Eclipse Community News

Bridging the ecosystem divide: Bringing Ionic and Tauri to OpenHarmony

Natalia Loungou — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:45:00 +0000

Bridging the ecosystem divide: Bringing Ionic and Tauri to OpenHarmony Natalia Loungou Wed, 2026-04-29 12:45

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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https://newsroom.eclipse.org/eclipse-newsletter/2026/april/bridging-ecosystem-d…

April 2026 Community Newsletter

Natalia Loungou — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:43:33 +0000

April 2026 Community Newsletter Natalia Loungou Wed, 2026-04-29 12:43

Read the latest community newsletter from the Eclipse Foundation.

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https://newsroom.eclipse.org/eclipse-newsletter/2026/april

Jakarta EE AI integration: What’s coming in EE 12 and 13

Natalia Loungou — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 10:26:07 +0000

Jakarta EE AI integration: What’s coming in EE 12 and 13 Natalia Loungou Wed, 2026-04-29 06:26

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.

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https://www.efficientlyconnected.com/jakarta-ee-ai-integration-roadmap-2026/

CRA compliance and Trustable Software: What OCX 2026 revealed

Natalia Loungou — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 10:25:21 +0000

CRA compliance and Trustable Software: What OCX 2026 revealed Natalia Loungou Wed, 2026-04-29 06:25

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).

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https://www.efficientlyconnected.com/eu-cyber-resilience-act-compliance-ocx-202…

Eclipse ThreadX and RISC-V advance the open embedded stack

Natalia Loungou — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 10:24:08 +0000

Eclipse ThreadX and RISC-V advance the open embedded stack Natalia Loungou Wed, 2026-04-29 06:24

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.

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https://www.efficientlyconnected.com/open-source-supply-chain-sustainability-th…

OCX 2026 wrap-up: Open source finds its moment in the heart of Europe

Natalia Loungou — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 10:22:08 +0000

OCX 2026 wrap-up: Open source finds its moment in the heart of Europe Natalia Loungou Wed, 2026-04-29 06:22

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.

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https://www.efficientlyconnected.com/ocx-2026-wrap-up-open-source-finds-its-mom…

Open Community for Tooling at OCX26

Natalia Loungou — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 17:02:31 +0000

Open Community for Tooling at OCX26 Natalia Loungou Tue, 2026-04-28 13:02

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.

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https://blogs.eclipse.org/post/daniela-nastase/open-community-tooling-ocx26

The journey continues: New role in the Eclipse Management Organization

Natalia Loungou — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 11:56:41 +0000

The journey continues: New role in the Eclipse Management Organization Natalia Loungou Fri, 2026-04-17 07:56

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

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https://blogs.eclipse.org/post/carmen-delgado/journey-continues-new-role-eclips…

Eclipse Theia 1.70 Released

Jonas Helming — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 07:26:43 +0000

Eclipse Theia 1.70 Released Jonas Helming Thu, 2026-04-16 03:26

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.

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https://eclipsesource.com/blogs/2026/04/16/eclipse-theia-1-70-release-news-and-…

What open source has taught me about community, resilience, and purpose

Diana Kupfer — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 11:57:19 +0000

What open source has taught me about community, resilience, and purpose Diana Kupfer Tue, 2026-04-14 07:57

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https://opensourceglobalvoices.org/what-open-source-has-taught-me-about-communi…