In this conversation, Rachel Stephens (Research Director at RedMonk) and Mike Milinkovich (Executive Director, Eclipse Foundation) discuss the EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA). Mike explains the law, its implications for the software industry – particularly open source software – and the responsibilities it places on manufacturers.
Last week at the SDV Hackathon Chapter Three, a total of 102 participants gathered at Bosch Innovation Campus, Berlin, and at 42 Porto to build innovative features powered by software-defined vehicle (SDV) technologies.
SBOMs are detailed inventories of a project’s components and dependencies, widely recognized as essential for supply chain security. They improve visibility, help identify vulnerabilities early, ensure compliance with emerging standards and build community trust through transparency.
The open source landscape is evolving fast, and we want to hear from you. The Eclipse Foundation is proud to collaborate again with Perforce Software and Open Source Initiative on the 2026 State of Open Source survey. Your input ensures this report reflects the real challenges and opportunities facing OSS users today.
The latest ORC Monthly is out! Highlights include:
• Code & Compliance Community Day (Oct 22–23, Brussels) — program updates + registration reminder
• ETSI early consultations, EC survey on critical OSS, and the Standardisation Regulation consultation
• New “how to contribute” video/blog for newcomers
• Welcome to new members: ifrOSS, Open Source Society Malta, OSADL
Bloomberg’s journey with Eclipse Temurin is a clear signal to the industry: thriving open source doesn’t just happen, it’s built and sustained by the companies that depend on it.
We're excited to announce that Theia AI has been named a finalist in the 2025 CODiE Awards for the best open source development tool category! A huge congratulations to the Eclipse Theia community for this recognition.
The survey results give us insight into Jakarta EE’s role as the leading framework for building modern, cloud native Java applications.
The Eclipse Foundation, alongside other open source stewards, issued a statement that highlights the fragility of critical public open source infrastructure (from package registries like Maven Central and PyPI to CDNs and build systems) and calls for sustainable funding models to align usage with responsibility. Read the full statement here.
Sonnet 4.5 is supported in Theia AI and the Theia IDE, out-of-the-box, unlocking powerful, long-running coding agents with zero setup hassle. If you're building tools or writing code, this update brings smarter automation, better reasoning, and seamless performance—ready to use in just a few clicks.
Our September community newsletter is out. Catch up on the latest from the Eclipse Foundation ecosystem, from Eclipse S-CORE, to community news, project updates, and more.
Your answers will help assess the current state of software development in the automotive industry. The results will be compiled in a report that helps automotive software development teams keep pace with the latest trends.
The OpenHarmony Technical Conference in Florence on September 3, 2025, served as a pivotal gathering, showcasing a vibrant and rapidly expanding ecosystem for smart devices. Far more than just a series of technical talks, the event highlighted the strategic collaboration between OpenAtom OpenHarmony and Eclipse Oniro, positioning Oniro as a bridge connecting the robust OpenHarmony foundation with a global developer community. The conference covered several key areas that enable cooperation and increase the number of opportunities for the whole ecosystem.
Java changed software development and reshaped open source innovation forever, but its future was uncertain for a while. Would it remain an innovative force, or would closed governance and slow progress relegate it to history? Enter the Eclipse Foundation, where the future of open source Java was reimagined.
The Eclipse Theia 2025-08 Community Release brings powerful AI features, introduces autonomous coding agents, and enhances developer workflows with visual context, model aliases, and more. If you're building modern, AI-powered IDEs or tools, this release is packed with innovations you don't want to miss.
Download the latest version of the Eclipse IDE, featuring the latest Java support and improved plug-in development tooling.
Discover how Task Engineering—a core part of the Dibe Coding method—transforms AI from a novelty into a dependable coding partner. This deep-dive article shows how tools like the AI-native Theia IDE make it practical to break problems into AI-ready tasks for scalable, real-world software development.
A report published by ONEKEY, a Germany-based cybersecurity company, has revealed that the German economy is not prioritising the EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA).
As the 2025 Eclipse SDV Hackathon approaches, we spoke with this year’s Hack MCs, Andre Bott of Bosch Digital and Christian Heissenberger of the Eclipse Foundation, about what drives their passion for hackathons, what excites them most about this year’s unique two-location format, and why these events play such a vital role in fostering innovation and collaboration within the SDV community.
Aurélie Caron reflects on representing the Eclipse Foundation at OSCAFest 2025 in Lagos, Nigeria, and speaking at the Women in Open Source Brunch.