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Community Edition Licensing

Information and FAQs around our community edition licenses

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Written by David Tisdall
Updated over a week ago

Gallium provides a Community Edition license specially designed for Home Labs, Tech Enthusiasts, and other non-commercial applications at no cost.

Features and Limitations

  • Availability: The Community Edition allows usage on up to 3 servers.

  • Performance: There is no limitation imposed on CPU or Memory.

  • User Account: Organizations using Community Edition can associate only one User account.

  • Updates: Servers within the organization will consistently receive the latest versions of the Gallium Hypervisor; there is no option to defer updates.

  • Cloud Storage: Limited to 25GB.

  • Support: May experience extended resolution times compared to Commercial licenses.

Activation Process

  1. Create a new organisation in the Gallium Console

  2. Set up your first Gallium Hypervisor.

  3. Send a message to Support requesting the activation of the Community Edition license.

FAQs

Will the Community Edition be free forever?

Accounts with an activated CE license will remain valid for the lifetime of the product. However, any future policy changes will only affect new sign-ups.

Do I need to set up a server to receive the license?

Yes, setting up one Gallium Hypervisor is a prerequisite to activating the CE license.

Can I use my work Gallium account to manage my home server?

Absolutely, you can associate your user account with multiple Gallium organizations, encompassing various Community Edition organizations. However, remember that each Community Edition organization can only have one associated user.


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