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Mailu

Mailu is a simple yet full-featured mail server as a set of Docker images. It is free software (both as in free beer and as in free speech), open to suggestions and external contributions. The project aims at providing people with an easily setup, easily maintained and full-featured mail server while not shipping proprietary software nor unrelated features often found in popular groupware. Main features include: - Standard email server, IMAP and IMAP+, SMTP and Submission - Advanced email features, aliases, domain aliases, custom routing - Web access, multiple Webmails and administration interface - User features, aliases, auto-reply, auto-forward, fetched accounts - Admin features, global admins, announcements, per-domain delegation, quotas - Security, enforced TLS, Letsencrypt!, outgoing DKIM, anti-virus scanner - Antispam, auto-learn, greylisting, DMARC and SPF - Freedom, all FOSS components, no tracker included

$4K / $20K18% funded

49 supporters

Mentorship

Jenkins

Jenkins is an open source automation server. It provides thousands of plugins to support building, testing, deploying and automating virtually any project at any scale. Your donations help to keep the project going and to accelerate its evolution. More information about how we use donations: https://jenkins.io/donate/

$25K / $27K91% funded

42 supporters

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Manjaro

Manjaro Linux is a community-focused Linux distribution derived from Arch Linux. It aims to provide a usable and accessible Linux desktop and meet the needs of its community with a pragmatic approach. Manjaro is an accessible, friendly, open-source Linux distribution and community. Based on Arch Linux, Manjaro provides all the benefits of cutting-edge software combined with a focus on getting started quickly, automated tools to require less manual intervention, and help readily available when needed. Manjaro is suitable for both newcomers and experienced Linux users.

$25K / $75K34% funded

576 supporters

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Kubernetes Security Audit

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Tim Allclair, Kubernetes Security Lead

Linux Kernel Mentorship

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Aisha Patel, Linux Kernel Subsystem Maintainer

Let's Encrypt Infrastructure

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Josh Aas, ISRG Executive Director