Announcements

2026 Eclipse Foundation Board Election Results

Monday, March 2, 2026 - 10:45 by Gesine Freund

The Eclipse Foundation would like to thank everyone who participated in this year’s election process and is pleased to announce the results of the 2026 Eclipse Foundation Contributing Member and Committer Member elections for representatives to the foundation’s board. These positions are a vitally important part of the Eclipse Foundation's governance.

Eclipse Foundation unveils full agenda for OCX 2026

Thursday, February 26, 2026 - 07:00 by Natalia Loungou

The Eclipse Foundation, one of the world’s largest open source software organisations, has announced the full agenda for Open Community Experience (OCX 2026), taking place 21–23 April 2026 at The EGG conference centre in Brussels, Belgium.

What’s in store for open source in 2026?

Thursday, December 18, 2025 - 10:01 by Anonymous (not verified)

As 2025 draws to a close, many of us find ourselves reflecting on a year of remarkable change and looking ahead to what lies beyond the horizon. The end of the year often brings a mix of reflection and anticipation, a time when the open source ecosystem pauses to take stock and to imagine what the next chapter might bring.


 

2025 Open Source Congress Report

Thursday, December 4, 2025 - 05:00 by Jacob Harris

Uncover the growing challenges facing open source today, from rising regulatory demands to the complexities of operating as a global, mature ecosystem.

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Mastering Project Context Files for AI Coding Agents

Thursday, November 20, 2025 - 03:48 by Jonas Helming

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.

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Eclipse Theia 1.66 Release: News and Noteworthy

Thursday, November 13, 2025 - 04:11 by Jonas Helming

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!

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Open VSX security update - October 2025

Monday, October 27, 2025 - 16:38 by Anonymous (not verified)

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.