UnchainedStack Foundation

UnchainedStack Foundation

Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan

International reach
Profile last updated: October 9, 2026

About

UnchainedStack Foundation is a non-profit organisation based in Naha, Japan.

UnchainedStack Foundation is an international non-profit organisation based in Naha, Okinawa, Japan. It operates a neutral online forum and knowledge base where enterprises and individual practitioners share experiences on avoiding vendor lock-in and using open-source software (OSS) sustainably, regardless of whether technologies are open-source or commercial. Its work includes publishing reusable configuration templates, white papers on configuration selection and migration strategies, and developing a planned engineer certification program and technology evaluation metrics. The foundation is funded by corporate annual fees and voluntary donations and states that it is free from advertising and commercial promotion. It has liaison offices in Japan, the APAC region, EMEA and Hong Kong, and its stated focus includes configuration reproducibility and technological sustainability.

Location

Naha, Japan

Focus areas

OSSvendor lock-inconfiguration templatestechnological sovereigntyknowledge sharingmigration

Languages

ENJA

Causes & programmes

How they work

Awareness & educationResearchCapacity building

Programmes

OSS Configuration Templates

Publishes and shares reusable, vendor-neutral OSS and commercial configuration templates, including migration, PoC and commercial-to-OSS replacement templates.

Engineer Certification Program

Planned qualification system to assess and certify practical knowledge of OSS configurations and configuration migrations (under planning).

Technology Ratings

Development of neutral, reproducibility-focused evaluation metrics for OSS and commercial technologies (in development).

Countries of operation

JapanEgyptHong Kong

Funding & support

Funded by

Membership feesIndividual donations

Ways to support

DonateMembershipCorporate partnership

Credentials & affiliations

Partnerships

LOGIQ, SIOS Technology, Ryomo Systems, Confidential Service, InfiniCloud