v1.0

• Release date: January 12, 2026
• GitHub release: v1.0.0

Ella Core is a simple, reliable and secure core network for private 5G deployment.

Main features

• Deploy on generic hardware (amd64 or arm64)
• Consumes very little resources
• Packaged as 1 binary
• Install in 5 minutes using the snap, container image or from source
• Operate using a simple and intuitive modern UI
• Automate tasks with a complete RESTful API and Go client
• Validated with multiple device vendors (iOS, Android)
• Connect up to 1000 subscribers
• User Plane built with eBPF
• Achieve bitrates over 10Gbps
• Use private IP subnets with Network Address Translation (NAT) support
• Distributed as Free and Open Source Software (Apache 2.0)
• State-of-the-art documentation