Community News

Check out our March community newsletter for updates on Jakarta EE (and the 30th anniversary of Java), our latest SDV survey report, Theia AI, Open Regulatory Compliance news, and more! 

We’re thrilled to announce the final release of Jakarta NoSQL 1.0, a brand-new specification designed to bring standardization, productivity, and portability to NoSQL integration in the Java ecosystem.

To keep pace with our community’s evolving needs and ensure we connect with developers, contributors, and open source enthusiasts where they are, we’re excited to share that we’re on Bluesky!

Want to supercharge your AI-powered tools with smarter, more precise responses? This article shows how Theia AI’s chat context variables let users effortlessly attach relevant files, symbols, or custom elements to their chat—unlocking more accurate, transparent, and efficient interactions.

The Eclipse Foundation recently announced the AI-powered Theia IDE, a major community-driven evolution of the open source Theia IDE that brings integrated AI capabilities to both desktop and cloud-based development environments.

The 2025 Jakarta EE Developer Survey is now open! This annual survey plays a key role in gathering insights from the global enterprise Java community to help shape the future of Jakarta EE. Whether you’re a developer, architect, or business leader working with Java, your input is essential in guiding the evolution of cloud native Java technologies.

Want full control over AI-assisted coding? The AI-powered Theia IDE lets you integrate any AI model, customize prompts, and maintain full transparency over AI interactions—no vendor lock-in, no black-box decisions. Discover how Theia IDE puts you in charge of AI-driven development!

Dear friends and users,

The openPASS Working Group is delighted and proud to announce the official release of opSimulation version 1.2.0.

Having originated from a single simulation platform, with the first major release v1.0, we have evolved into a modular ecosystem. The latest version of the main component in this ecosystem (opSimulation) is now available in its version v.1.2.0.

As part of our series of short interviews with the most active Eclipse SDV committers, we sat down with Kerstin Keller, maintainer of Eclipse eCAL, to find out how she discovered the world of automotive coding and how open source has enhanced her professional journey.

Featuring improved C/C++ development tooling and the latest Java support, download the latest Eclipse IDE release today.

The results from over 170 respondents left us with a number of important takeaways about the adoption of enterprise Java technologies, developer priorities, and more. Here are the key findings.

Join us at Embedded World 2025, on 11-13 March 2025, to explore how the Open Regulatory Compliance is helping the embedded community navigate the CRA and other emerging regulations.

If you plan to attend Embedded World 2025 Conference from March 11-13, 2025, don’t miss the opportunity to engage with the Eclipse Foundation and the Eclipse Open Source Development Tooling ecosystem.

Are you attending Embedded World Exhibition & Conference from 11-13 March 2025? If so, stop by our booth 4-554 in hall 4!

Explore Eclipse Symphony, Eclipse ThreadX, and more in the latest Community Newsletter.

The Open Regulatory Compliance WG has created new resources on GitHub for those who are just getting started or who want to learn how to contribute. We hosted our first workshop in Brussels, joined the EU Open Source Policy Summit and attended the first CRA Expert Group meeting, had multiple community members present during FOSDEM, and developed a deliverables plan that better defines next steps and how others can contribute. 

JCON EUROPE 2025, taking place from 12-15 May 2025, at the Cinedom Multiplex Cinema in Cologne, is one of the biggest international Java community conferences in Germany. This year marks the 30-year anniversary of Java and a decade of JCON.

The article describes the journey of creating a multi-agent platform, a Language Model Operating System (LMOS), which was developed to solve the challenge of deploying LLM-powered applications for highly distributed scenarios with localised constraints.

We are excited to announce the Public Preview of GitHub Copilot for Eclipse. As part of the broader GitHub Copilot family, which enhances productivity in various IDEs, this latest integration ensures that developers using Eclipse can benefit from AI-assisted coding like never before.

The Biscuit project is designed to be the core authorization component in large-scale distributed systems. As such, it needs to be stable, safe, but it also became apparent that it should provide assurances for users that it will be supported for a long time, with a clear governance.