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Barracuda | BOA | Octopus | Hostmaster | Hosting | Provision | Eldir
Barracuda is the system installer and upgrader of BOA (Barracuda-Octopus-Ægir) — a high-performance, self-hosted LEMP hosting stack for everything Drupal, from Pressflow 6 to the latest Drupal 11, plus Backdrop CMS.
Barracuda builds and maintains the complete stack — Nginx, PHP-FPM (8.5/8.4/8.3 by default, per-site selection from 5.6 to 8.5), Percona Server, Valkey, Apache Solr — and installs the Ægir Master Instance, with automated system and OS upgrades designed for years of unattended reliability.
Actively developed. The current release is BOA-5.88.8 Continuity Edition (July 2026): 422 commits across six repositories, adding first-class Backdrop CMS hosting, a Drupal 6 → 7 → Backdrop upgrade chain, wholesale import of classic Ægir servers, and much more. All of BOA is Free/Libre Open Source; the LTS edition is free for everyone, while the commercial PRO edition funds development.
- Code, issues and releases: github.com/omega8cc/boa
- Documentation: docs.boa.io — installation and upgrades: docs.boa.io/self-hosting
- Release news (RSS): omega8.cc/news — also on X: @omega8cc
- Full release notes: BOA-5.88.8 Continuity Edition
Octopus — linked above — manages the Ægir instances inside a Barracuda-built server.
Maintained by Omega8.cc, the lead developer team for Ægir 3 on BOA.
Project information
- Project categories: Administration tools, Performance, Security
- Created by omega8cc on , updated
This project is not covered by the security advisory policy.
Use at your own risk! It may have publicly disclosed vulnerabilities.
