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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.

The mobile and IoT software landscape is experiencing its most significant tectonic shift in over a decade. The emergence of OpenHarmony, and its commercial counterpart, HarmonyOS Next, represents a decisive break from the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) and the introduction of an entirely new, independent software stack. For the global open source community, and particularly for our ongoing work within the Eclipse Oniro project, this represents a massive "blue ocean" opportunity.

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At OCX 2026, Eclipse Foundation leaders Ivar Grimstad and Tanja Obradovic laid out a clear message: Jakarta EE is not trying to reinvent enterprise Java. It is trying to modernise it without breaking what made it valuable in the first place.

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).

At OCX 2026, the Eclipse Foundation highlighted the growing role of open source in embedded and IoT development, with Eclipse ThreadX and RISC-V at the center of the conversation.

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.

Learn about Carmen Delgado's new role within the Eclipse Foundation.

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.

Google has announced an updated version of its open source Android Automotive operating system designed for software-defined vehicles. Previously limited to in-car infotainment systems, Android Automotive is now being extended to support non-safety-critical components within the vehicle’s internal computing architecture, broadening its role as an “open infrastructure.” This strategic move comes with a new and straightforward name: Android Automotive OS SDV, short AAOS SDV. As platforms like this evolve into critical infrastructure, governance matters as much as code.

The Eclipse Theia Community Release 2026-02 is here, bringing together 167 improvements from Theia 1.67 and 1.68 into a stable milestone for adopters. From GitHub Copilot integration and Agent Skills to shell execution, stronger agent workflows, AppTester automation, and the new Terminal Manager, there is a lot for Theia builders and users to explore in this release.

Our new demo video shows Theia Coder across a complete workflow, from app generation and code updates to planning and automated E2E testing. It also introduces the Capability concept for enabling workflows like testing, shell access, and GitHub-related tasks more easily.

Open source initiatives and AI platforms are intended to accelerate the development of software-defined vehicles. What does it take to win the race for the best digital car?