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**CentOS Stream 9** is the next major release of the CentOS Stream distribution. CentOS Stream is developed in collaboration with the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) engineering team, and with you, the CentOS community.

[Get it now](https://www.centos.org/centos-stream/#tab-3) 💿

[Read the announce blog post](https://blog.centos.org/announcing-stream9) 📰

[What is CentOS Stream?](https://youtu.be/4_tV0UJAqXM) 🎥

[How contributions to CentOS Stream work](https://youtu.be/0dkQ-WjHnew) 🎥

### Timeline

* Available on mirrors: 2021-mm-dd
* Available in SIG build system: 2021-mm-dd
* Expected EOL: End of RHEL9 "[full support](https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata#Full_Support_Phase)" phase

### Contribute

Contributions to CentOS Stream are being accepted now. Proposed contributions are evaluated by the RHEL engineering team, since a contribution to CentOS Stream is a contribution to RHEL.

See the [CentOS Stream Contributor's Guide](https://docs.centos.org/en-US/stream-contrib/quickstart/) for details on how this process works, and to make your first contribution.