> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://itsfoss.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Good News! FreeBSD Gets €686,400 Funding Boost - URL: https://itsfoss.com/news/stf-freebsd-fund/ - Published: 2024-08-28T12:18:05.000Z - Updated: 2024-08-28T12:18:05.000Z - Description: FreeBSD gets a well-deserved investment to improve its infrastructure. - Author: Sourav Rudra - Tags: Open Source, News, #Import 2025-11-08 21:15 Like many endeavors in this world, running a large open-source project is a serious task that requires both dedication and monetary support; otherwise, the quality of the work will most likely deteriorate as times passes. Money is needed to build and maintain a reliable infrastructure for the project, hire developers who would otherwise be very cost-prohibitive to recruit, and more. Of course, the above doesn't apply to a project that has an enthusiastic community of developers who aren't doing it for the money, just out of a passion for it. [FreeBSD](https://www.freebsd.org/?ref=itsfoss.com) is one such project that's a known name in the global FOSS community and a popular operating system among the enterprise crowd. In a recent turn of events, it has received a major financial boost from an organization backed by the German government. So, let's see what the future holds for FreeBSD. 😃 ## STF Supports The FreeBSD Foundation ![a screenshot of the sovereign tech fund page for freebsd showing investment details](https://itsfoss.com/content/images/2024/08/STF_FreeBSD_Page.png) [Announced](https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/sovereign-tech-fund-to-invest-e686400-in-freebsd-infrastructure-modernization/?ref=itsfoss.com) a few days earlier, the [Sovereign Tech Fund](https://www.sovereigntechfund.de/?ref=itsfoss.com) (STF) has decided **to invest €686,400 in the FreeBSD Foundation**, the [entity](https://freebsdfoundation.org/?ref=itsfoss.com) responsible for the FreeBSD project. This funding is meant for the remainder of this year, stretching until the end of 2025\. It will be used to primarily focus on **improving the FreeBSD infrastructure**, **keeping it up-to-date in terms of security**, **ensuring regulatory compliance**, and, most importantly, **providing a top-notch developer experience**. During the announcement, Executive Director of the FreeBSD Foundation, [Deb Goodkin](https://www.linkedin.com/in/deb-goodkin-b282924a/?ref=itsfoss.com) added that: > The world’s governments recognize the key role open source projects like FreeBSD play in our shared digital infrastructure. > This STF-commissioned work will provide the necessary visibility, auditability, and trust for commercial FreeBSD users facing new regulations as well as public sector, academic, and individual users. With this partnership in place, the FreeBSD Foundation will be working on organizing and managing the whole program **to achieve five key goals**: - The first is to work on **Zero Trust Builds**, for enhancing tooling and processes. - The second is to focus on **CI/CD Automation**, for streamlining software delivery and operations. - The third is to **Reduce Technical Debt** by implementing the appropriate tools and processes. - The fourth is to have robust **Security Controls** to modernize and extend the security mechanisms, this also includes the [FreeBSD Ports and Packages Collection](https://ports.freebsd.org/cgi/ports.cgi?ref=itsfoss.com). - The fifth one is to have **SBOM Improvements** by employing new tooling and processes for the FreeBSD [SBOM](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software%5Fsupply%5Fchain?ref=itsfoss.com#:~:text=A%20software%20bill,could%20harm%20them.). If you were not familiar, the Sovereign Tech Fund (STF) is an organization backed by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action ([BMWK](https://www.bmwk.de/Navigation/EN/Home/home.html?ref=itsfoss.com)), with it additionally being hosted/supported by the German Federal Agency for Disruptive Innovation GmbH ([SPRIND](https://www.sprind.org/en/?ref=itsfoss.com)) The STF already supports a [long list](https://www.sovereigntechfund.de/tech?ref=itsfoss.com) of notable open-source projects like **PHP**, **GNOME**, **Systemd**, **Coreutils**, **FFmpeg**, and more. FreeBSD is just the [latest addition](https://www.sovereigntechfund.de/tech/freebsd?ref=itsfoss.com) to their portfolio. Wrapping up, I will say that **it is really great to see open-source projects like FreeBSD getting the recognition they deserve**. Going forward, I look forward to seeing more such projects step into the limelight and grow even further while also staying open-source. (*looking at you,* [*CockroachDB*](https://itsfoss.com/cockcroachdb-no-open-source/)). **Suggested Read** 📖 [Wow! German State Ditches Microsoft for Open-Source SoftwareThe end of dominance for Microsoft in this German state, replacing Windows with Linux, and Office with Libreoffice.![](https://news.itsfoss.com/content/images/size/w256h256/2022/08/android-chrome-192x192.png)It's FOSS NewsSourav Rudra![](https://news.itsfoss.com/content/images/2024/04/german-state-de-microsoft-campaign.png)](https://itsfoss.com/german-state-ditches-microsoft/)