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Sylve is an open-source infrastructure management platform built for FreeBSD. It brings Bhyve virtual machines, FreeBSD Jails, ZFS storage, networking, firewalling, backups, and clustered operations into one modern web interface. It provides a streamlined, FreeBSD-native alternative to managing each subsystem by hand.
The backend is written in Go, while the frontend is built with SvelteKit.
Documentation: sylve.io/docs | Latest release notes: Sylve v0.3.0
| Area | Highlights |
|---|---|
| Virtualization | Bhyve VMs, FreeBSD Jails, templates, snapshots, consoles, passthrough, and staged migration |
| Storage | ZFS management, backups, early-access replication, S.M.A.R.T., Samba, and iSCSI |
| Networking | Switches, VLANs, DHCP, routing, PF firewall and NAT, WireGuard, and mDNS |
| Security and services | Authentication, certificates, Let's Encrypt, Dynamic DNS, notifications, and auditing |
| Operations | Clustering, dashboards, telemetry, workload activity, and local CLI and console tooling |
- FreeBSD 15.0 or newer with a configured system hostname.
- A ZFS pool when managing virtual machines or Jails. ZFS remains recommended for other deployments.
- libvirt 12.5.0 or newer when managing virtual machines. Jail-only and non-virtualization installations do not require libvirt.
Install the package, enable the service, and start it:
pkg install sylve
service sylve enable
service sylve startAlternatively, install it from the FreeBSD Ports Collection:
cd /usr/ports/sysutils/sylve && make install cleanOpen https://<host>:8181 in your browser. A fresh package installation uses admin as both the username and password; change these credentials before exposing the node to an untrusted network.
For installation details, dependencies, configuration, and first-workload guides, see Getting Started.
We're proud to be sponsored by:
You can also support the project by sponsoring us on GitHub:
https://github.com/sponsors/AlchemillaHQ
Contributions are welcome. Please read the contributor guide before submitting a pull request.
This project is licensed under the BSD 2-Clause License.
See the LICENSE file for details.