Eclipse News

Read the 2025 year in review by the Eclipse Foundation's security team, check Tim Kliefoth's committer profile article, and more.

As we steer towards the end of 2025, it’s amazing to look in the rear-view mirror and see just how far the Eclipse Software Defined Vehicle (SDV) community has travelled.

As we look back on 2025, it’s clear that this has been a year of remarkable growth and maturation for the ORC community. Our membership has expanded to 63 organisations, reflecting both the rising importance of open, collaborative security practices and the trust our stakeholders place in the work we are doing together.

As 2025 draws to a close, many of us find ourselves reflecting on a year of remarkable change and looking ahead to what lies beyond the horizon. The end of the year often brings a mix of reflection and anticipation, a time when the open source ecosystem pauses to take stock and to imagine what the next chapter might bring.

Eclipse Theia 1.67 has been released featuring a new Terminal Manager, improved Theia AI onboarding, Claude Code session forking, new Slash Commands and enhanced debugging. Check out the full release notes to see what’s new in the latest monthly update.

As the EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) moves closer to the implementation deadline, software manufacturers across multiple verticals are beginning to understand its extensive implications for software security and compliance, which are now inseparable from innovation.

As the year draws to a close for the automotive sector and the wider software-defined vehicle landscape, two prominent thought leaders and Eclipse SDV Ambassadors, Filipe Prezado and Martin Schleicher, share a clear view of what 2026 will hold for SDV technology, architecture, adoption, and industry readiness.

Held on December 12, 2025 
By:Hide Sakuma

 

Ansgar Lindwedel (left), Director of Ecosystem Development for Software-Defined Vehicles at the Eclipse Foundation, and Christian Mecker, President and CEO of Bosch Corporation (right)

The Eclipse Theia Community Release 2025-11 is now available and delivers native Claude Code IDE integration, persistent AI chat sessions, new GitHub and Project Info agents, and numerous platform improvements.

Learn about the development of Theia AI and what developer problems it helps solve in this interview with Jonas Helming. 

As we wrap up 2025, it’s remarkable to look back at how far the ORC community has come since January. What started as a year shaped by uncertainty transformed into one defined by collaboration, expertise-sharing, and a rapidly growing ecosystem.

Haishi Bai shares his journey in open-source innovation, his impact on projects like Eclipse Symphony, and the passion-driven mindset guiding his work.

Explore the journey of Eudris Cabrera and the impact of open source in the Caribbean on communities and opportunities.

TheiaCon 2025 unveiled a comprehensive demonstration of the AI-native Theia IDE, highlighting fully customizable agents, natural-language coding workflows, and autonomous testing. This showcase illustrates how open, extensible AI tooling enables developers to shape their own intelligent development workflows.

Company Unites Global Automotive Leaders to Drive Open-Source Innovation and Streamline SDV Development, Leveraging Proven Platform Expertise and Leadership

On 4 December the first Eclipse SDV community meeting in South Korea took place at the LG Sciencepark in Seoul. LG Electronics, together with the international Eclipse Foundation, hosted the event. BMW, ETAS, and Hyundai Mobis also participated.

The European Commission has just published the Implementing Regulation defining the technical description of “important” and “critical” products with digital elements under the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA).

Uncover the growing challenges facing open source today, from rising regulatory demands to the complexities of operating as a global, mature ecosystem.

Explore the journey of Fred Peña and his impact on the Caribbean open source community through technology and education.

This Giving Tuesday (2 December), we are inviting everyone who benefits from open source, developers, enterprises, startups, students, researchers, and tech enthusiasts, to give back to the tools that have supported your work all year.