Bitnami Ends Free, Stable Images — Users Forced to Migrate or Pay

Bitnami, a Broadcom-owned project that provides pre-packaged, ready-to-run application stacks (images), making it easy to deploy popular open-source software or Kubernetes tools on various containerized platforms, shook the tech world, especially within the open-source community.

In an unexpected and highly controversial move that caught everyone off guard, Bitnami announced that it is making changes to its public container catalog, and for many developers, it’s going to hurt.

Starting August 28, 2025, the long-standing Docker Hub repository at “docker.io/bitnami” will undergo a staged shutdown, with brownouts scheduled before the final deletion on September 29.