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The unlimited benefits of Open Source

Why choose Open Source?

Open Source is a term that refers to Free Software

Free software is software that guarantees four fundamental freedoms:


  • The freedom to run the program as you wish, for any purpose
  • The freedom to study how the program works and modify it as you wish
  • The freedom to redistribute copies to help your peers and community
  • The freedom to redistribute copies of modified versions to others

If you distribute the software, you must also distribute the code that allowed you to create it

Two-way code sharing allows developers to unite within powerful and growing communities

Free software is produced collaboratively through peer review and community production, resulting in more robust and flexible software.


Free software is often cheaper, more flexible and more sustainable than proprietary software because it is created by communities rather than a single author or company.

A unique Open Source development model

An Open Source development model is the process used by communities to develop Open Source software. The software is then released under an Open Source license, so anyone can view or modify the source code.

Many Open Source projects are hosted on GitHub, where you can access repositories or participate in community projects. Linux, Ansible and Kubernetes are examples of popular open source projects.

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Open Source: an unmatched place and community for growth and excellence

Being part of Open Source means learning, growing, helping others, producing a useful feature or software that will boost the industry and impact the world. Recognition and acceptance are typical Open Source values.


The return on investment for each actor with such a mode of operation is unbeatable. In the Open Source environment, the skill improvement process is spectacular: the more value you bring, the more you are recognized and defended. No other environment can compete with Open Source skill improvement.


People quickly improve and acquire a demanding mindset as leaders. They produce increasingly high-quality code and contribute to valuable and well-thought-out features.

Essential benefits of Open Source

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Transparency

Need to know exactly what types of data are moving or what types of changes have been made to the code? Open Source allows you to verify and track this without having to rely on vendor promises.

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Reliability

Proprietary code depends on the single author or company that controls that code to keep it up to date, fix it, and make it work. Open source code outlives its original authors because it's constantly updated by active open source communities.

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Flexibility

Open Source code can be used to solve problems specific to your business or community. There are no restrictions on using the code and you can rely on community help and peer review to implement new ideas.

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Cost-effectiveness

With Open Source, the code itself is much cheaper than proprietary counterparts. When you work with a company like LINAGORA, you pay for support, security enhancement and help with interoperability management.

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Freedom

Freedom for the user means you can take your Open Source code anywhere and use it for anything, anytime.

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Open collaboration

The existence of active Open Source communities means you can find help, resources and perspectives that go beyond a single interest group or company.

The critical benefits of Open Source amplified by LINAGORA

After 23 years in the market, LINAGORA is a pioneer of Open Source in Europe. We build and support products from various Open Source projects. We contribute to the projects and communities we engage with. We defend Open Source licenses. With Open Source, we equip our clients for success. We take community-built code and perfect its security, add features, and make it enterprise-ready and scalable.

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We offer software products as well as support and professional services

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Our software

Our Open Source software is 100% respectful of individuals, society and the planet

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Support and Maintenance

We support and maintain a vast catalogue of over 500+ Free Software

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Professional services

We offer services around the implementation of our own Open Source Software and all those from communities: a vast catalogue of over 500+ Free Software

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