he FreeBSD Foundation, dedicated to advancing the open source FreeBSD operating system and supporting the community, announced that Germany’s Sovereign Tech Fund (STF) has agreed to invest €686,400 in the FreeBSD project to drive improvements in infrastructure, security, regulatory compliance, and developer experience. The work, organized and managed by the FreeBSD Foundation, will begin in August 2024 and continue through 2025. It will focus on five key projects:
- Zero Trust Builds: Enhance tooling and processes
- CI/CD Automation: Streamline software delivery and operations
- Reduce Technical Debt: Implement tools and processes to keep technical debt low
- Security Controls: Modernize and extend security artifacts, including the FreeBSD Ports and Package Collection, to assist with regulatory compliance
- SBOM Improvements: Enhance and implement new tooling and processes for FreeBSD SBOM