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{{Short description|Open-source Andrew distributed file system implementation}}
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{{Infobox software
| name = OpenAFS
| author = [[Carnegie Mellon University]]
| developer = [[Transarc]], [[IBM]], OpenAFS Foundation
| latest release version = 1.8.13
| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2024|11|12}}
| operating system = [[Cross-platform]]
| programming language = [[C (programming language)|C]]
| genre = [[Distributed file system|Distributed File System]]
| license = [[IBM Public License]]
| website = {{URL|www.openafs.org}}
}}
'''OpenAFS''' is an [[open-source software|open-source]] implementation of the [[Andrew File System|Andrew]] [[distributed file system]] (AFS). AFS was originally developed at [[Carnegie Mellon University]], and developed as a commercial product by the [[Transarc]] Corporation, which was subsequently acquired by [[IBM]]. At ''LinuxWorld'' on 15 August 2000, IBM announced<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080223002706/http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/library/os-afs.html os-afs] archived</ref> their plans to release a version of their commercial AFS product under the [[IBM Public License]]. This became OpenAFS. Today, OpenAFS is actively developed for a wide range of operating system families including: [[AIX operating system|AIX]], [[Mac OS X]], [[Darwin (operating system)|Darwin]], [[HP-UX]], [[Irix]], [[Solaris (operating system)|Solaris]], [[Linux]], [[Microsoft Windows]], [[FreeBSD]], [[NetBSD]].