Kylinsec

What Kylinsec does

Kylinsec (麒麟信安; legal name: Hunan Kylinsec Technology Co., Ltd.; SSE STAR: 688152) is a Chinese domestic operating system and cloud infrastructure software provider headquartered in Changsha, Hunan. Founded in 2015 and listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange Science and Technology Board in 2022 as China's "first listed domestic OS company," Kylinsec develops secure operating systems and related infrastructure software for national critical information infrastructure. Its product portfolio is organized across four lines: (1) Kylinsec OS — server, desktop, embedded, and industrial operating systems built on the openEuler community LTS, with proprietary value-added modules including high-availability clustering, storage multipath, and security auditing; (2) Kylinsec Cloud — cloud desktop (unified VDI/IDV/TCI architecture), cloud platform (server virtualization), intelligent O&M, and cloud terminal hardware, supported by a "one cloud, multiple chips" capability covering Kunpeng, Feiteng, Loongson, Haiguang, Zhaoxin, and Shenwei CPUs; (3) Information Security — the Tianji storage encryption system and secure storage WeChat mini-program; and (4) AI Computing — an integrated AI computing appliance launched in late 2025 with a large model management platform.

Kylinsec's customer base spans power grid operators (State Grid, China Southern Power Grid, with cumulative deployments exceeding 300,000 OS instances in the power sector alone), aerospace command and control systems (10,000+ deployments), energy (PetroChina), finance (People's Bank of China branches, Changsha Bank, Sanxia Bank, Zhongtai Securities, Shanghai Stock Exchange, China UnionPay), government, education (200+ universities), healthcare, and transportation. The company holds Level 4 information security certification from the Ministry of Public Security (verified eight consecutive times), Classified Information System Product Testing Certificates, and CNNVD vulnerability management recognition, and is designated a national "specialized, refined, distinctive, and innovative" little giant enterprise.

Revenue is generated primarily through enterprise direct sales and a multi-tiered channel partner ecosystem (national distributors, industry solution providers, regional agents, OEM partners, embedded partners) covering all 31 Chinese provinces. Pricing is project-based with multi-year contracts; the company does not publicly disclose list pricing. Revenue streams include OS product licensing, technical services, CentOS migration and security hardening services, cloud products, and training/certification fees. Kylinsec maintains wholly-owned subsidiaries in Beijing, Shanghai, Xi'an, Nanjing, Guangzhou, Changchun, Urumqi, and Chongqing for regional sales, R&D, and technical support.

Name

Kylinsec

Legal name

湖南麒麟信安科技股份有限公司

Website

https://kylinsec.com.cn

Company type

Public

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Kylinsec (SSE STAR: 688152) is a Chinese domestic operating system and cloud infrastructure provider serving critical information infrastructure customers in power, government, finance, defense, and education, built on the openEuler community with Level 4 security certifications.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Enterprise Operating Systems

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518210)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

Container Platforms & Orchestration (Kubernetes) (HDABADAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Cloud Security for Containers & Kubernetes (KSPM/Kubernetes Security) (HDABAHAO)

Keywords

• Enterprise operating systems
• Cloud desktop virtualization
• Information security software
• Data storage encryption
• Domestic IT infrastructure

Headquarters

HQ city

Changsha

HQ country

China

HQ region

Asia

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. 操作系统产品销售与技术服务: 麒麟信安专注于国家关键信息基础设施领域相关技术的研发与应用，主要从事操作系统产品研发及技术服务，核心收入来源为操作系统产品授权、技术服务和支持
2. 云计算产品与解决方案: 以操作系统为根技术创新发展云计算产品，包括云桌面系统、云平台系统、智能运维系统等，形成软件产品加技术服务的一体化解决方案
3. 信息安全产品: 基于操作系统的信息安全产品线，包括天机存储加密系统、安全存储微信小程序等，为客户提供数据安全保护能力
4. CentOS迁移与安全加固服务: 为企业提供CentOS系统迁移到国产操作系统的专业服务，包括兼容性评估、系统迁移实施、安全加固等技术服务
5. 培训认证服务: 面向客户与渠道伙伴开放官方培训通道，提供操作系统技术、云桌面技术、销售能力等认证培训和考试认证服务

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Kylinsec develops and sells domestic operating systems (server, desktop, embedded, industrial editions) based on the openEuler community, along with cloud infrastructure products (cloud desktop, cloud platform, cloud applications, intelligent O&M, cloud terminals) and information security products (Tianji storage encryption system). The company targets critical national infrastructure sectors including power grids, government, finance, defense, aerospace, education, healthcare, and transportation.

Product overview

Kylinsec (麒麟信安, 湖南麒麟信安科技股份有限公司, stock code: 688152) is a domestic operating system and cloud infrastructure software provider offering a four-product-line portfolio: (1) Kylinsec OS — server, desktop, embedded, and industrial operating systems based on openEuler with proprietary security and high-availability modules; (2) Kylinsec Cloud — cloud desktop (VDI/IDV/TCI), cloud platform (server virtualization), cloud applications, intelligent O&M, and cloud terminals, unified under a 'one cloud multiple chips' architecture; (3) Information Security — Tianji storage encryption system and security storage WeChat mini-program providing data-at-rest encryption and access control; and (4) AI Computing — intelligent computing all-in-one machine based on a large model management platform. Kylinsec OS serves as the foundational secure base for the cloud and security products. The company also provides numerous industry-specific solution packages for finance, power, education, healthcare, government, and public security sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Kylinsec OS Server Edition (麒麟信安操作系统服务器版)

Quantifiable outcome

• 国家电网累计部署10+万套操作系统，南方电网累计部署1.5+万套
• +8 more outcomes

Named customers18 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature10 records

Partnerships

19 partnerships are on record, tiered major and core.

• 绿盟科技majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 27 March 2026聚焦安全领域战略合作，合力筑牢关键信息基础设施安全防线，共同推进网络安全技术创新
• 宝兰德majorTechnology or Integration · 27 March 2026以基础软件深度协同，夯实数字中国发展根基，在中间件等基础软件领域开展产品兼容合作
• 电科金仓majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 27 March 2026国产基础软件强强联合，麒麟信安操作系统与电科金仓数据库开展深度战略合作，共同构建自主创新数据库生态
• 沐曦集成电路majorTechnology or Integration · 27 March 2026麒麟信安服务器操作系统与沐曦曦云C系列GPU完成产品兼容性互认证，国产软硬件协同生态进一步完善
• AMDcoreTechnology or Integration · 28 November 2025AMD作为openEuler社区新成员加入，在AI加速计算领域与openEuler展开合作，麒麟信安作为openEuler核心参与者间接受益于该合作
• Inspur Cloud (Inspur)coreTechnology or Integration · 28 November 2025Inspur Cloud作为openEuler社区新成员加入，openEuler发布首个SuperPoD-Ready OS支持AI工作负载
• Digital ChinacoreTechnology or Integration · 28 November 2025Digital China作为openEuler社区新成员加入，共同推进开源操作系统生态
• 伟仕佳杰coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 9 September 2025麒麟信安与伟仕佳杰签署战略合作协议，围绕服务器操作系统及桌面虚拟化产品在党政、教育、金融、医疗等重点行业开展深度合作，共同推进国产化信息技术解决方案的创新研发与规模化落地
• 真视通coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 April 2025麒麟信安与真视通正式签署战略合作协议，携手共推国产智算建设加速发展，共同探索智能计算在各行业的应用落地
• 海光信息技术股份有限公司coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 April 2025麒麟信安与海光信息战略签约，整合优势资源构建深度协同创新体系，聚焦核心信息技术领域开展联合攻关，共同推进国产计算生态发展
• 中教汇控majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 April 2025麒麟信安与中教汇控达成战略合作，共绘教育信息化新蓝图，在教育行业数字化转型领域开展深度合作
• 智慧眼majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 April 2025强强联合探索AI+操作系统融合新路径，依托双方在人工智能与操作系统领域的技术积淀与行业经验，构建长期战略合作关系
• 新智惠想majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 April 2025共建安全可控大模型AI底座，麒麟信安操作系统为AI应用提供安全底座支撑，助力国产化升级
• 景嘉微coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 April 2025麒麟信安与景嘉微达成战略合作，携手树立电力核心系统全自主GPU虚拟化应用新标杆，在GPU虚拟化领域开展深度合作
• 华为coreTechnology or Integration华为智能计算优选解决方案伙伴，基于鲲鹏平台开展深度合作，推出麒麟信安操作系统V3（欧拉版）、云桌面系统、轻量级云平台等产品，完成华为云（鲲鹏）认证，加入华为凌云伙伴计划
• openEuler社区coreTechnology or IntegrationopenEuler是华为推进鲲鹏计算产业的关键开源社区，麒麟信安基于openEuler构建商业版操作系统，深度参与内核、安全、虚拟化等核心SIG组共建
• 龙芯中科majorTechnology or Integration成为龙芯生态适配联盟成员单位，完成操作系统、云桌面等系列产品对龙芯平台的兼容适配认证，合作推进自主CPU生态发展
• 百信majorTechnology or Integration与百信恒山系列服务器（鲲鹏）完成互认证，麒麟安全服务器操作系统V3、麒麟云桌面系统与百信服务器产品兼容运行稳定
• 麒麟信安人工智能孵化器majorOthers麒麟信安人工智能孵化器于2025年10月正式揭牌运营，为全省AI创业者搭建顶级展示与成长平台，聚焦大模型、机器视觉、智能决策等领域创业项目孵化

Scale indicators15 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Others

• openEuler Community (Huawei): Upstream open-source community whose LTS kernels form the technical foundation for Kylinsec's enterprise OS. Not a direct seller but the upstream supplier whose roadmap, support terms, and ecosystem contributions materially shape Kylinsec's product evolution and partner network (AMD, Inspur Cloud, Digital China membership).
• Loongson (龙芯中科): Domestic CPU vendor and strategic partner; both firms cooperate as part of Loongson's ecosystem alliance for OS-CPU adaptation. Loongson is not a competing OS provider but is critical infrastructure: customers often procure Loongson-based servers bundled with Kylinsec OS, making coordination commercially consequential.

Broad incumbents

• Sangfor Technologies (深信服): Leading Chinese cloud-desktop and virtualization vendor with overlapping aCloud, desktop cloud, and cybersecurity products serving similar SOE and government accounts. Closest commercial analog in the cloud-desktop category where Kylinsec directly competes for tender wins.
• Red Hat (IBM): Global incumbent in enterprise Linux (RHEL) and OpenShift container platform with comparable commercial support, certification, and CentOS-to-RHEL migration paths. Functionally comparable in product depth but operates in markets where Chinese SOEs and regulators prefer a domestic alternative like Kylinsec.
• Inspur (浪潮): Domestic server hardware leader and openEuler ecosystem partner, increasingly bundling its own server OS and cloud platform with hardware. Competes for similar infrastructure modernization contracts in power, finance, and government; Inspur's recent openEuler membership and SuperPoD-Ready initiatives intensify convergence with Kylinsec's offering.
• H3C / New H3C (新华三): Major Chinese server and infrastructure vendor offering UIS cloud, CAS virtualization, and increasingly competing OS/cloud-desktop solutions to government and large enterprise customers. Significant overlap with Kylinsec's server OS, cloud platform, and cloud desktop categories in tender processes.

Direct peers

• Kirin Software (麒麟软件): China's largest domestic operating system vendor (Kylin OS family), serving the same party/government, power, finance, and defense verticals with server and desktop OS products. Both companies bid for the same Xinchuang procurement contracts, and Kirin is Kylinsec's most direct competitor in the certified Level-4 OS market.
• UnionTech (统信软件, UOS): Provider of UOS desktop and server operating systems widely deployed across Chinese SOEs and government agencies. Overlaps directly with Kylinsec's core OS-plus-cloud-desktop offering for the same Xinchuang-mandated customer base, often competing head-to-head in tender processes.

Emerging players

• Anolis OS (Alibaba Cloud): Cloud-native and server-focused open-source distribution sponsored by Alibaba Cloud, targeting similar Chinese enterprise and cloud workloads. Competes with Kylinsec primarily in cloud and hyperscale private cloud segments where Alibaba has strong commercial leverage.

Regional players

• China Standard Software (中标软件): Historic Chinese Linux server OS vendor (NeoKylin) that has consolidated with Kirin Software. Remains a comparable in Xinchuang procurement where alternative domestic server OS offerings are evaluated; useful as a reference point for pricing and certification positioning.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance9 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Subsidiaries8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments1 record

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