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**openbalena is an open source platform to manage IoT and edge device fleets at scale.**
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## Highlights
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- **Simple provisioning**: Adding devices to your fleet is a breeze
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- **Easy updates**: Remotely update the software on your devices with a single command
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- **Container-based**: Benefit from the power of virtualization, optimized for the edge
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- **Scalable**: Deploy and manage one device, or one million
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- **Powerful API & SDK**: Extend openBalena to fit your needs
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- **Built-in VPN**: Access your devices regardless of their network environment
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## Motivation
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openbalena is a platform that helps you deploy and manage connected devices. Devices run [balenaOS][balena-os-website], a host operating system designed for running containers on IoT devices, and are managed via the [balena CLI][balena-cli], which you can use to configure your application containers, push updates, check status, view logs, and more.
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openbalena’s backend services, composed of battle-tested components that we’ve run in production on [balenaCloud][balena-cloud-website] for years, can store device information securely and reliably, allow remote management via a built-in VPN service, and efficiently distribute container images to your devices.
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To learn more about openbalena, visit [balena.io/open][open-balena-website].
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### Setup and Configuration
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Our [Getting Started guide][getting-started] is the most direct path to getting an openbalena installation up and running and successfully deploying your application to your device(s).
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### Compatibility
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The current release of openBalena has the following minimum version requirements:
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- balenaOS v2.58.3
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- balena CLI v12.38.5
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If you are updating from previous openBalena versions, ensure you update the balena
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CLI and reprovision any devices to at least the minimum required versions in order
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for them to be fully compatible with this release, as some features may not work.
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### Documentation
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While we're still working on the project documentation, please refer to the
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[balenaCloud documentation][documentation]. BalenaCloud is built on top of
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openBalena, so the core concepts and functionality is identical. The following
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sections are of particular interest:
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- [Overview / A balena primer](https://balena.io/docs/learn/welcome/primer)
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- [Overview / Core Concepts](https://balena.io/docs/learn/welcome/concepts)
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- [Overview / Going to production](https://balena.io/docs/learn/welcome/production-plan)
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- [Develop / Define a container](https://balena.io/docs/learn/develop/dockerfile)
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- [Develop / Multiple containers](https://balena.io/docs/learn/develop/multicontainer)
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- [Develop / Runtime](https://balena.io/docs/learn/develop/runtime)
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- [Develop / Interact with hardware](https://balena.io/docs/learn/develop/hardware)
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- [Deploy / Optimize your builds](https://balena.io/docs/learn/deploy/build-optimization)
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- [Reference](https://balena.io/docs/reference)
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- [FAQ](https://balena.io/docs/faq/troubleshooting/faq)
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### License
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openbalena is licensed under the terms of AGPL v3. See [LICENSE](LICENSE) for details.
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[balena-cli]: https://github.com/balena-io/balena-cli
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[balena-cloud-website]: https://balena.io/cloud
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[balena-engine]: https://github.com/balena-os/balena-engine
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[balena-os-website]: https://balena.io/os
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[balena-os]: https://github.com/balena-os/meta-balena
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[balena-sdk]: https://github.com/balena-io/balena-sdk
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[documentation]: https://balena.io/docs/learn/welcome/introduction/
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[forums]: https://forums.balena.io/c/open-balena
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[getting-started]: https://balena.io/open/docs/getting-started
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[issue-tracker]: https://github.com/balena-io/open-balena/issues
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[open-balena-api]: https://github.com/balena-io/open-balena-api
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[open-balena-db]: https://github.com/balena-io/open-balena-db
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[open-balena-registry]: https://github.com/balena-io/open-balena-registry
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[open-balena-s3]: https://github.com/balena-io/open-balena-s3
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[open-balena-vpn]: https://github.com/balena-io/open-balena-vpn
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[open-balena-website]: https://balena.io/open
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[pulls]: https://github.com/balena-io/open-balena/pulls
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