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[H1] Enterprise Linux, the community way.
Rocky Linux is an open-source enterprise operating system designed to be 100% bug-for-bug compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux®. Rocky Linux is under intensive development by the community.DownloadMigrateA Registered Digital Public Good
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[H2] STABLE, PRODUCTION READY LINUX
Rock solid, no matter the use-case.Rocky Linux rebuilds sources directly from RHEL®, so you can bet your best dollar that you'll have a super stable experience, no matter the use-case.Production ReadyRocky Linux is enterprise-ready, providing solid stability with regular updates and a 10-year support lifecycle, all at no cost.Community SupportedThe community, sponsors, and partners have invested with long-term commitments to ensure the project stays with the community.Easy MigrationMigrate from other Enterprise Linux distributions without sweating it. We provide an easy-to-use migration script, free of charge.
[H2] Releases
Track current and upcoming Rocky Linux releases.10.2Building10.2UpstreamBuildingTestingSyncingReleasedRocky Linux 10.2 is currently building. Release assets are not yet suitable for general testing.9.8Building9.8UpstreamBuildingTestingSyncingReleasedRocky Linux 9.8 is currently building. Release assets are not yet suitable for general testing.10.1Released10.1UpstreamBuildingTestingSyncingReleasedRocky Linux 10.1 is fully released and available from the Downloads page.9.7Released9.7UpstreamBuildingTestingSyncingReleasedRocky Linux 9.7 is fully released and available from the Downloads page.8.10Released8.10UpstreamBuildingTestingSyncingReleasedRocky Linux 8.10 is fully released and available from the Downloads page.
[H2] Latest News
We regularly share updates with the community about what's happening. Here's the latest.
[H3] Rocky Linux Introduces a Security Repository and Why That Matters
May 14, 2026Rocky Linux was built on a promise: stay in lockstep with upstream Enterprise Linux. No surprises, no forks, no going rogue. That stability is exactly...
[H3] Introducing the Rocky Linux security repository and a hotfix for Dirty Frag
May 12, 2026Rocky Linux has always held stability and upstream compatibility as core commitments. That means following the Enterprise Linux release cadence, not g...
[H3] CopyFail (CVE-2026-31431): kernel patches now available for Rocky Linux
May 11, 2026Patches are available now for Rocky Linux 8.10, 9.7, and 10.1 addressing a high-severity local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Linux kernel....
[H3] Rocky Linux community survey 2026 -- results and what comes next
May 11, 2026A few weeks ago we put out a short survey asking contributors past and present to tell us where things stand. We kept it simple on purpose: fewer ques...
[H3] Rocky Linux and Age Verification
April 1, 2026
In recent months, open source projects have had to ask themselves what to do about the legislation requiring age verification, identity checks,...
[H3] Rocky Linux 9.7 Available Now
December 1, 2025We are pleased to announce the general availability of Rocky Linux 9.7. Updated installation media, container images, cloud images, and live images ar...
[H2] Backed By
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CIQ45 DrivesAdvanced Clustering Technologies
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ARMAWS
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MontaVista
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NAVER Cloud
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OpenDrives
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Rakuten Symphony
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RISC-V International
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Supermicro
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UptimeRobotVMware

[H2] Download
Download the latest Rocky Linux versions here.
[H2] Get Involved
As you download and use Rocky Linux, the Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation invites you to be a part of the community as a contributor. There are many ways to contribute to the project, from documentation, QA, and testing to coding changes for SIGs, providing mirroring or hosting, and helping other users.
[H2] Export Compliance/Customs Information
By downloading Rocky Linux software, you acknowledge that you understand all of the following:Rocky Linux software and technical information may be subject to the U.S. Export Administration Regulations (the "EAR") and other U.S. and foreign laws and may not be exported, re-exported or transferred (a) to a prohibited destination country under the EAR or U.S. sanctions regulations (currently Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, Syria, and the Crimea Region of Ukraine, subject to change as posted by the United States government); (b) to any prohibited destination or to any end user who has been prohibited from participating in U.S. export transactions by any federal agency of the U.S. government; or (c) for use in connection with the design, development or production of nuclear, chemical or biological weapons, or rocket systems, space launch vehicles, or sounding rockets, or unmanned air vehicle systems.Rocky Linux in source code and binary code form is publicly available and is not subject to the EAR in accordance with §740.17(b)(1).ProductRocky Linux. Includes Rocky Linux Project "Special Interest Group" repositories.ECCN5D992.cLicense ExceptionMass Market §740.17(b)(1)CCATSN/AERNN/A

[H1] Licensing
All elements of the Rocky Linux operating system that are developed by Contributors to the Rocky Linux project are licensed and made available to you under the BSD 3-Clause license.
[H3] Begin 3-Clause BSD License
Copyright 2021 Rocky Linux Project Authors.
Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
Neither the name of the copyright holder nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission.
THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOOD OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
[H3] End 3-Clause BSD License
Note: The Rocky Linux operating system includes a number of pre-existing software components, each of which is governed by its own open source license and is made available to you under the terms of such applicable license. You are responsible for reviewing and complying with the terms of the licenses for those applicable software components. To obtain a list of applicable components and their corresponding software licenses, run the command:
rpm -qa --qf '%{NAME} - %{LICENSE}\n'
[H2] Additional Licenses
[H3] Website Content
All content on this website (rockylinux.org) is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

[H1] Privacy Policy
Last Updated: December 9th, 2021
This Privacy Policy describes the information we collect from you, how we use that information and our legal basis for doing so. This Privacy Policy applies to the information that we obtain through your use of Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation websites, and services, including its subdomains chat.rockylinux.org, wiki.rockylinux.org, git.rockylinux.org, pm.rockylinux.org, etc. (collectively, the "Services"), and about our volunteers, sponsors, partners, and users.
Unless explicitly noted, this Privacy Policy does not cover 3rd party services or mirror sites used by Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation.
[H2] Who are we?
Rocky Linux is an open source project brought to you by the Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation as well as many other contributors around the globe. If you have any questions about this privacy policy, please contact our privacy team at privacy@resf.org. We will never sell your personal data to anyone and we strongly believe in the right to privacy and anonymity.
[H2] What Data Do We Collect and Receive?
In order for us to both provide and maintain our Services, we collect certain information, including through Plausible for analytics on our websites. You may view the analytics we collect for this website here, as well as our documentation website here. Depending on your use of the Services, we may collect the following information:
Information you provide when you contact us – for example, when you ask for support, send us questions or comments, or report a problem, we will collect any information you provide to us, at a minimum including your email address, and message. We use this data in connection with answering the queries we receive.
Usage data – when you use or visit any of our sites or services (e.g. YUM/DNF), unless explicitly noted, we do collect your IP address, browser user agent, operating system, geolocation, and referring website (when applicable). We log this data in order to maintain metrics, troubleshoot and maintain our services.
Information you provide when you create an account – when you sign up for and open an account on our account services page, chat service, or forum we may ask you to provide us with information such as your name, email address and other details. As otherwise detailed in this Privacy Policy, we will process this information to provide you with the service you signed up for.
Information to authenticate to our services – We store the IP address used to authenticate to our services.
User activity data for RESF-hosted applications – Any data voluntarily provided to us through the use of RESF-provided services, including, but not limited to, user profile information, communication history, and direct messages. We use this data for the functionality of 3rd Party Service Providers listed below and for purposes of the RESF.
Information you provide as a contributor and/or user – We may collect information according to the type of contribution you provide. For example, if you are voluntarily testing our images or reporting bugs to us, in order to reproduce, troubleshoot, or validate those bugs, we may record things such as your operating system version, the system specifications of your computer (CPU, RAM, other hardware details), or packages and software versions installed on your computer.
[H2] Sharing of Data
We share information collected about you with certain selected third parties ("3rd Party Service Providers") listed below.
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In addition to the above list of recipients, we may also share your information (i) with mirror sites, (ii) with service providers, including providers of professional advisory services, (iii) when required by a valid subpoena or court order, or as otherwise required by applicable law, regulation, legal or judicial process, (iv) in connection with an asset sale, merger, bankruptcy or other business transaction, (v) to enforce any applicable terms of service or agreements, (vi) to ensure the safety and security of our Services and users, and (vii) when you request we share certain information with third parties.
We do not sell information collected about you.
[H2] Do Not Track and Cookie Controls
Do Not Track Signals: "Do not track" signals are preferences that users can set on their web browsers to limit how their activity is tracked across online services. Our Services may not all respond to "do not track" signals in your web browser.
Cookies: You may control the way in which your devices permit the use of cookies and other tracking technologies. If you so choose, you may block or delete our cookies from your browser; however, blocking or deleting cookies may cause some aspects of the Services to work incorrectly. Most browsers accept cookies automatically. However, you may be able to configure your browser settings to use the Services without some cookie functionality. You can delete cookies manually or set your browser to automatically delete cookies on a pre-determined schedule.
[H2] California Rights Under the CCPA
Where applicable, if you are a California resident you may have the following rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (the "CCPA") in relation to "personal information" we have collected about you as defined in the CCPA; these rights are to the extent required by the CCPA and subject to verification and any applicable exceptions:
Right to Know/Access: You have the right to request that we disclose certain information to you about our collection and use of certain personal information about you as described below:
the specific pieces of personal information collected;
the categories of personal information collected;
the categories of sources from whom the personal information is collected;
the purpose for collecting the personal information; and
the categories of third parties with whom we have shared the personal information.
Right to Delete: You have the right to request that we delete the personal information.
To request your exercise of the rights described above, please submit a request to us via one of the contact methods identified below.
Freedom from Discrimination: You have the right to be free from unlawful discrimination for exercising any of the rights above.
We will need to verify your identity prior to addressing your request. Only you, or someone legally authorized to act on your behalf, may make a verifiable consumer request related to personal information collected about you. To designate an authorized agent, the authorized agent must provide sufficient information that allows us to reasonably verify that they have been authorized by you to act on their behalf.
[H2] Retention of data
We will retain your information as long as your account is active, as necessary to provide you with the services or as otherwise set forth in this Policy. We will also retain and use this information as necessary for the purposes set out in this Policy and to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, enforce our agreements and protect Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation's legal rights.
[H2] Information Security Risks
While we maintain certain policies to protect information that we may collect from you, no method of transmission over the Internet is completely secure. Therefore, while we strive to protect information about you that we collect, we cannot guarantee absolute security and confidentiality.
[H2] Third Party Websites
Our Services may from time to time contain links to other external websites or mirror sites. This Privacy Policy does not apply to third-party websites or mirror sites. We do not control and are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of third-party websites or mirror sites.
[H2] Privacy Policy Changes
We may update this Policy from time to time. If we do, we'll update the "Last Updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy. If we make any material changes, we will take steps as required by law, including by notifying you through the Services, sending you an email, or obtaining your consent. The updated Privacy Policy will be effective as of the time of posting, or such later date as may be specified in the updated Privacy Policy.
[H2] Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns regarding your information, please contact us via email at privacy@resf.org or physical mail at:
The Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation
Attn: Privacy Matters
1191 Solano Ave. Unit 6850
Albany CA 94706