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By adopting Eclipse Temurin and joining the Adoptium Working Group, Bloomberg is strengthening their infrastructure, reducing costs, and leading open source innovation.

The global software ecosystem runs on open source infrastructure. As demand grows, we invite the businesses who rely on it most to play a larger role in sustaining it.

An open letter from the stewards of public open source infrastructure, signed by Alpha-Omega, Eclipse Foundation (Open VSX), OpenJS Foundation, Open Source Security Foundation, Packagist (Composer), Python Software Foundation (PyPI), Rust Foundation (crates.io), Sonatype (Maven Central).

Your answers will help assess the current state of software development in the automotive industry. The results will be compiled in a report that helps automotive software development teams keep pace with the latest trends.
 

The OpenHarmony Technical Conference in Florence on September 3, 2025, served as a pivotal gathering, showcasing a vibrant and rapidly expanding ecosystem for smart devices. Far more than just a series of technical talks, the event highlighted the strategic collaboration between OpenAtom OpenHarmony and Eclipse Oniro, positioning Oniro as a bridge connecting the robust OpenHarmony foundation with a global developer community. The conference covered several key areas that enable cooperation and increase the number of opportunities for the whole ecosystem.

Java changed software development and reshaped open source innovation forever, but its future was uncertain for a while. Would it remain an innovative force, or would closed governance and slow progress relegate it to history? Enter the Eclipse Foundation, where the future of open source Java was reimagined.

The Eclipse Theia 2025-08 Community Release brings powerful AI features, introduces autonomous coding agents, and enhances developer workflows with visual context, model aliases, and more. If you're building modern, AI-powered IDEs or tools, this release is packed with innovations you don't want to miss.

Download the latest version of the Eclipse IDE, featuring the latest Java support and improved plug-in development tooling.

Discover how Task Engineering—a core part of the Dibe Coding method—transforms AI from a novelty into a dependable coding partner. This deep-dive article shows how tools like the AI-native Theia IDE make it practical to break problems into AI-ready tasks for scalable, real-world software development.

A report published by ONEKEY, a Germany-based cybersecurity company, has revealed that the German economy is not prioritising the EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA). 

As the 2025 Eclipse SDV Hackathon approaches, we spoke with this year’s Hack MCs, Andre Bott of Bosch Digital and Christian Heissenberger of the Eclipse Foundation, about what drives their passion for hackathons, what excites them most about this year’s unique two-location format, and why these events play such a vital role in fostering innovation and collaboration within the SDV community.

Aurélie Caron reflects on representing the Eclipse Foundation at OSCAFest 2025 in Lagos, Nigeria, and speaking at the Women in Open Source Brunch. 

The ORC Working Group’s release of its CRA compliance resource inventory provides a much-needed starting point for developers, maintainers, and manufacturers working with open source. 

As summer winds down, ORC is gearing up for a busy event season. From global security summits to community-driven gatherings, this fall will be packed with opportunities to connect, share knowledge, and advance the conversation around the Cyber Resilience Act and upcoming regulations.

Over the summer, students from the Computing Talent Initiative partnered with CodeDay to contribute to the Eclipse IDE. For many, this was their very first experience working on a large-scale open source project.

The one-size-fits-all structure of the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) has raised concerns. Without careful consideration, the CRA could place undue burdens on maintainers and limit innovation. That’s where the Open Regulation Compliance (ORC) Working Group steps in.

In October last year, we marked a key achievement: 20,000 followers on LinkedIn. Less than a year later, we are pleased to share that this number has grown to 30,000. This milestone reflects the continued support, engagement, and enthusiasm of the global community connected to the Eclipse Foundation.

The global open source community will gather in Brussels from 21 to 23 April 2026 for the Open Community Experience (OCX) 2026. It isn’t just another conference; it’s where six open source communities collide to shape the future of software, developer tools, mobility, AI, compliance, and research. With one pass, you get access to six experiences and endless opportunities.

Since joining the Eclipse Foundation in December, the OpenHW Foundation has significantly advanced its mission to develop, verify, and deliver high quality, open source RISC-V processor cores and related IP for commercial and industrial applications – and we’ve got some exciting announcements to share in the coming months.

The Apache Software Foundation highlights its membership in the Open Regulatory Compliance (ORC) Working Group in its FY2025 Annual Report, underscoring the vital role foundations play in shaping EU regulations that impact open source.