Stop running everyone else's kernel

Your hardware deserves a kernel built for it

Generic Linux kernels ship with thousands of drivers you'll never use. KernelForge strips the bloat and builds a kernel that matches your exact hardware, workload, and security requirements.

kernelforge build
$ kernelforge analyze --hardware
Detected: AMD EPYC 9654 / 384GB DDR5 / NVMe
Workload: high-throughput web server

✗ Removed 2,847 unused drivers
✗ Removed 14 unnecessary filesystems
✓ Enabled io_uring optimizations
✓ Tuned scheduler for network workloads
✓ Hardened with module signing

→ kernel-6.8.0-forge-amd64.deb ready
73%
Smaller attack surface
avg. modules removed from generic kernel
2.1s
Boot time reduction
vs. stock Ubuntu 24.04 server kernel
0
Kernel engineers required
fully automated config generation
How it works

Three steps from generic to purpose-built

01

Profile your hardware

Run our lightweight agent or upload your hardware manifest. We detect your CPU, memory, storage, NICs, and connected devices automatically.

02

Define your workload

Web server, database, ML training, edge device, CI runner. Tell us what the machine actually does, and we optimize the kernel for that purpose.

03

Deploy your kernel

Get a compiled, tested kernel package ready to install. Continuous updates keep it secure without the bloat creeping back in.

The kernel is the foundation. Make it yours.

Every unnecessary module is an attack vector. Every unused driver is wasted memory. KernelForge makes it simple to run exactly the kernel your infrastructure needs.