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xCAT is a toolkit for deployment and administration of clusters of all sizes.
# Sunsetting xCAT and transitioning to Confluent
# xCAT sunset was only a quick eclipse
Dear xCAT Community,
Since the news regarding the sunsetting of xCAT, we as a company, decided to continue the development providing fixes and patches for xCAT, including new OS releases while there's still interest available on the xCAT community for the product.
As noted in our previous updates and during the informal BoF sessions at SC’23 and SC’24, the consortium has been focused on both completing the final work for xCAT and preparing for the transition to its successor.
We do believe that xCAT still have place in multiple systems, not only older ones but also new ones, and to affirm this belief, we are already delivering, as sign of commitment with the project:
As committed, we delivered Enterprise Linux 9 (EL9) support in the xCAT 2.17 release. This represents the final planned enablement for xCAT.
* Enterprise Linux 10 support.
* Removal of `xcat-dep` repository hard dependency.
* Lots of quick fixes.
xCAT is now officially being sunsetted. The consortium will not provide support beyond existing platforms, and Enterprise Linux 10 (EL10) will not be supported. Active development and all new feature work have transitioned fully to **Confluent**, which we recognise as the official successor to xCAT.
xCAT3 is a forked release from the latest xCAT2 with some improvements and should be considered as a drop in replacement for existing xCAT installations.
While xCAT will remain in maintenance mode, with community pull requests still welcome and reviewed, there will be no new features or support for future operating systems.
Repositories with binary packages, available at this moment only for Enteprise Linux 10, are available for installation:
https://mirror.versatushpc.com.br/opencattus/xcat3
In summary:
We want also to thank for all the efforts made by the xCAT Consortium in the last years working to keep the product alive.
- xCAT has delivered its final milestone with EL9 support.
- No EL10 or future OS enablement will be added.
- Community contributions are still accepted and reviewed.
- All development effort is now focused on **Confluent**, the successor to xCAT.
We want to sincerely thank the community for the years of contributions, support, and participation in shaping xCAT. We now look forward to continuing that journey with you in the **Confluent community**, where the future of open, vendor-agnostic cluster management will continue to grow.
For more information on **Confluent** and how to get started, please visit the **Confluent**: [Project Page](https://github.com/xcat2/confluent), [Documentation](https://xcat2.github.io/confluent-docs/) or [Confluent vs xCAT comparison](https://xcat2.github.io/confluent-docs/miscellaneous/confluentvxcat/).
With thanks,
The xCAT Consortium
The continued development of this project is delivered as-is and free of charge by [VersatusHPC](https://versatushpc.com.br).
# Documentation
xCAT Documentation is hosted on Read The Docs: https://xcat-docs.readthedocs.io
Older xCAT documentation is hosted on Read The Docs: https://xcat-docs.readthedocs.io
## Status
| xCAT Version | Build Status |
|---|---|
| Latest (master branch) | [![Documentation Status](https://readthedocs.org/projects/xcat-docs/badge/?version=latest)](https://xcat-docs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) |
| Stable (latest release) | [![Documentation Status](https://readthedocs.org/projects/xcat-docs/badge/?version=stable)](https://xcat-docs.readthedocs.io/en/stable/) |
xCAT3 is being rebuilt and in beta phase. We expect to deliver a General Availability release until the end of 2025.
Looking for [older versions](https://readthedocs.org/projects/xcat-docs/versions/)?
Looking for [legacy versions](https://readthedocs.org/projects/xcat-docs/versions/)?
# Open Source License
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# Developers
Want to help? Check out the [developers guide](http://xcat-docs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/developers)!
Want to help? Check out the original [developers guide](http://xcat-docs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/developers). For now similar rules applies.