Bitnami, a Broadcom-owned project that provides pre-packaged, ready-to-run application stacks (images), making it easy to deploy popular open-source software or Kubernetes tools on various containerized platforms, shook the tech world, especially within the open-source community.
In an unexpected and highly controversial move that caught everyone off guard, Bitnami announced that it is making changes to its public container catalog, and for many developers, it’s going to hurt.
Starting August 28, 2025, the long-standing Docker Hub repository at “docker.io/bitnami” will undergo a staged shutdown, with brownouts scheduled before the final deletion on September 29.
Why you should consider self-hosting instead of relying on a “free” provider reason 2759:
These containers are/were for self-hosting. VMWare previously owned Bitnami, it was their attempt to make it easier to self-host rather than paying a cloud provider, which should directly benefit them because VMWare got its money from businesses that self-host + self-host people growing up learning free homelab ESXi and wanting to apply that at work. It helps a lot if there’s well-maintained solutions for deploying popular stuff.
Then Broadcom bought VMWare for a ridiculous price and is doing none of that.
Ah, that makes a lot more sense why people were dependent on the software, but if anything, that proves that using essential software that can have the terms changed by “new management” is a bad idea. Your crucial hosting software should FOSS with no strings attached.