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Akira develops the Loop DNS implementation, the Dora DHCP implementation, and the Akira network management system. Our products are free for commercial and personal use. They are packaged for Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Fedora, Ubuntu, Debian, Amazon Linux, and Azure Linux.

Akira platform version 1.99.17 is available

July 20, 2026

Akira platform version 1.99.17 has been released (tagged at 1.99.17.20260718204705.db1ee3601d). This is in a series of releases made from the 1.99 development branch.

The following are release notes for Akira 1.99.17:

  • RT2037: Fix syntax error in akira.conf(5) manpage
  • RT2036: Add initial object editor implementation
  • RT2034: Update error pages
  • RT2033: Revert large screen font size changes
  • RT2031: Fix login page stylesheet for large screens
  • RT2030: Make the header fixed at the top
  • RT2029: Update stylesheets to work better on large screens
  • RT2024: Add more colors to Bootstrap variables
  • RT2022: Update stylesheets to work on 3840x2160 screen resolutions
  • RT2004: Use d-flex in Bootstrap UI
  • RT2020: Add .clang-format
  • RT2003: Add Raspberry Pi installation note
  • RT1994: Fix Debian archive keyring URL
  • RT1991: Silence Sass deprecation warnings due to Bootstrap

The following are release notes for Loop 1.99.17:

  • RT2020: Add :file:.clang-format

The following are release notes for Dora 1.99.17:

  • RT2020: Add :file:.clang-format

Some more development releases will be made from this branch until Akira 2.0 is ready to be branched.