3GPP Compliant
3GPP standards-based interfaces for full compatibility with 4G and 5G radios and devices. 5G RedCap compliant for IoT. Validated with iOS, Android, and IoT modules.
Ella Core
Run your own private mobile network — Ella Core is a simple, reliable, and secure 4G and 5G Core.
Get Started in Seconds
No sales process. No waiting. Install Ella Core with a single command and have your private mobile network up and running in no time.
Terminal
sudo snap install ella-core
Ultra-Fast Data Plane
Built with eBPF for ultra-fast packet processing at the kernel level. Ella Core delivers high performance on commodity hardware without specialized network cards.
Throughput
Latency
1 GB RAM1 Core
amd64arm64
Super Lightweight Deployment
A single binary that sips on resources. No Kubernetes or special hardware required. Works on both amd64 and arm systems.
High Availability
Deploy an Ella Core cluster and keep your mobile network running through hardware failures, upgrades, and network blips. Every node is active — radios and subscribers can connect to any of them — and Raft consensus replicates subscribers, policies, and configuration across the cluster over mTLS.
AI-Native API
Complete RESTful API and Go client for automation and integration. Manage every aspect of your network programmatically, or let AI agents do it securely using the OpenAPI specification and ready-to-use AI agent skill.
Subscriber Traffic Control
Define per-subscriber policy rules to control how traffic flows. Set rate limits, restrict destination IPs and ports, and block unwanted traffic. No external firewall needed. Inspect every flow with source and destination addresses, protocol, and allowed or dropped status. All configurable through the API or UI.
Intuitive UI
Manage your network with a clean web interface made for human beings. Configure subscribers, monitor traffic, and manage policies. All from your browser.
State of the Art Observability
Monitor your network with metrics, logs, traces, and profiles. All built in. Create custom Grafana dashboards and configure alert rules to stay ahead of issues before they impact your network.
And More ...
Native BGP
Peer directly with your upstream routers using built-in BGP. Dynamically advertise subscriber IPs as they are allocated, load peer routes, and integrate into your existing network — no external routing daemon needed.
Built-in NAT
Ella Core works out of the box without thinking about routing. Use private IP addressing for your mobile devices and let Ella Core handle the translation.
Auditable
Detailed logs and audit trails for compliance and troubleshooting. Every action is recorded so you can trace what happened, when, and by whom.
Source Available
Released under the Business Source License 1.1, converting to Apache 2.0 four years after each release. Inspect every line, contribute improvements, and build on a foundation you can see end to end.
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