| CentOS Stream | |
| Logo Size: | 300px |
| Developer: | The CentOS Project (affiliated with Red Hat) |
| Family: | Linux (Unix-like) |
| Working State: | Current |
| Source Model: | Open source |
| Released: | [1] |
| Marketing Target: | Servers, desktop computers, workstations, supercomputers |
| Update Model: | Release Candidate |
| Latest Release Version: | 9 |
| Latest Release Date: | .[2] |
| Package Manager: | dnf (command line); PackageKit (graphical); .rpm (binaries format) |
| Supported Platforms: | x86-64, ARM64, ppc64le and IBM Z |
| Kernel Type: | Monolithic (Linux kernel) |
| Preceded By: | CentOS |
| Ui: | Bash, GNOME Shell |
| License: | GNU GPL and other licenses |
CentOS Stream is a community enterprise Linux distribution that exists as a midstream between the upstream development in Fedora Linux and the downstream development for Red Hat Enterprise Linux.[3] CentOS Stream is being used by Meta Platforms (known for Facebook and WhatsApp)[4] [5] and Twitter.[6]
The initial release, CentOS Stream 8, was released on 24 September 2019, at the same time as CentOS 8. As CentOS 8 became unsupported, the CentOS Project provided a simple means of converting from CentOS Linux 8 to CentOS Stream 8.[7] On 13 January 2021, CentOS board approved the creation of Hyperscale SIG proposed by Meta Platforms, Twitter, and Verizon engineers,[8] which focus on enabling CentOS Stream deployment on large-scale infrastructures and facilitating collaboration on packages and tooling.
CentOS Stream 9 was released on 3 December 2021, with support of IBM Z architecture.
In 2023, Red Hat announced that CentOS 7 and CentOS Stream 8 will be discontinued in 2024 in order to focus on Red Hat Enterprise Linux development. CentOS Stream 9 was given as one possible migration path.[9]
| Version | Release date | End-Of-Life | Kernel | Architectures | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-09-24 | 4.18.0 | x86-64, ARM64, ppc64le | |||
| 2021-12-03 | [10] | 5.14.0 | x86-64, ARM64, ppc64le, s390x | ||