Canonical is a global organisation headquartered in the Isle of Man, with employees throughout Europe, North America, South America and Australia.

Although our name is new, our staff and software have deep roots in the open source community and a proven track record of success in the commercial software industry. Team members include leaders from the Gnome, Linux, Debian and Arch open source projects, helping Canonical to stay at the forefront of the rapidly changing open source software world.

Canonical is currently sponsoring the development of a number of important technology products. See sponsored projects for detail.