LF Networking software and projects provide platforms and building blocks for Network Infrastructure and Services across Service Providers, Cloud Providers, Enterprises, Vendors, and System Integrators that enable rapid interoperability, deployment, and adoption.
Harmonizing Open Source Networking
Latest Happenings
Videos
LFN Webinar: Calico/VPP: Kubernetes networking with boosters
New Initiative
5G Super Blueprint
Join us to build an open source 5G end-to-end architecture.
Events
Open Networking & Edge Summit
October 11-12, 2021
Los Angeles & Virtual
Registration Open!
News/Blog
July 1, 2021
LF Networking Adds New Members Across Enterprise and Government ecosystems to Support 5G Super Blueprint Open Initiative
5G
LFN provides an open community and ecosystem for collaboration and advancement towards 5G.
Cloud Native
LFN is the foundation for building, testing, and deploying both VNFs and CNFs in a hybrid model.
Edge
LFN integrates with edge compute and is leading the telecom industry’s move into open source edge.
We are fostering collaboration and innovation across the entire open networking stack — from the data plane into the control plane, to orchestration, automation, end-to-end testing, and more.
9 OF 10
Top open source networking projects are hosted at The Linux Foundation
10 LARGEST
Networking vendors are active Linux Foundation members
70%
Of the world’s mobile subscribers are represented by carrier members
$576 MILLION
In shared innovation by networking project contributors









