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A first glimpse into a new Eclipse SDV project proposal

2026 will be the year we turn momentum into milestones. The first milestone has already been reached: At CES in Las Vegas, 32 automotive companies signed the Memorandum of Understanding for open source collaboration.

Recent global outages reveal that even well-tested and certified software can fail at scale, underscoring a growing trust gap in the software supply chain. This will be explored in John Ellis’ OCX session, “Rebuilding trust: From open source to open accountability.”

As we publish this month’s ORC update, the community is right in the middle of Open Source Week in Brussels. With FOSDEM and a packed schedule of policy, compliance, and community discussions underway, the energy and relevance of our work has never been clearer. That momentum is echoed by the strong response to our Code & Compliance event, which sold out! This signals a community that is growing, engaged, and ready to build on its progress.

We are happy to announce the release of SUMO version 1.26.0. The download links are at https://sumo.dlr.de/Download.

The Open VSX Registry is core infrastructure in the developer supply chain, delivering extensions developers download, install, and rely on every day. As the ecosystem grows, maintaining that trust matters more than ever.

Bloomberg's move to Eclipse Temurin shows why foundation governance and vendor independence matter more than ever in enterprise open source strategy.

At CES 2026, 32 automotive open source leaders signed last year's Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on software-defined vehicles.

Late January in Brussels has become an important moment for anyone working at the intersection of open source and European regulation. For the ORC community, this week is particularly relevant. The Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) is moving from interpretation to implementation, and many of the conversations happening during this week focus on what that means in practice.

From ongoing releases and a redesigned website to the growing success of the Eclipse Temurin, 2025 was a year of growth, stability, and renewed commitment to delivering high-quality, open source Java runtimes to the world.

Initiative 31 is an evaluation project supported by the Eclipse IDE Working Group, focused on the long term sustainability of Eclipse SWT, the Eclipse Platform, and the products built on top of them.

As 2025 comes to an end, it is the right time to look back at how the Oniro Working Group has evolved. If the first half of the year was about exploration and setting up our tools, the second half has been about putting those tools to the test.

Over the past year, we have built greater clarity around the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) and its implications for open source development.

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.

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.