Differences with Open Source

Calyptia for Fluent Bit is built and maintained by Calyptia, and while based on Fluent Bit is a seperate product. The major differences include the following

Differences	Open Source	Calyptia Fluent Bit
Maintenance	3-4 weeks (latest version only)	1 year (Up to 18 months available)
Security Fixes	None Guaranteed	Hotfix and SLA available
Backporting Fixes	None	1 year (Up to 18 months available)
Bug Fixes	None Guaranteed	Hotfix and SLA available
Support	None	Service Desk and SLA available
Packages	Standard	Extended for SLES 12/15, CentOS 6, RHEL 6, Amazon Linux 1, and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Advanced Features (E.g. Plugins)	None	Coming

Release Cadence and Versioning

Calyptia for Fluent Bit releases every 6 months with a new LTS version. The version follows the pattern of Year, Month, and Patch Release. For example, a version 22.4.4 is the release from April 2022 and includes 4 sets of patch releases. This version 22.4.4 is maintained for security bugs and fixes until April 2023.