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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.
For a guided installation of FreeBSD and Sylve onto a target system, see the live-media installer.
On FreeBSD, with Git, Go, Node.js, and npm installed:
git clone https://github.com/AlchemillaHQ/Sylve.git
cd Sylve
make buildOn amd64, build and test targets download the CSMWrap helper from tip when
missing, without jq, submodules, or ISO packaging tools. Staged helpers are reused
offline; make csmwrap-download refreshes them. The helper may differ from your checkout.
make csmwrap builds the pinned helper from source instead. See the
CSMWrap instructions for prerequisites and CI behavior.
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.