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ClearOS Community Edition | Home and Hobbyist


Community Edition   Professional Edition

ClearOS Community is a cloud-connected Server, Network, and Gateway operating system designed for homes, hobbyists and small organizations. You can think of it as a modified next generation small business server that you can install on hardware, in a virtual machine, or in the cloud. ClearOS comes with a Marketplace full of easy to install apps and the solution is a snap to configure thanks to the intuitive web-based interface.

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The Community Edition is the open source and free version designed for the happy Linux geek. You will find more fun and personal apps like media servers in this edition, but no support is provided of course. There are a lot of great features with absolutely no cost.

 

For businesses, not-for-profits, schools and other professional organizations, ClearOS Professional is the answer. This edition not only comes with commercial support from the ClearCenter ClearCARE Team, but also a number business apps designed exclusively for the Professional Edition. In addition to all the apps in the Community Edition, you can also purchase the following optional apps:

For less than the cost of your typical business mobile phone plan, you can get a supported version of ClearOS Professional to server an entire office.

Professional or Community

Still not sure? If you are still not sure which edition is right for you, take a look here.

Open Source and Free

The open source revolution in the software industry has made it possible to provide ClearOS Community at no cost. Among other features, Antivirus, Antispam, VPN and Content Filtering are built right into the software -- no need for expensive third party add-ons. With ClearOS, you can avoid costly vendor lock-in and proprietary formats; instead, you can embrace open standards and protocols.

Apps, Apps, Apps - Yet Another Marketplace

Marketplace


ClearOS 6 now has the simplicity of the ClearCenter Marketplace. A store full of both free and paid apps are currently available allowing you to intelligently integrate your systems and manage your network with ease. From powerful open source features like Multi-WAN to a Paid Apps to connect to an Active Directory server or Google Apps. The Marketplace delivers powerful on premise and cloud-connected apps with the click of a button.


Server

Free Apps

  • Directory Server
  • File and Print
  • Flexshares
  • Windows PDC Support
  • Antivirus File Scan
  • Mail Antivirus and Antispam
  • Zarafa Community Edition
  • Web Server with PHP
  • MySQL Server
  • ... and more

Paid Apps

Network

Free Apps

  • Dynamic DNS
  • Multi-WAN
  • Bandwidth Manager
  • 1-to-1 NAT
  • Firewall
  • 1-to-1 NAT, DMZ and Port Fowarding
  • DHCP, DNS and NTP Server
  • OpenVPN
  • PPTP Server
  • ... and more

Paid Apps

Gateway

Free Apps

  • Antimalware
  • Antiphishing
  • Antivirus
  • Content Filter
  • Web Proxy
  • Web Access Control
  • Intrusion Detection
  • Intrusion Prevention
  • Protocol Filter
  • ... and more

Paid Apps

Active Directory & Google Apps are owned by their respective organizations. ClearFoundation and/or ClearCenter do not represent these entities.