Case Study: SmartThings achieves fast IoT open source compliance with FOSSA

How SmartThings runs IoT open source compliance across dozens of releases per day

SmartThings, a company building an open platform for the Internet of Things, faced the challenge of managing open source license compliance across a complex and fast-paced development environment that released code dozens of times per day. They needed a solution that could integrate deeply without slowing down their sophisticated CI/CD workflow, which used over a dozen programming languages. The vendor FOSSA was brought in to provide this solution.

FOSSA implemented its service by integrating directly into SmartThings's existing tools like GitHub, Jenkins, and Slack, enabling real-time scanning and compliance alerts throughout the build and code review process. This automated approach allowed developers to catch issues early and ensured every release was compliant without delays. The entire on-premise deployment was completed in just a few days, making compliance a seamless part of their workflow and preserving their high release velocity.

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Dean Hemstreet

Vice President Q/A & Release Engineering