# HFTKernel

HFTKernel is a latency-first Linux kernel build for Algorithmic Trading and High Frequency Trading systems.

Primary audience: proprietary trading firms, hedge funds, crypto market makers, low-latency infrastructure teams, exchange connectivity teams, cloud trading teams and bare-metal colo teams.

Core product facts:
- Linux 7.1.x base.
- Cloud and hardware variants.
- Cloud packages target AWS EC2 with modular ENA and optional ENA PTP/PHC package.
- Hardware packages target bare-metal systems with physical NIC/storage/NUMA assumptions.
- Built for low tail latency, stable jitter, isolated CPU behavior and reproducible A/B measurements.
- Includes RTLA and release-specific tools packages.
- Package formats: DEB, RPM and TGZ.
- Supported operating systems: Ubuntu 20.04, 22.04, 24.04 and 26.04 readiness; Debian 11, 12 and 13; RHEL, AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux and CentOS Stream 9 and 10.
- Custom build support is available for firm-specific cloud and bare-metal environments.
- Temporary download links expire after 24 hours and are served from private package storage through token validation and Nginx X-Accel-Redirect; no hardlinks or public package copies are created.
- Commercial offering covers official builds, validation, delivery, support, updates and custom kernel consulting.
- HFTKernel contains GPL-licensed Linux kernel components; commercial terms do not restrict GPL rights.

Important pages:
- https://hftkernel.com/
- https://hftkernel.com/privacy.php
- https://hftkernel.com/terms.php