Use

The free software ecosystem offers countless solutions and applications for modern software development. Without the use of free software, modern software development is no longer imaginable. You can find free software in almost all modern software products. The importance and influence of free software on software development is therefore indispensable and undeniable.

Our strategic guidelines also provide for this:

If economically and technologically or strategically sensible, LHM prioritizes the use of open source solutions, in particular to avoid company dependencies. LHM pursues this approach in both the application and infrastructure areas.

Applications

The City of Munich operates a large number of applications that are used in various areas. These range from administrative applications for internal use to applications for citizens that facilitate access to public services.

Infrastructure

The infrastructure needed to run and develop software applications has always been based on open source software. Linux, servers, databases, encryption and programming languages are mostly open source.

The City of Munich's own data center includes an extensive portfolio of central specialist applications and services. In addition, all the necessary resources and services required to operate these applications and the underlying infrastructure are provided.