2026 Annual Report | Eclipse Foundation Open Source Impact and Growth

Eclipse Foundation 2026 annual
As we look back on 2025, I continue to be inspired by the strength of our global community and its commitment to open collaboration. Across industries, regions, and technology domains, we are seeing open source play an increasingly central role in shaping the systems that power today's digital economy.
"Open source is no longer simply a development model. It has become foundational infrastructure."
This shift is now widely recognised by governments, enterprises, and communities alike, along with the shared responsibility required to sustain open technologies at scale.
At the same time, the environment in which open source operates is evolving quickly. New regulatory frameworks, the rapid adoption of AI, increasing focus on security, shifting geopolitical dynamics, and growing focus on digital autonomy are reshaping expectations for how software is developed, governed, and maintained. In this context, the role of the Eclipse Foundation as a vendor-neutral, trusted steward of open collaboration has never been more important.
Over the past year, we've focused on strengthening the foundations that enable open source to operate effectively at scale.
One of the clearest examples is in regulatory engagement. The Open Regulatory Compliance (ORC) Working Group has shown how open source communities can work constructively with both policymakers and industry. By translating the implications of the European Union's Cyber Resilience Act into practical guidance, the ORC community has helped bring clarity to a complex and rapidly evolving landscape, while ensuring that open source perspectives are part of the conversation.
Through our Industry Collaborations, organisations are aligning around shared platforms in critical sectors. In automotive, the rapid progress of Eclipse S-CORE and the broader Software Defined Vehicle ecosystem highlights what can be achieved when competitors work together on open, interoperable foundations. At the same time, work on Eclipse ThreadX and the Trustable Software Framework is extending open source into safety-critical and regulated environments, demonstrating that it can meet the requirements of reliability, security, and certification.
We are also seeing increasing momentum across the full technology stack. From hardware to applications, organisations are adopting open source components and integrating them into complete systems. At the hardware layer, the OpenHW Foundation is accelerating the adoption of open RISC-V technologies, improving access to production-ready IP and supporting digital autonomy.
In parallel, we are taking on a growing role in operating critical open infrastructure. The Open VSX Registry, now serving more than 300 million monthly downloads, has become a central part of the global developer ecosystem. Supporting cloud-based and AI-enabled development tools, it reflects a broader shift from project stewardship toward operating production-grade services at scale.
Artificial intelligence is also emerging as a defining force across the software landscape. Our focus is on ensuring that AI development remains open, transparent, and interoperable, supporting an ecosystem where innovation is not constrained by proprietary boundaries.
Equally important is the continued expansion of participation in open source globally. Communities across the Global South are playing an increasingly significant role in shaping the future of open technologies, bringing new perspectives and expertise to the ecosystem. Supporting this growth is essential to ensuring that open source remains inclusive, representative, and sustainable over the long term.
"None of this progress would be possible without the strength of our community. As we often say, "community is the capacity." From contributors and maintainers to member organisations and partners, it is this shared commitment to openness and collaboration that enables the ecosystem to thrive."
As we look ahead, our focus remains on deepening collaboration across industries, governments, and regions, while continuing to invest in the infrastructure, governance, and communities that underpin open source.
Thank you for being part of this journey. I hope you find this year's Annual Report informative and useful. We welcome your ideas, your feedback, and your continued engagement as we work together to advance open source at scale.
The Eclipse Foundation continues to grow as a global open source ecosystem, with sustained activity across projects, contributors, and Industry Collaborations.
Industry collaborations
These metrics reflect both the scale of the ecosystem and the continued expansion of participation across organisations and individual contributors worldwide.
Between April 1, 2025 and March 31, 2026, the Eclipse Foundation welcomed 41 new members, bringing total membership to 304 organisations.
While overall membership is slightly lower than the previous year, this change reflects the transition from the original U.S.-based Eclipse.org Foundation, Inc. to the Belgian-based Eclipse Foundation AISBL, completed in November 2025. This change represents a structural transition rather than a reduction in ecosystem engagement.
As of March 31, 2026, the Eclipse Foundation community includes 15 strategic member organisations that play a key role in shaping the direction of the ecosystem.
These organisations contribute leadership, resources, and domain expertise across projects and Industry Collaborations, supporting the development of shared technologies at scale.
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In 2025, the Eclipse Foundation welcomed 30 new projects spanning a vast range of domains, including digital twins, edge computing, IoT, open hardware, and regulatory compliance.
These additions reflect the continued expansion of the ecosystem into both emerging a