KOS Studio is designed as a collaborative development environment. All instances of KOS Studio within an organization are synchronized in real time, allowing developers, testers, and administrators to work from a shared view of images, artifacts, devices, and configurations.

Key collaboration features include:

• Real-time synchronization – Changes made to images, manifests, artifacts, tags, and related resources are immediately visible to other authorized users within the organization. This helps teams stay aligned and reduces configuration drift.
• Shared images and manifests – Teams can collaborate on the same image definitions and deployment configurations. Developers can create specialized child images using Image Inheritance while continuing to track updates from a shared reference image.
• Simplified developer onboarding – Images can be configured to use relative paths within a source repository through Team Direct Shortcuts. When a new developer joins the project, they simply provide the location of the source tree on their local machine, allowing the image to run without additional setup or modification.
• Artifact sharing – Teams can share KABs through organizational artifact storage. This allows developers to build on each other’s work while maintaining version control and traceability.
• Tags and organization tools – Tags can be used to automatically group related devices, images, and resources, making it easier for users in different roles to locate the assets relevant to their work.
• Cross-organization collaboration – Users can belong to multiple organizations simultaneously, making it easier to work with contractors, suppliers, customers, and other external partners.

Whether a team is developing software, validating releases, managing hardware deployments, or coordinating with external partners, KOS Studio provides a shared workspace that helps keep everyone working from the same source of truth.