OpenCHAMI joins HPSF: advancing open-source innovation for high-performance computing

12 April 2025

We’re proud to announce that OpenCHAMI—a powerful toolkit for managing high-performance computing (HPC) systems—has become the first non-founding project to officially join the High-Performance Software Foundation (HPSF)

As a founding member of the Foundation, we’re thrilled to see this milestone reached.

This is more than just a new affiliation. It marks an important step forward in strengthening the open-source ecosystem for HPC system administrators, helping to make cluster provisioning faster, more secure, and more flexible.

What is OpenCHAMI?

OpenCHAMI is a cloud-inspired toolkit for managing on-premise HPC clusters. It’s designed to bring the scalability and ease of cloud-native tools to traditional HPC environments. With OpenCHAMI, sysadmins can provision systems quickly and securely—regardless of operating system—and manage infrastructure from a few nodes to full-scale supercomputers.

Key features include:

Fast, OS-agnostic provisioning
Hardware-based workload security
Composable, microservice architecture

It bridges the gap between HPC and cloud-native technologies.

Built with modern security best practices, OpenCHAMI helps protect critical research infrastructure—particularly important as AI and data-intensive science workloads continue to grow.

The platform supports dynamic scaling and automation, enabling system administrators to adapt quickly to changing demands without compromising performance.

As a community-led project, OpenCHAMI is open source by design and evolves through continuous collaboration with users and contributors.

Real World Adoption

OpenCHAMI is already in production use at Los Alamos National Laboratory, where it's accelerating AI research. By integrating cloud-init and WireGuard, boot times have dropped dramatically—from eight minutes to just 40 seconds. And with features like automated inventory tracking and Redfish-based power management on the roadmap, it’s offering even more control for sysadmins.

Meet Us in 2025

The OpenCHAMI team will be presenting and running tutorials throughout 2025 at key global events:

OpenCHAMI’s inclusion in HPSF is a major step forward for open HPC infrastructure. It reflects a shared commitment to building tools that are secure, scalable, and accessible to all.

As part of this global community, we look forward to collaborating further-empowering researchers, institutions, and innovators to unlock the full potential of next-generation computing.

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More info: OpenCHAMI Website