# About the openBalena category

**URL:** <https://forums.balena.io/t/about-the-openbalena-category/4202>\
**Category:** openBalena\
**Created:** [October 24, 2018, 6:19pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/about-the-openbalena-category/4202 "2018-10-24T18:19:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![chrisys](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/chrisys/32/1731_2.png) [@chrisys](https://forums.balena.io/u/chrisys)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2018, 6:19pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/about-the-openbalena-category/4202/1 "2018-10-24T18:19:10Z")

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