Announcements
2025 Open Source Congress Report
Uncover the growing challenges facing open source today, from rising regulatory demands to the complexities of operating as a global, mature ecosystem.
The Eclipse Dataspace Working Group (EDWG) advances two open protocols toward global ISO/IEC standardisation
The Eclipse Dataspace Protocol and Eclipse Dataspace Decentralised Claims Protocol facilitate data sharing, trust, and identity verification for dataspaces worldwide.
Textual, Graphical, and Form-Based Data Modeling with Eclipse Theia (AI)
CrossModel demonstrates a unified modeling experience built on Eclipse Theia, combining form-based, graphical, and textual editors, all synchronised via a language server.
Mastering Project Context Files for AI Coding Agents
Project context files are the secret to reliable, efficient AI coding. Learn 3 proven ways to make them more effective, and turn AI from a guessing game into a productive teammate. In the AI-native Theia IDE and any other tool such as Copilot, Claude Code, Cursor, and more.
Understanding Open Source Stewards and the Cyber Resilience Act
This white paper outlines what open source stewards need to understand about their obligations, what processes may need to evolve, and where more discussion is needed.
Eclipse Theia 1.66 Release: News and Noteworthy
Eclipse Theia 1.66 delivers a feature-rich update with persistent AI chat sessions, slash commands, agent modes, and new GitHub and Project Info agents. It also brings significant debugging, UI, and API improvements. Check out the full announcement!
AWS invests in strengthening open source infrastructure at the Eclipse Foundation
This commitment will benefit multiple core services, including Open VSX Registry, the open source registry for Visual Studio Code extensions that powers AI-enabled development environments such as Kiro and other leading tools.
The Eclipse Foundation’s Theia AI wins 2025 CODiE Award for Best Open Source Development Tool
Theia AI empowers developers with an open, flexible framework for building advanced AI capabilities into tools and IDEs.
Eclipse LMOS Redefines Agentic AI with Industry’s First Open Agent Definition Language (ADL) for Enterprises
ADL streamlines agent design, helping enterprises cut complexity, speed deployment, and scale agentic AI with confidence.
Open VSX security update - October 2025
Over the past few weeks, the Open VSX team and the Eclipse Foundation have been responding to reports of leaked tokens and related malicious activity involving certain extensions hosted on the Open VSX Registry.
The Eclipse Foundation Releases the 2025 Jakarta EE Developer Survey Report
BRUSSELS – 30 September 2025 – The Eclipse Foundation, one of the world’s largest open source software foundations, today announced the availability of The State of Enterprise Java: 2025 Jakarta EE Developer Survey Report,
Member case study: Bloomberg’s shift to open source Java
By adopting Eclipse Temurin and joining the Adoptium Working Group, Bloomberg is strengthening their infrastructure, reducing costs, and leading open source innovation.
Businesses built on open infrastructure have a responsibility to sustain it
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.
Open infrastructure is not free: A joint statement on sustainable stewardship
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).
OCX 2026: Six Communities. One Shared Experience
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.
Open Regulatory Compliance Working Group Welcomes New Members and Provides First Resources to Support CRA Implementation and Compliance
Microsoft, Red Hat, and other new members join ORC, as the group marks a key milestone with its inventory of CRA resources.
The Eclipse Foundation Launches OCCTET Project to Speed CRA Compliance
EU-funded open source initiative delivers free tools to help SMEs and developer teams meet Cyber Resilience Act requirements.
OCX 26 Call for Sponsors: Join Us in Making Open Source a Shared Experience
Your organisation can play a leading role in making open source a shared experience. Check out Gaël Blondelle's new blog post to find out why you should sponsor OCX26.
Eclipse Open VSX Registry Security Advisory
A vulnerability in the Eclipse Open VSX Registry’s automated publishing system could have allowed unauthorized extension uploads. It did not affect existing extensions or admin functions.
The issue was reported on May 4, 2025, fully fixed by June 24, and followed by a complete audit. No evidence of compromise was found, but 81 extensions were proactively deactivated as a precaution.
