Open Source at Oracle
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Apply for your Oracle OCI credits on CNCF projects
- Oracle Cloud Infrastructure credits available to all CNCF projects
- For Ampere-ARM based workloads - amazing energy efficiency and scalable aarch64 cloud shapes
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Right-size GPU and CPU resources for training and inferencing
- Harness advances in Kubernetes to optimize resource allocation
- Prioritize workloads dynamically and efficiently, based on need
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Accelerate Your AI Projects with Oracle’s Managed Open Source Services
On this webinar, explore how fully managed open source solutions such as Jupyter and Kafka, help streamline AI project workflows.
Watch On-Demand - accelerate your AI projects with Oracle's managed open source services.
Featured open source projects
As one of the founding members of the Linux Foundation, the Eclipse Foundation, and the Open Enterprise Linux Association, to name just a few, Oracle has a proud open source track record. Check out a featured subset of Oracle’s contributions.
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GraalVMHigh performance JVM and ahead-of-its-time compiler.
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OpenJDKOpen source implementation of the Java platform.
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MySQLThe world's most popular open source database.
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Oracle LinuxAn open and complete operating environment.
Explore more open source projects at Oracle
Oracle at KubeCon 2025 – From Communities to the Podium
We’re thrilled to be part of the cloud native and open source communities gathering in London for KubeCon 2025. At the Oracle booth, we’ll showcase how organizations like Oracle Red Bull Racing—alongside numerous CNCF projects—are leveraging Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) and open source technologies to drive innovation and stay competitive.
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Open Source FAQ
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How long has Oracle been involved with Open Source?
Oracle’s commitment to open source began long ago, in 1998. Today, Oracle is involved in many major open-source projects, including Linux, MySQL, OpenJDK, GraalVM, VirtualBox, and others. It is also one of the founding members of the Linux Foundation, the Eclipse Foundation, Open Enterprise Linux Association, and the Java Community Process.
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How active is Oracle with Open Source?
Our open-source development takes place on GitHub - Our projects receive more than 3,000 pull requests every month, across 1,400+ repositories from 5,000+ contributors.
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Where can I find a list of Oracle GitHub organizations?
Comprehensive details can be found on Oracle's GitHub
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What is the ‘Oracle Contributor Agreement’ and why is it important?
The Oracle Contributor Agreement gives Oracle and the contributor joint copyright interests in the code. The contributor retains copyrights while also granting those rights to Oracle as the project sponsor. You only need to sign the OCA once to cover all changes that you might contribute to any Oracle-sponsored open-source project. Find out more here.
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