More information about VMware open source initiatives can be found here. VMware continues to develop and open source new technologies, contribute to existing open source projects, and leverage many of them in the Tanzu platform. Building open source software and contributing to the community is central to VMware’s engineering and innovation. Tanzu Kubernetes Grid, available as a free download, offers a conformant Kubernetes runtime solution built on open source, offers capabilities similar to Tanzu Community Edition, and provides a frictionless upgrade path to commercial Tanzu offerings. Why is this happening?Ĭloud native practitioners value free and easy access to a version of Tanzu software with which they can experiment and explore.

Users can download Tanzu Kubernetes Grid here. What is happening with VMware Tanzu Community Edition?Īcting on insights gained through community engagement over the past year, VMware has decided to offer a free download of VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid in place of VMware Tanzu Community Edition software and to retire the Tanzu Community Edition open source project.

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