LF Broadband

aid: lf-broadband
name: LF Broadband
description: LF Broadband is a Linux Foundation Directed Fund established in late 2023 that supports open source broadband
  networking projects, including reference designs and virtualization tools for broadband access networks. Its flagship projects,
  SEBA and VOLTHA, virtualize multi-vendor Passive Optical Network (PON) systems and are deployed by major operators such
  as Deutsche Telekom and Turk Telekom.
type: Index
deliveryModel:
  model: self-hosted
  license: Apache-2.0
  open_source: true
  commercial: false
  callable_host: false
  label: Self-hosted open source · you run it yourself
  confidence: high
  source:
  - license
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: low
  source:
  - plans
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-06'
  method: derived
position: Consuming
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/lf-broadband.png
tags:
- Broadband
- Linux Foundation
- Networking
- Telecommunications
- PON
- Open Source
- SDN
tags_raw:
- Broadband
- Linux Foundation
- Networking
- Telecom
- PON
- Open Source
- SDN
- Open-Source
created: '2026-03-16'
modified: '2026-10-06'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/lf-broadband/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: lf-broadband:voltha
  name: VOLTHA
  description: VOLTHA (Virtual Optical Line Termination Hardware Abstraction) is an open source platform that virtualizes
    multi-vendor Passive Optical Network (PON) hardware, exposing a vendor-agnostic gRPC API for network operators to manage
    PON access networks programmatically.
  humanURL: https://docs.voltha.org/
  tags:
  - PON
  - Network Virtualization
  - Access Networks
  - gRPC
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.voltha.org/
  - type: GitHubRepo
    url: https://github.com/opencord/voltha
- aid: lf-broadband:seba
  name: SEBA
  description: SEBA (SDN-Enabled Broadband Access) is a reference design for constructing open broadband networks, providing
    a thin platform for access-network workloads and integrating VOLTHA, ONOS, and other open source components.
  humanURL: https://opennetworking.org/seba/
  tags:
  - SDN
  - Broadband Access
  - Reference Design
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.opennetworking.org/seba/
  - type: GitHubOrg
    url: https://github.com/opencord
common:
- type: Plans
  url: plans/lf-broadband-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/lf-broadband-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/lf-broadband-finops.yml
- url: https://lfbroadband.org/blog/
  type: Blog
- type: IssueTracker
  url: https://github.com/opencord/voltha/issues
- type: CodeOfConduct
  url: https://github.com/opencord/voltha/blob/master/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
- type: ContributionGuide
  url: https://github.com/opencord/.github/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md
- type: License
  name: Apache-2.0
  url: https://github.com/opencord/voltha/blob/master/LICENSE
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/lf-broadband-domain-security.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lf-broadband
- type: Documentation
  name: LF Broadband Documentation
  description: Official documentation for LF Broadband.
  url: https://lfbroadband.org/
- type: GitHubOrg
  name: LF Broadband GitHub
  description: Source code and repositories for LF Broadband (OpenCORD).
  url: https://github.com/opencord
- type: Website
  name: LF Broadband Website
  description: Official LF Broadband website.
  url: https://lfbroadband.org/
- type: Support
  name: LF Broadband Support
  description: LF Broadband support contact.
  url: mailto:support@lfbroadband.org
- type: Blog
  url: https://lfbroadband.org/feed/
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: info@apievangelist.com