CentOS Stream

CentOS Stream

CentOS Stream 10 showing its desktop environment, GNOME 47.
Developer	The CentOS Project (affiliated with Red Hat)
OS family	Linux (Unix-like)
Working state	Current
Source model	Open source
Initial release	24 September 2019; 5 years ago (2019-09-24)[1]
Latest release	10 / December 12, 2024; 50 days ago (2024-12-12).[2]
Repository	gitlab.com/redhat/centos-stream/
Marketing target	Servers, desktop computers, workstations, supercomputers
Update method	Release Candidate
Package manager	dnf (command line); PackageKit (graphical); .rpm (binaries format)
Platforms	x86-64, ARM64, ppc64le and IBM Z
Kernel type	Monolithic (Linux kernel)
Default user interface	Bash, GNOME Shell
License	GNU GPL and other licenses
Preceded by	CentOS
Official website	centos.org

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.^[3] 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,^[6][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,^[9] 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.^[10]

CentOS Stream 10 was released on 12 December 2024.^[2]