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Koozali SME Server


Last Update: 2026-02-07 09:51 UTC


Koozali SME Server is a complete and versatile open-source Linux server distribution for home and small to medium-sized enterprises. It has been built from the source code of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, CentOS and Rocky Linux since 2007. Koozali SME Server is free to use for any individual or commercial organization and is supported solely through donations. Considered reliable and easy to use, Koozali SME Server provides a full range of services, including e-mail, firewall, file and print-sharing, web hosting, remote access, VPN and private cloud services. It integrates with Windows, Mac and Unix/Linux clients, and Linux and Windows network environments. It is simple to use as a business server platform and the entire system is modular and extensible. The project also provides plugins called "Contributions" with easy integration of popular software, such as Nextcloud, OnlyOffice, BackupPC or WireGuard.

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Koozali Summary
Distribution Koozali SME Server (formerly SME Server, e-smith)
Home Page https://www.koozali.org/
Mailing Lists https://lists.contribs.org/mailman/listinfo/
User Forums https://forums.koozali.org/
Alternative User Forums
Documentation https://wiki.koozali.org/
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Download Mirrors https://www.koozali.org/home/downloadsDistroWatch Torrent Archive
Bug Tracker https://bugs.koozali.org/
Related Websites SME Server Italy
Reviews 10.0: DistroWatch
8.x: DistroWatch
7.x: The Register
4.x: Linux Journal
Where To Donate, Buy or Try https://www.koozali.org/partners/donation

Recent Related News and Releases
  Releases announcements with download links and checksums:
 • 2025-07-25: Development Release: SME Server 11.0 Beta 1
 • 2025-02-19: Development Release: SME Server 11 Alpha 1
 • 2022-09-14: Distribution Release: SME Server 10.1
 • 2021-06-15: Distribution Release: SME Server 10.0
 • 2021-03-23: Development Release: SME Server 10.0 RC 1
 • 2017-05-02: Distribution Release: SME Server 9.2
 • 2015-12-10: Distribution Release: SME Server 9.1
 • 2015-11-03: Distribution Release: SME Server 8.2
 • 2015-10-03: Development Release: SME Server 9.1 Beta 3
 • 2015-03-30: Development Release: SME Server 9.1 Beta 1
 • 2014-06-30: Distribution Release: SME Server 9.0
 • 2014-05-13: Development Release: SME Server 9.0 RC1
 • More Koozali releases...

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Feature 11.0-beta1 10.1 9.2 8.2 7.6 6.0.1 5.6 4.1.2 Feature
Release Date 2025-07-24 2022-09-14 2017-05-02 2015-11-03 2012-05-27 2004-03-18 2003-01-15 2001-03-30 Release Date
End Of Life   2024-06 2020-11           End Of Life
Price (US$) Free Free Free Free Free Free     Price (US$)
Image Size (MB) 1100-3100 600-1600 200-800           Image Size (MB)
Free Download ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO Free Download
Installation Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Installation
Default Desktop -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Default Desktop
Default Browser ELinks Elinks Elinks Elinks, Lynx Elinks, Lynx Lynx Lynx Lynx Default Browser
Package Format rpm rpm rpm rpm rpm rpm rpm rpm Package Format
Package Management                 Package Management
Release Model Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Release Model
Office Suite -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Office Suite
Processor Architecture x86_64 x86_64 i386, x86_64 i386, x86_64 i386, x86_64 i386 i386 i386 Processor Architecture
Init Software systemd systemd Upstart SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV Init Software
Journaled File Systems ext4 ext4 ext4 ext4 ext3 ext3 ext3   Journaled File Systems
Multilingual Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes en, fr en, fr   Multilingual
Full Package List 11.0-beta1 10.1 9.2 8.2 7.6       Full Package List
Package 11.0-beta1 10.1 9.2 8.2 7.6 6.0.1 5.6 4.1.2 Package
alsa-lib (1.2.15.3) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- alsa-lib (1.2.15.3)
amdgpu (25.0.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- amdgpu (25.0.0)
apparmor (4.1.4) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- apparmor (4.1.4)
apt (3.1.15) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- apt (3.1.15)
bash (5.3) 4.4.20 4.2 4.1 3.2 3.0 2.05a 2.05a 2.04 bash (5.3)
bind (9.20.18) -- -- -- -- -- 9.2.1 9.2.1 8.2.3 bind (9.20.18)
chromium (144.0.7559.132) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- chromium (144.0.7559.132)
cinnamon (6.6.6) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- cinnamon (6.6.6)
cups (2.4.16) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- cups (2.4.16)
e2fsprogs (1.47.3) 1.45.6 1.42.9 1.41.12 1.39 1.35 1.27 1.27 1.18 e2fsprogs (1.47.3)
ffmpeg (8.0.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ffmpeg (8.0.1)
firefox (147.0.3) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- firefox (147.0.3)
flatpak (1.16.3) -- - -- - -- - -- - flatpak (1.16.3)
freetype (2.14.1) 2.9.1 2.4.11 2.3.11 2.2.1 2.1.9 2.0.9 2.0.9 1.3.1 freetype (2.14.1)
gcc (15.2.0) 8.5.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gcc (15.2.0)
gimp (3.0.8) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gimp (3.0.8)
git (2.53.0) 2.43.5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- git (2.53.0)
glibc (2.43) 2.28 2.17 2.12 2.5 2.3.4 2.2.5 2.2.5 2.2 glibc (2.43)
gnome-shell (49.3) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnome-shell (49.3)
grub (2.14) 2.02 2.02alpha 0.97 0.97 0.95 -- -- -- grub (2.14)
gtk (4.20.3) -- -- 2.24.23 -- -- -- -- -- gtk (4.20.3)
httpd (2.4.66) 2.4.37 2.4.6 2.2.15 2.2.3 2.0.52 -- -- -- httpd (2.4.66)
inkscape (1.4.3) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- inkscape (1.4.3)
kmod (34.2) 25 20 -- -- -- -- -- -- kmod (34.2)
krita (5.2.15) -- - -- - -- - -- - krita (5.2.15)
LibreOffice (26.2.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- LibreOffice (26.2.0)
Package 11.0-beta1 10.1 9.2 8.2 7.6 6.0.1 5.6 4.1.2 Package
libselinux (3.10) 2.9 2.5 2.0.94 1.33.4 1.19.1 -- -- -- libselinux (3.10)
linux (6.18.9) 4.18 3.10 2.6.32 2.6.18 2.6.9 2.4.20 2.4.18 2.2.16 linux (6.18.9)
mariadb (12.1.2) 11.4.7 5.5.68 -- -- -- -- -- -- mariadb (12.1.2)
mate-desktop (1.28.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mate-desktop (1.28.2)
mesa (25.3.5) -- 18.3.4 11.0.7 -- 6.8.2 -- -- -- mesa (25.3.5)
mysql (9.6.0) -- -- 5.1.73 5.0.95 4.1.22 3.23.56 3.23.49 3.23.32 mysql (9.6.0)
nautilus (49.4) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- nautilus (49.4)
NVIDIA (590.48.01) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- NVIDIA (590.48.01)
openjdk (25) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- openjdk (25)
openssh (10.2p1) 8.0p1 7.4p1 5.3p1 4.3p2 3.9p1 3.7.1p1 3.1p1 2.5.2p2 openssh (10.2p1)
openssl (3.6.1) 1.1.1k 1.0.2k 1.0.1e 0.9.8e 0.9.7a 0.9.6b 0.9.6b 0.9.5a openssl (3.6.1)
perl (5.42.0) 5.26.3 5.16.3 5.10.1 5.8.8 5.8.5 5.6.1 5.6.1 5.6.0 perl (5.42.0)
php (8.5.2) 8.4.10 8.1.10 5.3.3 5.3.3 4.3.9 4.1.2 4.1.2 4.0.3pl1 php (8.5.2)
plasma-desktop (6.5.5) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- plasma-desktop (6.5.5)
postfix (3.10.7) 3.5.8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- postfix (3.10.7)
postgresql (18.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- postgresql (18.1)
Python (3.14.3) 3.6.8 3.6.8 2.6.6 2.4.3 2.3.4 2.2.2 2.2 1.5.2 Python (3.14.3)
qt (6.10.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- qt (6.10.2)
samba (4.23.5) 4.19.4 4.10.16 3.6.23 3.6.23 3.0.33 2.2.8a 2.2.5 2.0.7 samba (4.23.5)
systemd (259.1) 239 219 -- -- -- -- -- -- systemd (259.1)
thunderbird (147.0.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- thunderbird (147.0.1)
vim (9.1) 8.0 7.4 7.4 7.0 6.3 6.1 6.1 5.7 vim (9.1)
vlc (3.0.23) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- vlc (3.0.23)
wayland (1.24.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- wayland (1.24.0)
xfdesktop (4.20.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- xfdesktop (4.20.1)
xorg-server (21.1.21) -- -- 1.17.4 -- -- -- -- -- xorg-server (21.1.21)

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