We have some very special news to share: SKUDONET Community Edition has been selected as one of five finalists for DevOps Open Source Project of the Year in the 2026 DevOps Dozen Awards.
Public voting is now open and will run until December 31.
For us, reaching the final means much more than seeing SKUDONET on an awards shortlist. Community Edition is closely tied to where our story began, and many of the people who have used, tested and supported the project over the years have played a part in bringing us here.
So before anything else: thank you.
It all started with an open-source project
The technology behind SKUDONET dates back to 2010, when Zen Load Balancer was created with a simple idea: make load balancing and high availability technology more accessible.
That project evolved over time, first into Zevenet and later into SKUDONET.
A lot has changed since then. The technology has matured, infrastructure has evolved, and organizations have developed new ways to deploy and secure their applications. But open source has remained part of the project’s identity throughout that evolution.
From the early days of the project to today, people have downloaded Community Edition, deployed it in their environments and shared their experience with us. That ongoing relationship has helped shape the technology and continues to influence how we improve the open-source edition.
As Emilio Campos, our CEO and co-founder, has explained when talking about the origins of SKUDONET, the project has evolved by staying close to real infrastructure needs and to the people using the technology every day.
More than a download count
Today, SKUDONET Community Edition has recorded more than 72,000 downloads since 2023, with users in more than 100 countries.
Those figures make us proud, but they only tell part of the story.
Behind them are developers experimenting with a new environment, system administrators looking for a different approach to load balancing, students learning about high availability, teams testing the software and users sharing questions and experiences through our Community Forum.
A reported issue can reveal something we need to improve. A technical question can show us where documentation needs to be clearer. Feedback from someone running Community Edition in a real environment gives us a perspective we cannot get from inside our own team.
It is one of the reasons we continue working on the open-source edition today.
Seeing Community Edition recognized in this way makes that work feel particularly worthwhile, and we are genuinely grateful to everyone who has been part of the project along the way.
Now we need your vote
If you have used Community Edition, followed the project over the years or believe that open-source technology has an important role to play in modern infrastructure, we would be very grateful for your support.
Voting only takes a moment, and you do not need to vote in every category.
How to vote
Whatever happens next, thank you for helping us get this far.
