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Factry is built on open-source software. This is one of our strengths. However, it often leads to a very reasonable question from potential customers: If all this software is open source, why would we need Factry at all? Why can’t we just build our own data historian?

With Factry Historian V8 we removed the everyday friction that slows factories down. From clearer insights to faster configuration and smarter KPIs, V8 helps teams understand what happened and why, without extra work.

Companies that don't enable self-service data exploration and dashboard creation pay a hidden but substantial cost. Not in system failures or compliance issues, but in missed opportunities that never get identified and underutilized teams who stop engaging with data altogether.

Your factory has thousands of assets, pumps, valves, ... running calculations on them and deploying scripts shouldn't be done one by one. Here's how to use a single dynamic script across many assets.

Learn how Factry’s Historian data source for Grafana empowers engineers and operators to build structured, reusable dashboards. Making process data accessible to everyone on the factory floor. Featuring a real-world example from Agristo.

Discover Jeroen Coussement's predictions for the 2025 process industry

Factry Historian v7.2: New usability features for better workflows – Factry - Discover Factry Historian v7.2, time to distance conversion, flexible MQTT egress, and smarter Parquet storage. Explore the latest improvements.

Today we’ll take a sleigh ride behind the scenes of Santa Inc. to uncover how a robust MES (Manufacturing Execution System) is the beating heart of the operation and ensures that every present is delivered on time—and in perfect condition.

Discover FactryOS' label printing integration with BarTender - Design, edit and print all the labels you need and add them to your MES