios BSD.
Providing free access to modern virtualization and Kubernetes technologies.
Advancing FreeBSD and the Bhyve ecosystem.
Contributing innovations back to the open-source communities that make our work possible.
Building a sustainable ecosystem where individuals and organizations collaborate to shape the future of infrastructure.
Supporting education, research, and experimentation.
Production-Ready Virtualization and Kubernetes. Free Forever.
Built on the reliability and security of FreeBSD and powered by Bhyve, Karios BSD combines virtualization, Kubernetes, networking, storage, and administration into a unified platform.
Virtual Machine Management
Deploy, manage, and scale virtual machines through an intuitive platform.
Integrated Kubernetes
Build and operate cloud-native environments with integrated Kubernetes lifecycle management.
High-Performance Virtualization
Leverage the performance, efficiency, and security of the Bhyve hypervisor.
Networking and Storage
Support modern networking architectures and advanced storage capabilities.
Web-Based Administration
Simplify deployment, monitoring, and administration through a centralized interface.
Community-Driven
Benefit from an open development model where contributors help shape the future.
Why Open Infrastructure Matters
The technologies powering the modern Internet were built upon openness and collaboration.
The Karios Foundation exists to continue that tradition.
Open infrastructure empowers organizations and individuals to:
- Build without licensing barriers.
- Accelerate learning and experimentation.
- Improve transparency and trust.
- Maintain control over technology environments.
- Avoid vendor lock-in.
- Create sustainable long-term technology investments.
Building the Future Together
The Karios Foundation is more than software.
It is a community dedicated to advancing open infrastructure for developers, educators, researchers, IT professionals, enterprises, and enthusiasts around the world.