What openEuler does

openEuler is an open-source operating system project incubated and operated by the OpenAtom Foundation, providing digital infrastructure software for server, cloud, edge, and embedded computing scenarios. The platform supports six processor architectures (Arm, x86, RISC-V, LoongArch, PowerPC, and SW-64) and ships as both LTS and innovation releases, distributing community editions free of charge through openeuler.org while commercial distributions are handled by ecosystem partners such as Kylinsoft and UnionTech.

The core technology stack comprises the openEuler OS plus six proprietary innovation projects: StratoVirt (cloud virtualization), A-Tune (AI-based performance optimization), iSula (lightweight containers), secGear (confidential computing toolkit), pkgship (package dependency management), and BiSheng JDK (high-performance OpenJDK distribution). Governance is structured through an Advisory Committee, the openEuler Committee (chaired by Huawei's Xiong Wei), Technical Committee, Marketing Committee, User Committee, and working groups covering Service Development, Operations, Education, Legal Affairs, AI, and Globalization.

The business model is community-led: no direct revenue is generated from open-source downloads, with value captured by commercial ecosystem partners who provide supported distributions. Go-to-market relies on developer relations, city user groups (oEUG), SIG-driven development, and partnerships with the Linux Foundation, Zephyr Project, OPEA, RISC-V International, and OpenInfra Foundation. Customers span Finance, Carrier, Energy, Logistics, Cloud, and Education sectors, with named adopters including China Southern Power Grid and commercial partners serving enterprise and government infrastructure deployments.

Name

openEuler

Legal name

OpenAtom openEuler

Website

https://openeuler.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

openEuler is an open-source operating system project under the OpenAtom Foundation, supporting server, cloud, edge, and embedded computing across six processor architectures and serving enterprise, government, and developer communities globally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Shenzhen

HQ country

China

HQ region

Asia

Offices12 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Community Open Source Distribution: openEuler community versions (LTS and innovation releases) are provided free of charge as open-source downloads. Revenue is not directly generated from community downloads; instead, commercial ecosystem partners create value-added supported distributions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

openEuler is an open-source operating system for digital infrastructure, providing server, cloud, edge, and embedded OS support across six processor architectures (Arm, x86, RISC-V, LoongArch, PowerPC, SW-64). Distributed through free community LTS and innovation releases from openeuler.org, with commercial supported distributions provided by ecosystem partners.

Product overview

openEuler is an open-source operating system project for digital infrastructure, incubated by the OpenAtom Foundation. The core product is the openEuler OS, which supports servers, cloud, edge computing, and embedded scenarios across multiple processor architectures. The ecosystem includes original open-source innovation projects: StratoVirt (virtualization platform), A-Tune (AI optimization engine), iSula (container solution), secGear (confidential computing toolkit), pkgship (package dependency manager), and BiSheng JDK (OpenJDK distribution). The community also provides training and certification programs including HCIA-openEuler. Governance is structured through an Advisory Committee, openEuler Committee, Technical Committee, Marketing Committee, User Committee, and specialized working groups for AI, operations, education, legal affairs, and globalization.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• StratoVirt: A virtual machine monitor for cloud data center virtualization
• A-Tune
• secGear

Products and services

• openEuler Operating System An open-source operating system for digital infrastructure, supporting servers, cloud, edge computing, and embedded scenarios across multiple processor architectures (Arm, x86, RISC-V, LoongArch, PowerPC, SW-64). Distributed through community releases (LTS and Innovation versions) and commercial releases by ecosystem partners.
• StratoVirt An enterprise-level virtualization platform for cloud data centers, providing lightweight and secure virtual machine capabilities for cloud workloads.
• A-Tune An AI-based intelligent optimization engine that automatically tunes system performance parameters based on workload analysis and pattern recognition.
• iSula A lightweight container solution providing fast, secure, and resource-efficient container runtime for cloud-native workloads.
• secGear A confidential computing security application development suite for the computing industry, enabling secure execution environments for sensitive workloads.
• pkgship A tool for managing OS software package dependencies, providing complete dependency and reverse-dependency graph queries.
• BiSheng JDK An OpenJDK-based JDK distribution, derived from Huawei JDK, offering a high-performance, production-ready OpenJDK implementation.
• HCIA-openEuler Certification Training Huawei certification openEuler engineer online course providing structured learning and certification for openEuler proficiency.

Quantifiable outcome

• Supports 6 diverse processor architectures across 4 deployment scenarios (server, cloud, edge, embedded)
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability1 record

Feature6 records

Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Zephyr ProjectminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 5 February 2026openEuler expanded its involvement as an Associate Member of the Zephyr Project (Linux Foundation), deepening collaboration in embedded and edge computing. The Zephyr Project is an open-source RTOS for embedded devices supporting over 900 boards with contributions from nearly 800 developers. openEuler's Associate Membership signals engagement in embedded ecosystem standardization.
• Linux FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartneropenEuler is an Associate Member of the Linux Foundation. The Linux Foundation provides the umbrella for the Zephyr Project (where openEuler participates) and other collaborative projects. openEuler operates under the OpenAtom Foundation which collaborates with Linux Foundation on open-source standards and ecosystem growth.
• OpenChainminorStrategic or Co-development PartneropenEuler collaborates with OpenChain on open-source compliance standards, ensuring proper license compliance across the ecosystem.
• OpenInfra FoundationminorStrategic or Co-development PartneropenEuler collaborates with the OpenInfra Foundation on open infrastructure standards and reference architectures.
• Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHuawei is the Chairperson of the openEuler Committee and a founding/organizing member of the openEuler community. Huawei contributed the original openEuler project and continues to be a primary contributor. Huawei's Kunpeng ecosystem and openEuler are deeply integrated. Xiong Wei from Huawei serves as Chairperson of the openEuler Committee.
• Kylinsoft Co., Ltd.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKylinsoft Co., Ltd. (Han Naiping) is a Standing Committee Member of the openEuler Committee. Kylinsoft provides a commercial distribution based on openEuler and actively contributes to the community.
• UnionTech Software Technology Co., Ltd.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUnionTech Software (Zhang Lei) is a Standing Committee Member of the openEuler Committee, contributing to the community governance and ecosystem development.
• Hygon Information Technology Co., Ltd.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHygon Information Technology (Yang Jiguo) is a Committee Member of the openEuler Committee, contributing to the community governance.
• Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of SciencescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInstitute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Qu Sheng) is a Standing Committee Member of the openEuler Committee, representing academic and research contributions to the community.
• China Southern Power GridcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerChina Southern Power Grid (Yu Li) is a Committee Member of the openEuler Committee, representing the energy sector's adoption and contribution to openEuler.
• iSoftStone Information Technology (Group) Co., Ltd.coreStrategic or Co-development PartneriSoftStone Information Technology (Gao Pei) is a Committee Member of the openEuler Committee, contributing to the community governance.
• Intel China Ltd.coreTechnology or IntegrationIntel China Ltd. (Tian Jun) is a Committee Member of the openEuler Committee, contributing to architecture support and integration, particularly for x86 architecture optimization.
• Hunan Kylinsec Technology Co., Ltd.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHunan Kylinsec Technology (Liu Wenqing) is a Standing Committee Member of the openEuler Committee, contributing to the community governance and security-related initiatives.
• Jiangsu HopeRun Software Co., Ltd.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJiangsu HopeRun Software (Yu Ping) is a Committee Member of the openEuler Committee, contributing to the community governance.
• OpenAtom FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartneropenEuler is incubated and operated by the OpenAtom Foundation (openatom.cn), which provides governance, legal frameworks, trademark management, and operational infrastructure for the community.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• AlmaLinux: AlmaLinux is a community-driven, binary-compatible RHEL replacement built to fill the CentOS gap. It targets enterprise Linux workloads and competes for the same downstream community distribution role that openEuler plays for Kylinsoft and UnionTech.
• Rocky Linux: Rocky Linux is another community-led RHEL-compatible distribution targeting enterprise server workloads. Like AlmaLinux, it competes with openEuler for the same downstream enterprise Linux replacement use cases, particularly outside China.

Broad incumbents

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL): Red Hat Enterprise Linux, owned by IBM, is the leading commercial enterprise Linux distribution for servers, cloud, and edge workloads. It directly competes with openEuler in server and cloud scenarios and sets the bar on enterprise certifications, ISV support, and global commercial ecosystems.
• CentOS Stream / Fedora: CentOS Stream (Red Hat) and Fedora represent the upstream community editions of Red Hat's commercial Linux stack. They compete with openEuler's community LTS and Innovation releases for developer mind share and downstream distributions.
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server: SUSE Linux Enterprise is a longstanding enterprise Linux distribution competing with both RHEL and openEuler in server and cloud infrastructure markets. SUSE's multi-architecture support (incl. RISC-V, Arm) and European government/government-adjacent positioning make it a relevant global alternative.

Direct peers

• UnionTech OS (UOS): UnionTech is both a Standing Committee member of the openEuler community and a competing desktop/server OS vendor in China with its own UOS distribution. This dual role makes it a particularly close peer — overlapping governance and competing commercially.
• Anolis OS (Alibaba Cloud): Anolis OS is Alibaba Cloud's open-source Linux distribution targeting server, cloud, and edge workloads with multi-architecture support. It is one of the most direct domestic rivals to openEuler in the Chinese open-source enterprise OS space.
• openSUSE: openSUSE is the community upstream of SUSE Linux Enterprise, organized as an open-source project with governance and contributor communities. openEuler mirrors this community-upstream-to-commercial-downstream structure for Kylinsoft and other partner distributions.
• Ubuntu (Canonical): Ubuntu is one of the most widely deployed Linux distributions for servers, cloud, edge, and IoT/embedded, supporting multiple CPU architectures. Canonical's commercial support model and cloud-native positioning make it a direct functional analog to openEuler's community-plus-partner commercial model.
• Debian GNU/Linux: Debian is a community-driven Linux distribution that underpins many downstream commercial products (including Ubuntu). openEuler parallels Debian's model of a foundation-led community project on which commercial ecosystem partners build supported distributions.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/openeuler
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/openeuler

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles21 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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