At Best Startup California we track over 300,000 Californian startups and over 1,500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and organisations we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
We’ve ranked the top 12 Linux companies in San Francisco, California. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).
We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:
- Track record
- Executive leadership
- Market share
- Innovation
- ESG rating
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Top Linux Companies & Startups (San Francisco, California)
CoreOS
CoreOS builds industry-leading infrastructure software to securely run application containers anywhere.
Founder(s): Alex Polvi, Brandon Philips, Jake Moshenko
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Cloud Computing, Linux, SaaS, Security, Software, Web Hosting
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Purism
Purism beautiful computers designed to respect and protect your privacy, security and freedom.
Founder(s): Todd Weaver, Zlatan Todoric
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Cyber Security, Hardware, Linux, Mobile Devices, Open Source, Operating Systems, Privacy, Software
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Linux Foundation
The Linux Foundation builds sustainable ecosystems around open source projects to accelerate technology development and industry adoption.
Founder(s): Bruce Breton, Deniz Parlak, Tao Feng
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Communities, Education, Enterprise Software, Events, Information Technology, Linux, Non Profit, Open Source
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Hyperledger
Hyperledger is an open source collaborative effort created to advance cross-industry blockchain technologies.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Blockchain, Linux, Open Source
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Kismatic
Kismatic offers enterprise support and production platform tooling for Kubernetes.
Founder(s): BC Broussard, Patrick Reily
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Cloud Management, Enterprise Software, Linux
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Maxthon
Maxthon is a global software company developing web browsers that give users a seamless browsing experience across multiple platforms.
Founder(s): Jeff Chen
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Android, Browser Extensions, iOS, Linux, Software
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BitPusher
BitPusher provides comprehensive operations management for web and mobile applications.
Founder(s): Daniel Lieberman, Michael Halligan
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Cloud Management, Consulting, Linux, Web Hosting
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Steel House Labs
Steel House Labs is an IT company specializes in enterprise IT infrastructure and hybrid cloud services.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Big Data, Data Center Automation, Data Integration, Enterprise Software, Linux, Retail
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The Linux Foundation
Linux Foundation is an open-source technology that uses using open-source code, tools, and best practices for software development.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Developer Platform, Linux, Software
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JanusGraph
JanusGraph is an Open-source distributed graph database.
Founder(s):
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Analytics, Data Storage, Database, Linux, Open Source, Software
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Syncables
Syncables offers software that enables users to manage, play and wirelessly sync their data across any device.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Android, Linux, Mobile, Software, Wireless
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North by South
Open source near-shoring
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Content, Developer Tools, Linux, Mobile, Open Source, Software, Web Design
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