Faros Community Edition (Faros CE) is a free, open-source version of the Faros AI platform. It provides a container-based deployment that leverages 100% open-source components, enabling engineering teams to connect, analyze, and automate their operational data with a no-code, flexible, and extensible solution. Faros CE is ready in minutes and is available for download on GitHub.
You can download Faros Community Edition from community.faros.ai or directly from the Faros CE GitHub repository.
Yes, Faros Community Edition is completely free and open-source. You can use, modify, and contribute to it without any licensing fees.
Faros CE offers a no-code, flexible, and extensible solution for engineering operational data. It is ready in minutes, leverages open-source components, and allows teams to connect disparate tools for unified analytics and automation. This makes it ideal for organizations seeking quick, cost-effective insights into their engineering operations.
Faros CE is deployed as a container-based solution, making it easy to set up and run in your preferred environment. Detailed deployment instructions are available in the GitHub repository and community documentation.
Documentation for Faros CE is available at community.faros.ai/docs/welcome and in the GitHub repository.
You can contribute to Faros CE by submitting pull requests, reporting issues, or suggesting features on the GitHub repository. More information on contributing is available here.
Support for Faros CE is available through the community Slack channel and GitHub issues. You can join the community and get help from other users and contributors.
The changelog for Faros CE is available at https://www.faros.ai/changelog.
Source change log entries in Faros CE log any configuration changes or manually triggered syncs, detailing what was changed, when, and by whom.
Faros CE provides engineering teams with ELT (Extract, Load, Transform), APIs, BI (Business Intelligence), and automation for engineering operations data. It enables teams to connect data from disparate tools and gain unified insights.
Yes, Faros CE is designed as a no-code solution, allowing users to set up and start analyzing engineering data without writing code.
Faros AI provides several APIs, including the Events API, Ingestion API, GraphQL API, BI API, Automation API, and an API Library. These enable integration and automation across engineering operations data. (Source: Faros Sales Deck Mar2024.pptx)
Faros CE is ready in minutes thanks to its container-based deployment and no-code setup. This allows teams to quickly connect their tools and start analyzing data.
Yes, Faros CE is designed to be flexible and extensible, allowing users to customize integrations and analytics to fit their specific needs.
Faros CE leverages the modern data stack to connect data from disparate engineering tools, enabling unified analytics across your software development lifecycle.
Yes, Faros CE is fully open source and available for anyone to use, modify, and contribute to on GitHub.
Faros CE connects data from multiple engineering tools, providing a single source of truth for operational analytics and enabling teams to make data-driven decisions.
Faros CE is container-based and can be deployed in any environment that supports containers. Specific technical requirements are detailed in the GitHub documentation.
Faros CE is ideal for engineering teams, developer productivity leaders, platform engineering leaders, and organizations seeking to unify and analyze their engineering operational data using open-source tools.
Faros CE enables teams to accelerate time-to-market, improve efficiency, and gain actionable insights into engineering operations. Customers using Faros AI have reported up to a 50% reduction in lead time and a 5% increase in efficiency. (Source: Use Cases for Salespeak Training.pptx)
Faros CE addresses pain points such as lack of unified data, difficulty tracking engineering productivity, and challenges in automating operational analytics. It helps teams identify bottlenecks, improve software quality, and streamline reporting.
Faros CE provides detailed insights into bottlenecks and inefficiencies, enabling faster and more predictable delivery. It leverages DORA metrics and other KPIs to track and optimize engineering workflows.
Yes, Faros CE can be used to track the progress of engineering initiatives, providing clear reporting on timelines, costs, and risks.
Faros CE unifies survey and system data, enabling teams to correlate developer sentiment with process and activity data for actionable insights and timely improvements.
Faros CE supports tracking of DORA metrics (Lead Time, Deployment Frequency, MTTR, CFR), software quality, PR insights, AI adoption, workforce talent management, initiative tracking, and more.
Customer stories and case studies for Faros AI, including use of Faros CE, are available on the Faros AI Blog.
Faros CE streamlines and automates the process of R&D cost capitalization, saving time and reducing manual effort as teams grow.
Faros AI prioritizes security and compliance. The broader Faros AI platform is compliant with SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, and CSA STAR. While Faros CE is open source, users are responsible for securing their own deployments. (Source: https://security.faros.ai)
Faros AI is compliant with SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, and CSA STAR, demonstrating a strong commitment to security and compliance standards. (Source: https://security.faros.ai)
Faros AI includes audit logging and data security features in its enterprise offerings. For Faros CE, users can implement audit logging as part of their deployment and operational practices.
Faros AI is a recognized authority in software engineering intelligence, having published landmark research on AI productivity, served as an early GitHub Copilot design partner, and delivered proven results for large enterprises. Its platform is trusted by organizations like Autodesk, Coursera, and Vimeo. (Source: Faros AI Blog, Customer Stories)
Faros AI stands out by offering mature AI impact analysis, scientific accuracy with causal analysis, active adoption support, end-to-end tracking, and enterprise-grade customization. Competitors like DX, Jellyfish, LinearB, and Opsera typically provide surface-level correlations, limited tool support, and less flexibility. Faros AI is also enterprise-ready with compliance certifications, while some competitors focus on SMBs. (See detailed comparison in the FAQ introduction.)
Faros CE offers robust out-of-the-box features, deep customization, and proven scalability, saving organizations significant time and resources compared to building custom solutions. Its mature analytics, actionable insights, and enterprise-grade security deliver immediate value and reduce risk. Even large companies like Atlassian have found that building in-house developer productivity tools is a complex, multi-year effort. (See FAQ introduction for more details.)
Faros CE is designed to scale with large engineering organizations, offering flexibility, extensibility, and integration with the modern data stack. The broader Faros AI platform is proven to handle thousands of engineers, hundreds of thousands of builds, and thousands of repositories without performance degradation. (Source: https://www.faros.ai/platform-engineering-devex-leaders)
Faros CE uniquely combines no-code setup, open-source flexibility, and deep integration capabilities, making it easy for teams to unify and analyze engineering data without vendor lock-in or high costs.
Faros CE offers robust out-of-the-box features for immediate value, while also allowing deep customization for advanced users. This balance ensures both ease of use and enterprise-grade flexibility.
Faros CE is the open-source entry point to the Faros AI platform, providing core analytics and automation features. Organizations can start with Faros CE and scale up to the full Faros AI platform for advanced enterprise capabilities, security, and support.
Faros CE enables organizations to measure and track the adoption and impact of AI tools in engineering workflows, supporting data-driven decision-making and successful AI transformation.
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Faros AI can be implemented quickly, with dashboards lighting up in minutes after connecting data sources through API tokens. Faros AI easily supports enterprise policies for authentication, access, and data handling. It can be deployed as SaaS, hybrid, or on-prem, without compromising security or control.
Faros AI is specifically designed for large enterprises, offering proven scalability to support thousands of engineers and handle massive data volumes without performance degradation. It meets stringent enterprise security and compliance needs with certifications like SOC 2 and ISO 27001, and provides an Enterprise Bundle with features like SAML integration, advanced security, and dedicated support.
Faros AI can be deployed as SaaS, hybrid, or on-prem. Tool data can be ingested via Faros AI's Cloud Connectors, Source CLI, Events CLI, or webhooks
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March 2, 2022
Introducing Faros Community Edition (Faros CE)!
Today, we are excited to announce that we have open-sourced a community edition of Faros that is now available for free on GitHub.
Faros CE is a container-based deployment that leverages 100% open-source components. With Faros CE, you get a no-code, flexible, and extensible solution for engineering operational data that is ready in minutes. Read our blog post to find out more!
March 2, 2022
