Rocky Linux

linux-distribution os

Rocky Linux is a Linux distribution intended to be a downstream, complete binary-compatible release using the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) operating system source code. The project is led by Gregory Kurtzer, founder of the CentOS project.

Release Released Active Support Security Support Latest
10 1 week and 1 day ago
(11 Jun 2025)
Ends in 4 years and 11 months
(31 May 2030)
Ends in 9 years
(31 May 2035)
10.0
(11 Jun 2025)
9 2 years and 11 months ago
(14 Jul 2022)
Ends in 1 year and 11 months
(31 May 2027)
Ends in 6 years and 11 months
(31 May 2032)
9.6
(04 Jun 2025)
8 4 years ago
(01 May 2021)
Ended 1 year ago
(31 May 2024)
Ends in 3 years and 11 months
(31 May 2029)
8.10
(31 May 2024)

Differences with Upstream RHEL

Extended support for Rocky Linux is available from a variety of commercial support providers.

More information is available on the Rocky Linux website.

You should be running one of the supported release numbers listed above in the rightmost column.

cat /etc/os-release
Show Product Identifiers

You can submit an improvement to this page on GitHub :octocat: . This page has a corresponding Talk Page.

A JSON version of this page is available at /api/v1/products/rocky-linux/. See the API Documentation for more information. You can subscribe to the iCalendar feed at /calendar/rocky-linux.ics.