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The Open Community for Automotive at OCX26 focused on how open source collaboration is transforming the software-defined vehicle ecosystem and enabling a full middleware platform for series vehicle production.

The main track at OCX26 focused on the practical challenges of building and operating open source systems at scale. Across three days, sessions addressed software trust, digital sovereignty, distributed architectures, and the integration of AI into enterprise environments.

The Eclipse Software Defined Vehicle (SDV) Working Group continues its strong growth trajectory in 2026, welcoming a diverse set of new members from across the global mobility, transportation, and embedded systems ecosystem.

The keynote agenda at OCX26 addressed the broader context in which open source systems are designed and deployed. Across three days, speakers explored how open source intersects with digital sovereignty, trust, AI adoption, and regulatory change.

The 2026 State of Open Source Report shows that 98% of organisations are maintaining or expanding their use of open source. Open source is core infrastructure. The industry has solved adoption. It has not solved what comes next.

What was once a live demo on the show floor is now available to everyone as a fully documented, reproducible Eclipse SDV E2E Demo Blueprint.

The Open Community for Automotive (OCA) at OCX 2026 focused on how open source collaboration is transforming the software defined vehicle ecosystem and enabling a full middleware platform for series vehicle production.

In the growing constellation of Global South contributors shaping today’s open source ecosystem, Fon Emmanuel Noel Nfebe stands out as a hands-on builder, a humble mentor, and a quietly persistent innovator.

What’s new in the Eclipse SDV community? Our latest Eclipse SDV Newsletter is live, packed with insights, updates, and stories from across the open source SDV ecosystem.

On 28-29 April 2026, the Eclipse SDV community gathered at Esslingen University, Campus Stadtmitte, for the SDV HackFest HS Esslingen to strengthen the SDV ecosystem and project adoption.

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At OCX 2026, the Eclipse Foundation brought together open source leaders, embedded systems engineers, and compliance experts to address two increasingly connected priorities: preparing for the EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) and operationalising the Eclipse Trustable Software Framework (TSF).

Held in Brussels, this year’s Open Community Experience (OCX) felt like an event arriving at exactly the right moment. Across three days of sessions, conversations, and keynotes, one theme became clear: open source is no longer simply a development model. It is becoming strategic infrastructure.

This recap covers the OC for Tooling track at Open Community Experience 2026 (OCX), with sessions focused on Eclipse Theia, AI-powered IDEs, open source developer tools, language engineering, and the growing role of tooling in modern software systems.

Eclipse Theia 1.70 is out, just in time for OCX next week: AI Coding in the Theia IDE has graduated from beta, alongside major improvements to agent workflows, Git/SCM, terminal history, search, debugging, and platform compatibility.

In this guest post, Ruth Ikegah, open source pioneer and community builder in Africa, shares her journey – from her upbringing in a rural Nigerian household to global tech conference stages.

The Open Community for Research at OCX is where game-changing collaboration happens. From 21-23 April, the Eclipse Foundation is once again bringing together a unique mix of developers, researchers, industry leaders, and policymakers to discuss and collaborate on the technologies that are shaping the future of open source in Europe.

Perforce Software, together with the Eclipse Foundation, has published the results of the 2026 State of Automotive Software Development Survey, offering a detailed look at current practices and emerging trends in the automotive software sector, including the growing role of open source.

We are thrilled to announce the official 1.0 release of Eclipse hawkBit - the culmination of years of community-driven development, 84 contributors, nearly 4,000 commits, 20 releases, and a relentless focus on making over-the-air software updates for IoT devices reliable, scalable, and secure.

Read the March community newsletter to get updates on Eclipse Thea, Open VSX Registry, AI-assisted development, OCX, and more.