ClearOS Is Open Source
ClearOS is the original and worlds best IT Operating Platform. ClearOS seamlessly integrates many disparate technologies using the best in open source projects. This provides a simple, powerful, & easy-to-use platform for the server, network, gateway & other layers of an IT environment.
Installing and using ClearOS 7 Community automatically enrolls you into the open source community and allows you to participate in code testing, beta apps & technologies, and bug reporting.
If you're a linux expert of like to tune and fix things both in an interface and at the command line you'll love ClearOS 7 Community. If you are an app developer and want to build your own app in Marketplace, you'll love ClearOS 7 Community. If you're just looking for something pure and open with no commercial add-on's that you can self-support, you'll love ClearOS 7 Community.
What's New With ClearOS 7 Community
As you know ClearOS removes the complexity of deploying and managing server, network and gateway functions. ClearOS 7 features Marketplace, an on board application installation engine that allows it’s users to dynamically expand the functionality of the system to include upwards of one hundred applications and has about another hundred on the current road-map. Below is a review of the New Apps, New Improvements and a full App listing. Enjoy!
New Improvements
ClearOS 7 Business comes with all the features of ClearOS 6 Professional as well as the following improvements.
Streamlined Theme System
The ClearOS 7 theme is mobile and tablet friendly with a fresh clean look. Dashboard support has also been added to give administrators a bird's eye view of a system.
Updated Antispam Engine
The updated antispam engine includes improved DNS blocklist technology, new distributed & collaborative filtering, an optimized auto-learning system, and native IPv6 support.
Updated IDS and IPS Engines
The updated IDS/IPS engines include improved detection for mail authentication attacks, an updated base rule set, IPv6 support, security hardening, and new SSL weakness detection.
Event and Alert Notifications
The new event and alert system provides built-in intelligence to notify administrators of system issues: disk space issues, unwanted remote logins, and more.
Internationalization
ClearOS is now available in French, Polish and Russian. New translations and languages will be coming in 2016!.
XFS and BTRFS Filesystem Support
The robust and scalable XFS file system is the new default that provides support for large files (8 exabytes!) and millions of files per folder. Alternatively, BTRFS can be used for those needing snapshot support.
Microsoft® Hyper-V™ Compatibility
ClearOS 7 can now be seamlessly deployed in a Microsoft® Hyper-V™ environment and run well as a Microsoft® Hyper-V™ Server 2012 R2 host as a Generation 2 virtual machine.
Updated Antivirus Engine
The updated antivirus engine includes new PDF processing, updated Microsoft Office document support, a lower memory footprint, and additional decoding support for new file extensions.
Improved Virtualization Support
Disk I/O, network throughput and USB support have been optimized in ClearOS 7 for virtualization technologies such as Microsoft® Hyper-V™, KVM™ and ClearVM™.
New Apps
ClearCenter is excited to announced the official release of ClearOS 7 Business Editions in Q4 2015. And with the announcement the following Apps are either updated or new:
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Microsoft® Active Directory Connector
ClearCenter's Active Directory Connector app is designed to leverage existing Microsoft AD infrastructure and simplify...
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Google® Apps Connector
Google Apps Synchronization app provides a connector to Google's "in the cloud" API. This app simplifies an administrators job by provisioning...
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Samba 4, Directory (Microsoft® Active Directory alternitive)
The Samba Directory app provides the necessary tools for users, groups, accounts and other...
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Dynamic Dashboard
The dashboard app provides a high-level summary of how your system is configured, how it is performing and what users on doing...
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IPv6 Ready
Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) IPv6 provides other technical benefits in addition to a larger addressing space. In particular, it permits hierarchical...
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DNSthingy
DNSthingy gives you granular control over each user’s Internet experience. The following features can be applied network wide, or on a device by device...
Updated ClearOS Marketplace Apps
ClearOS 7 Business Edition debuts many new features and Apps, however has a long list of true and tested Apps for every IT Layer, as seen below.
Cloud
Network
Gateway
Server
System
Reports
With an active community of over 100,000 members, and deployments in over 150 countries (including millions of users), ClearOS continues to lead the market as the #1 small business server. As always, it’s also free, so the world can continue to benefit from its expanding functionality by downloading the latest release below.
Roadmap
ClearOS is continually working to deliver new updates, new features and engage our community for new ideas in Redefining IT. Click here to see our current Roadmap and things being worked on.
Build Your Own App
ClearOS invites 3rd party developers to join the development by offering the ability to package your own ClearOS Marketplace apps. This allows developers to create anything from hobby style home based apps to production ready apps. Apps can be free or paid.
New apps are being created every day which continues to make ClearOS the most versatile Hybrid IT Operating Platform. Download the whitepaper to get started as an app developer; whether it's just for fun or to introduce a new revenue stream.
Cutting Edge Technology
ClearOS 7 Community is a distribution delivering the latest in hybrid IT. This unique Hyrbid IT Operating Platform delivers a framework whereby app-developers are able to build and deploy cutting edge features to broaden the scope of the platform. These systems may have a higher risk of being unreliable and lead adopters to incur greater expense in order to make use of them in production environments. For this reason ClearOS Business delivers only quality tested software combined with automated services and professional support to mitigate this risk of running a 'guinea pig' edition in production settings.
ClearOS 7 Community Pricing
ClearOS is FREE. Yes, you read that correctly.. forever & always free!
FREE SOFTWARE
Community Edition
Includes:
FREE CLEAROS SOFTWARE
ClearOS is a complete FOSS & FLOSS software platform.
Ideal for Code Testing, Linux Experts, App Developers and
Open Source Purists.
Open Source Software - Simplified.
- INCLUDES:
- ClearOS Community Operating System
- 80+ Free Open Source Apps
- Forum Support Only
- Community Driven
- Participates in Beta Code Testing
- Participates in Updates Testing
- Lifecycle Support: 6 months
FREE SUBSCRIPTION
Community Subscription
Includes:
FREE CLEAROS SUBSCRIPTION
A ClearCenter subscription connects ClearOS
to a dynamic SDN (service delivery network)
and enables the ClearOS Marketplace.
- Adds The Following To ClearOS:
- + ClearOS Marketplace
- + Optional Commercial Add-ons
- + Optional Dynamic Cloud Services
- + Automatic Updates (Beta / Upstream)
- + Domain Management Services
Download ClearOS 7 Community
(free subscription included with download)
Use IT. Share IT. Develop IT. Love IT.
ClearOS is open-source and was built to intelligently integrate many technologies, capturing the benefits of many open source projects. The end result is a seamless, simple operating platform built off the most reliable server OS available. ClearOS Community is the pure and free open-source edition. Many who use it develop apps for the ClearOS Marketplace.
If you'd like to contribute to the ongoing development and maintenance of ClearOS, you may consider donating to the ClearFoundation, or using a production ready and quality tested edition of ClearOS; like ClearOS Home or ClearOS Business.
ClearOS Pricing
Open Source Only
Community
Ideal for Code Testing
& Linux Experts
- 80+ Free Open Source Apps
- Forum Support Only
- Community Driven
- Participates in Beta Code Testing
- Participates in Updates Testing
- Lifecycle Support: 6 months
Starting at
Home
Quality Tested
Smart Home Server
- Industry Leading Home Protection
- ClearCARE Support Optional
- Quality Tested Code Only
- Quality Tested Updates Only
- Limited 3rd Party Apps
- Limited Commercial Apps
- Lifecycle Support: 5 years
Starting at
Business
Production Ready
& Professionally Supported
- Complete IT Platform w/ 80+ Apps
- Turn-key On Premise Solutions
- Commercial URLs for Content Filter
- Commercial Signatures for IDS
- Commercial AV / AS Rules
- Remote Backup
- Dynamically Managed VPN
- Lifecycle Support: 5 years
Starting at
Hosted
Turn-Key & Scalable
with Managed Support
- Complete Cloud-based IT Platform
- Turn-key Cloud Solutions
- Business Edition +
- 24x7 Tech-Support
- 24x7 Monitoring
- Scaling Resource Allocation
Select and download which version of ClearOS is right for you. Install on any x86 based system to run all of your IT needs.