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Linux Foundation Newsletter: January 2026

Written by The Linux Foundation | Jan 21, 2026 6:29:49 PM

Welcome to the January 2026 edition of the Linux Foundation Newsletter.

We’re starting the year strong with growing momentum across the open source community. This year’s first newsletter is packed with project updates and momentum. Check out the highlights and be sure to register for upcoming events!  

Here are this month’s highlights:

  • The 2025 Linux Foundation Annual Report: “Innovation in the Open” 

The 2025 Linux Foundation Annual Report looks back at a pivotal year for open source, spotlighting major milestones across projects, community growth, research, global events, and new foundation launches. 

  • Jim Zemlin on the Latent Space Podcast: Inside the Launch of the Agentic AI Foundation 

The Linux Foundation’s Jim Zemmlin was a guest on the number one podcast for AI engineers, alongside leaders from Anthropic, OpenAI and Block, to discuss how the recently announced AAIF came together, why neutrality and open governance matter for agentic AI, and the early momentum building across the foundation as MCP (model context protocol) gains adoption.

  • 2026 Predictions: What LF Leaders See Coming Next

Linux Foundation experts are already mapping the year ahead. Christopher Robinson, CTO at OpenSSF,  predicts a developer community that continues to grow larger and more diverse. Arpit Joshipura, GM & SVP at the Linux Foundation, shares his 2026 outlook on AI-native networking, agents and edge AI – and checks his scorecard on last year’s predictions. Spoiler alert: he nailed it.

  • CAMARA Project Releases New White Paper on MCP for AI Applications 

CAMARA’s latest white paper shows how combining open network APIs with MCP, a cutting edge technology now governed by the Linux Foundation’s Agentic AI Foundation, enables a new class of secure, network-aware AI applications with deeper real-world context.

>> Read on for even more news, research, and opportunities from across the Linux Foundation.

PS: Register now for KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2026 March 23-26

Contents

Education Opportunities

Build the Right Skills Mix for 2026

Kick off the year by building skills that scale. For a limited time, save 35% sitewide on certifications, courses, and more. Use code SKILLSMIX26 to mix, match, and build the skills that fit your goals for 2026. Offer ends January 27.

 

LF Europe: Community Updates

  • EU Open Source Policy Summit 2026—Digital Sovereignty Runs on Open Source | January 30, 2026

    • The 2026 EU Open Source Policy Summit will bring together public and private sector leaders to explore how open source underpins Europe’s digital sovereignty across security, cloud, AI, standards, and industrial innovation.
    • Gabriele Columbro (LF Europe & FINOS) will contribute a keynote on Europe’s digital sovereignty and the strategic role of open ecosystems.
    • Paula Grzegorzewska (LF Europe) will join the panel “Building Alternatives – Cloud & AI”, examining how open source can enable competitive European alternatives to dominant platforms and support trusted infrastructure, interoperability, and innovation.
    • Learn more about this event and register here >>
  • FOSDEM 2026—Linux Foundation Europe is excited to be part of one of Europe’s premier gatherings for free and open source communities.
    • This year, we will showcase both global and European-led open source initiatives spanning cloud, telco, hardware, energy, security, and embedded systems.
    • Attendees will find stands from CNCF, OpenSSF, LF Energy, RISC-V International, OpenInfra Foundation, Zephyr, Dronecode, TODO Group, Xen Project, OpenBao, OpenTofu, and more alongside new European efforts such as the NeoNephos Foundation, Carbyne Stack, and PowSyBl.
    • We will also share insights from LF Research on digital sovereignty, CRA readiness, and other key topics, plus hands-on demos and training resources from Linux Foundation Education.
    • We are proud to co-organize several FOSDEM devrooms this year now closed for CFPs and with agendas published including EU Policy, Funding the FOSS Ecosystem, Robotics & Simulation, CRA in Practice, SBOMs & Supply Chains, Energy, and Embedded, Mobile & Automotive.
    • Session Highlights:
    • Whether you’re a maintainer, contributor, student, policymaker, or open source enthusiast, we would love to see you in Brussels. See you at FOSDEM 2026!
  • Open Sovereign Cloud Day @ KubeCon Europe—Amsterdam, Netherlands (23 March 2026)

    • Calling all technologists with real-world experience building sovereign solutions on open source!
    • Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) and Linux Foundation Europe are hosting the inaugural #OpenSovereignCloudDay on 23 March 2026 in Amsterdam, co-located with #KubeCon EU.
    • It’s time to move from policy to practical technology showcasing how open source projects across the Linux Foundation ecosystem are coming together to deliver end-to-end sovereign cloud stacks.
    • If you are working on sovereignty in practice, we would love to see you there! Learn more >>

 

LF Research: Cyber resiliency survey + two new reports

Help us understand the open source ecosystem’s cyber resiliency! 

As cybersecurity legislation comes into effect in Europe and beyond, new software security and accountability requirements impact open source projects, contributors, and stakeholders. Following last year’s inaugural study on the topic, LF Research and OpenSSF are fielding a survey to update our understanding of the community’s awareness of and readiness to comply with cybersecurity regulation. Lend your perspective, bridge the knowledge gap, and help prepare the open source ecosystem for emerging regulatory challenges!

 

Two new reports to kick off 2026!

AI's Impacts in Latin America

LF Research and Meta have published the fourth report in our series on the economic and social impact of AI, examining the opportunity for Latin America. Key findings include a high-growth and high-impact AI market, strong cultural readiness & optimism, significant workforce transformation, and the value of open source for sovereign innovation. Download the report to read the complete findings!

 

Cloud Native and AI

LF Research and CNCF partnered again in 2025 to field their annual survey in the cloud native community. Survey insights show Kubernetes’ evolution from container orchestrator to AI infrastructure platform, cloud native maturity’s predictable progression, and a profound gap between AI ambition and infrastructure reality. Read the full report to learn how to address this gap! 

 

Linux Foundation Projects: Featured news


Swag from Open Compliance Summit 2025, Japan.

Academy Software Foundation (ASWF)

  • The Academy Software Foundation’s (ASWF) annual Open Source Forum will be held at Netflix Studios in Los Angeles and virtually on February 26, 2026. This exclusive event brings together executives from across the motion picture and media industries to discuss new technologies impacting studios. 
     

Automotive Grade Linux (AGL)

  • New whitepaper: CAMARA + MCP for network-aware AI applications. AI agents increasingly shape digital experiences, but they’re often blind to the real-time network context that drives performance, security, and reliability. Our new white paper shows how CAMARA network APIs can integrate with the Model Context Protocol (MCP) so AI systems can securely consume policy-compliant, real-time network intelligence. Read the press release >> for more details. 
  • Take a look back at CAMARA in 2025, in this new blog post, “Building with the CAMARA Community: 2025 Reflections,” and learn how CAMARA continues to turn open telco APIs into reliable, production-ready building blocks, with operators and suppliers aligning on consistent APIs across markets. Learn more >>
  • CAMARA welcomes new community leaders via Technical Steering Committee (TSC) and End-User Council (EUC) elections. Congratulations to Kevin Smith (Vodafone) and Ben Hepworth (CableLabs). Read the full announcement blog >>
  • WeAreDevelopers published  “The CAMARA Project: How Telco Collaborating Improves Developer Experience” which notes, “Major telcos around the world have begun collaborating on...CAMARA, hosted by the Linux Foundation. Rather than treating APIs as competitive territory, they’re now contributing to a shared, standardized set of network capabilities anyone can use.” Read on >>
  • TelecomTV hosted an interactive, in-person "Unthinkable Lab" deep-dive to explore key scenarios, synergies and challenges shaping the future of European telecoms across Agentic AI and Telco APIs. CAMARA community members were part of the discussion.  While the session wasn’t recorded (Chatham House Rules!), you can see an overview from analyst Dean Bubley >> 
  • Meet CAMARA at MWC Barcelona from March 02-05, 2026:
    • CAMARA will host an in-person Community Reception with Red Hat during MWC Barcelona 2026 on Tuesday, March 03, 2026 from 6:30–8:30 PM (CEST). RSVP by Feb 17 >>
    • Look for CAMARA API demos with telco exhibit booths on the show floor.
    • Attend the GSMA Open Gateway Developer Conference to learn how operators, aggregators and vendors are leveraging CAMARA APIs across the ecosystem. 
  • Join CAMARA Project at CloudNative Telco Day 2026, co-located with KubeCon + CloudNative Con EU, on March 23, 2026 in Amsterdam. CAMARA will present a panel presentation on commercial adoption of CAMARA APIs. Stay tuned for more details on our session and how to join us at the event!

CHIPS Alliance

  • Our latest Developer Spotlight features Rob Mains, Executive Director of CHIPS Alliance, on what it takes to build sustainable, production-ready open source silicon, from trust and neutral governance to engineering rigor and collaboration at scale. Read our full profile >>
  • CHIPS Alliance published “CHIPS Alliance 2025: A Year of Breakthroughs in Open Silicon and the Road Ahead”, covering 2025 technical milestones across Caliptra, OpenPRoT, VeeR, Chisel, and open source EDA, plus updates on community growth, events, and priorities for 2026.

Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF)

  • Cilium releases 2025 annual report: A decade of cloud native networking—A decade on from its first commit in 2015, 2025 marks a significant milestone for the Cilium project. The community has published the 2025 Cilium Annual Report: A Decade of Cloud Native Networking, which reflects on the project’s evolution, key milestones, and notable developments over the past year.
  • KubeVirt undergoes OSTIF security audit—The Open Source Technology Improvement Fund (OSTIF) is proud to share the results of a recent security audit of KubeVirt, a Kubernetes virtualization API and runtime for managing virtual machines. 

Confidential Computing Consortium (CCC)

  • IT Brief US coverage highlights IDC research commissioned by the Confidential Computing Consortium, showing that 75% of organizations are adopting confidential computing as it moves into the AI mainstream.
    • The article underscores how protecting data in use is becoming foundational for trusted AI, regulatory compliance, and cross-border collaboration.
    • Read the coverage >>
  • 2026 is shaping up to be a pivotal year for Confidential Computing. Mike Bursell, Executive Director of the Confidential Computing Consortium (CCC), shares the CCC’s outlook for the year ahead and why momentum continues to accelerate across the ecosystem. From growing regulator interest and AI security needs, to digital sovereignty, attestation, and a clear shift toward demand-side adoption, this message outlines where Confidential Computing is heading and how the CCC is focusing its work in 2026.
     
    • Read the message from Mike to explore:
      • Key industry and policy trends shaping 2026
      • CCC focus areas including regulators, AI, digital sovereignty, and attestation
      • How members and the broader community can engage as adoption grows
  • CCC white papers and reports are now available in Japanese (provisional translation).
    • Confidential Computing: Hardware-Based Trusted Execution for Applications and Data
    • Common Terminology for Confidential Computing
    • Published by the Privacy Tech Association Japan, these translations help make confidential computing concepts more accessible and support stronger alignment across the global community.
  • Congratulations to Mike Bursell, Executive Director of the Confidential Computing Consortium, on being named to the OpenUK New Year Honours List for 2026.
     
    • This recognition celebrates his long-standing contributions to open source and his leadership in advancing confidential computing as a foundation for security, privacy, and trustworthy systems. Read more about this award >>

Continuous Delivery Foundation (CDF)

  • CD Foundation Annual Report—Thank you to our wonderful community for this past year! Read the report >>
  • cdCon 2026 Call for Proposals—Submit your talk for cdCon at Open Source Summit, May 18–20, 2026, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. 

DAOS Foundation

  • CAWG crowned 2025 with the approval of the COG Identity Assertion 1.2 which passed the Steering Committee approval. The WG drafted an User Experience Guidance which was approved in its most recent meeting. 
  • Starting in February, DIF will be hosting a Hot Takes in Identity series where DIF members discuss the latest trends. The February edition will feature Markus Sabadello and Juan Caballero updating from MOSIP Connect, with plenty of time for discussion and Q&A. See the DIF members’ calendar for details (members only).

Decentralized Identity Foundation (DIF)

  • CAWG crowned 2025 with the approval of the COG Identity Assertion 1.2, which passed the Steering Committee approval. The WG drafted an User Experience Guidance which was approved in its most recent meeting. 
  • Starting in February, DIF will be hosting a Hot Takes in Identity series where DIF members discuss the latest trends. The February edition will feature Markus Sabadello and Juan Caballero updating from MOSIP Connect, with plenty of time for discussion and Q&A. See the DIF members’ calendar for details (members only).

Device Automation Bus

DPDK

  • The DPDK Summit 2026 is confirmed for May 12-13 in Stockholm, Sweden! The DPDK Summit is a community event designed for software developers and business professionals who contribute to or use DPDK. The agenda for DPDK Summit will cover use cases, the latest developments and the roadmap suggestions for future releases. Register now >>
    • This is a unique opportunity to meet the technical and business community for discussing the challenges and innovations of the ecosystem.
  • DPDK Release 25.11 has arrived. New features include automatic lcore-id remapping option, inter-process and inter-OS DMA device API, 800G speed, mbuf tracking for debug, and more. See the release notes >>
  • Read our DPDK user story with Tobias Roeder, Application Engineer at ipoque - a Rohde & Schwarz company, who has spent years working at the intersection of deep packet inspection (DPI), open source packet processing, and telecom infrastructure - Beyond Classification: Deep Packet Inspection, DPDK, and the Future of Encrypted Traffic Intelligence.
  • To keep up to date with all things DPDK, subscribe to the DPDK Dispatch on LinkedIn >> 

eBPF Foundation

  • The eBPF Foundation’s 2025 Year in Review | As 2025 comes to a close, the eBPF Foundation is proud to reflect on a year marked by deep technical progress, expanding global adoption, and growing collaboration across research, industry, and community spaces.

Enabling Linux in Safety Applications (ELISA) Project

  • ELISA Project at Open Source Summit Tokyo, Japan 2025—The ELISA Project participated in the Safety-Critical Software Track at Open Source Summit Tokyo 2025, showcasing how open source can address safety, compliance, and regulatory demands across space, automotive, energy, and other critical sectors. Safety track featured Ramon Roche (Dronecode Foundation) on Space Grade Linux, Wendi Urribarri & Carlos Ramirez (Woven by Toyota) on human-centric quality assurance, Akihiko Takahashi (Fujitsu) on CRA-focused vulnerability management in Yocto, Jaylin Yu (EMQ) on deploying OSS in production vehicles, Philipp Ahmann (ETAS GmbH) on safe Linux architectures, and Darshan Chawda & Nao Nishijima (Hitachi) on the digital energy transition with LF Energy reflecting a growing effort to bring open source into safety-critical environments. Learn more >>
  • Recap—ELISA Project at Open Source Summit Seoul Korea 2025 | Curious how open source is evolving in safety-critical and regulated systems? Check out our latest recap from Open Source Summit Seoul 2025, where the ELISA Project contributed to the Safety-Critical Software Track alongside global leaders in automotive, avionics, telecom, embedded systems, and AI security. From OSS in mass-production vehicles, to avionics tool qualification, supply chain security in the age of AI, ISO-based telecom assurance, and deterministic system design, the sessions revealed how open source is meeting real-world safety and compliance expectations. If you want to see where safety, security, and open collaboration converge, this is a must-read: explore the full blog for session highlights, insights, and what comes next for ELISA.
  • Schrödinger’s test: The /dev/mem case

    • In “Schrödinger’s test: The /dev/mem case,” Alessandro Carminati (Red Hat) breaks down why /dev/mem is powerful, risky, and challenging to test safely. The blog explores how the ELISA Architecture working group is building careful tests for this old kernel feature and shares a userspace tool created during the process. Read the blog >>
  • WG SIG Annual Updates 2026—The ELISA Project will host its annual Working Group and Special Interest Group Updates on February 11–12 (10:00–12:00 EST / 15:00–17:00 UTC), bringing together project leads to present progress, roadmap priorities, and participation opportunities for 2026.
    • The two-day virtual event will cover 2025 milestones, current activities, and areas for cross-industry collaboration, and will include onboarding guidance for new contributors. Sessions will feature updates from ELISA Working Groups and SIGs, including Systems & Automotive, Open Source Engineering Process, Safety Architecture, Linux Features for Safety-Critical Systems, BASIL & Tools, Lighthouse, Aerospace, and Space Grade Linux. Register for the event >>

FinOps Foundation

  • FinOps X Early Bird Ends Jan 31 [June 8-11, San Diego, California]—Lock in the savings and join practitioners navigating similar challenges, comparing approaches, and learning from each other’s real-world experience. 
  • Unboxing the State of FinOps 2026—On Feb. 19 at 8am PT we are revealing this year's analyzed data on practitioner priorities, managing AI spend, capabilities being applied to different Scopes of technology spend, FOCUS, and other emerging industry trends.

FINOS 

  • Fluxnova: Open Source in Finance Webinar, January 28, Virtual—Join us for a webinar on Fluxnova, a new open source BPM platform which aims to provide automation and orchestration capabilities to accelerate the digitization of end to end process or workflow across the organization. Experience a live demo, learn how to migrate from Camunda 7, get a first look at the Fluxnova Roadmap and more!
  • Inaugural OSFF Toronto: CFP & Sponsorship Launch, April 14, Toronto. For the first time the Open Source in Finance Forum is coming to Canada. Unlike our larger global summits, OSFF Toronto is designed as an exclusive, high-impact event for approximately 250 attendees. We are looking for thought leaders ready to address the industry's most pressing challenges through the lens of collaboration and mutualization.
  • Innovate.DTCC Industry-Powered AI Hackathon, Supported by FINOS, February 23 - 26—Join us for DTCC’s annual hackathon, where industry leaders, experts, and innovators collaborate to tackle real-world challenges and drive transformative change across financial services. This is a great venue to showcase how your projects can solve industry problems AND the opportunity to earn grant funding to support the future development of winning solutions submitted. Registration ends January 23.
  • Cloud & AI in Banking with Microsoft & Red Hat—Watch on YouTube >> + Listen on Spotify >>
    • Grizz Griswold (FINOS) sits down with Allison Nachtigal (VP, Azure Chief Product Officer, Microsoft) and Aric Rosenbaum (Chief Technologist, Red Hat) to discuss the complexities of deploying cloud and AI in the most highly regulated industry in the world.

High Performance Software Foundation (HPSF)

  • The past year was full of momentum for the High Performance Software Foundation (HPSF) with a portfolio that spans key HPC and scientific computing projects, from package management and container runtimes to performance tooling, programming models, and scientific libraries.
  • Register for HPSFCon today >> We’re looking forward to HPSF Conference returning to Chicago from March 16-20, 2026. Get early bird pricing until January 31.
  • Find us at these upcoming events!
    • HPSF at SCA / HPCAsia 2026 in Osaka, Japan 
    • HPC Devroom at FOSDEM 2026 in Brussels, Belgium
  • Chapel 2.7 is now live! This release marks an important milestone for the project, as 2.7 is the first version released since Chapel joined the HPSF as an established project in November. Read the blog >>

KernelCI

  • KernelCI is starting 2026 with a newly formed Technical Steering Committee (TSC), which is responsible for guiding the project’s technical direction and ensuring KernelCI continues to effectively support the Linux kernel community. The TSC brings together maintainers, hardware vendors, and infrastructure experts from across the ecosystem.
  • The KernelCI TSC meets bi-weekly to discuss technical priorities, roadmap topics, and infrastructure evolution. These meetings are open to the community and listed on the project calendar for anyone interested in following or engaging with the project’s technical work. Find out more >> and reach out to us here kernelci-tsc@groups.io

LF AI & Data

  • NVIDIA and Docling are collaborating to deliver faster, high-quality document conversion on RTX PCs. Early optimizations using batch processing already show up to a 4× speed-up compared to CPU-only workloads, validated through testing and benchmarking across multiple NVIDIA systems (including the RTX 5090). Get started with Docling on RTX >>
  • New blog—From Zero to Agentic Search in 15 Minutes with OpenRAG, shows how IBM’s new open source OpenRAG package lets you spin up an agentic RAG app in minutes using Docling + Langflow + OpenSearch, with support for OpenAI, Anthropic, watsonx.ai, and Ollama.

LF Decentralized Trust

LF Edge

  • LF Edge 2025 Year in Review + 2026 outlook—2025 marked major momentum for edge computing and Edge AI, with LF Edge projects powering production deployments across industrial automation, smart cities, energy, and retail. In 2026, LF Edge will double down on AI-at-the-edge innovation, expand membership and community engagement, refresh messaging for the evolving edge landscape, and drive stronger cross-foundation collaboration to scale real-world impact.

LF Energy 

  • LF Energy Summit Europe comes to Berlin, Germany 15-16 September! Sponsorship opportunities are now available.
  • Members of the LF Energy community have again organized the Energy Devroom at FOSDEM, taking place 31 January in Brussels.
  • LF Energy will host a booth, sponsored by Aetheros, at DISTRIBUTECH, February 2-5 in San Diego.
  • Executive Director Alex Thornton authored an article for Latitude Media discussing how to safely, securely, and consistently take AI initiatives from pilot to production by building on open standards and technology.
  • LF Energy announced its newest members, an expanded governing board, record event attendance for 2025, and new open source projects for semantic data representation, optimization of water and energy systems, and efficient development of new functionality in WAMPACS in its year in momentum press release.
  • The Battery Data Alliance released the Battery Data Format (BDF)—a new open standard for battery data interoperability.
  • SEAPATH v1.2 has been released, providing easier installation, enhanced capabilities, and a redesigned wiki for the substation virtualization platform.
  • A new case study explores how Sigholm, a Nordic energy technology company specializing in digital optimization and forecasting for district heating and combined heat and power systems, implemented LF Energy’s OpenSTEF as its forecasting engine.

LF Networking

  • If you’re attending FOSDEM, don’t miss these three FD.io/VPP sessions in the Network DevRoom, covering hardware-accelerated traffic management, reproducible terabit-scale benchmarking (CSIT + VPP), and high-performance IPsec for VNFs/CNFs (Network track, Room H.1302, Saturday). Check out the FOSDEM agenda >>
  • Meet LFN leaders at MWC in Barcelona March 2-5!
    • Join the Agentic AI Summit and catch a featured fireside chat with Arpit Joshipura and Dr. Junlan Feng (China Mobile) on “The Agentic Imperative,” diving into why Agentic AI is a telecom game-changer for autonomous operations, new revenue opportunities, and the path from automation to true network autonomy (GSMA Summits Stage, Hall 6). Check out the agenda >> 
    • Also at MWC, stop by the Infosys booth (Hall 2 Stand 2E43) to catch Arpit Joshipura’s panel interview on open networking and AI on Tuesday, 3 March. 
  • Join the open networking community in India for ONE Summit India on February 25. This one-day event, hosted by Infosys in Bengaluru (Bangalore), India. For over a decade, the Open Networking & Edge Summit (ONE Summit) has served as a premier global gathering for leaders in open networking, edge, cloud, and telco, bringing together decision-makers and technical experts to share best practices and shape the future of connectivity. ONE Summit India extends this legacy with a dedicated, in-region program designed to accelerate innovation and collaboration across India’s telecom, cloud, and enterprise networking communities.
  • LFN is collaborating with Project Sylva to co-host  Cloud Native Telco Day, co-located with KubeCon + CloudNative Con EU, on March 23, 2026 in Amsterdam. Meet community members and learn about  the networking and cloud native open source communities, where the Telco industry collaborates with the CNCF community to share lessons learned and new concepts applicable across both worlds.
  • We’re launching a new webinar series spotlighting recent Nephio progress and community work, from vision/requirements and long-term architecture to CAMARA integration, Observability + user stories, GitOps & Porch foundations, transport and security updates, plus sessions on GenAI and ecosystem collaboration (Sylva, O-RAN, NB APIs). Stay tuned and subscribe to the Nephio YouTube channel to catch the full series.

Margo

  • Margo Announces Preview Release 1 (PR1) 
    • The Margo Initiative has announced Preview Release 1 (PR1), a major technical milestone delivering the first public access to its interoperable industrial edge application lifecycle management specification and sandbox environment. 
    • PR1 enables industrial automation ecosystem (end users, developers, manufacturers, and fleet management providers) to begin prototyping and validating interoperable application deployment and management across multi-vendor edge environments. The release also introduces a structured feedback program to help shape the first general release planned for 2026. 
    • Read the full announcement >>

Open 3D Foundation

  • Reflecting on a successful 2025 for O3DE and looking ahead to 2026. Powered by our global community, 2025 delivered significant improvements in engine usability and performance, alongside +187.8% year-over-year growth, showcasing O3DE in real-world production.
    • A sincere thank you to O3DE’s Special Interest Group members, Open 3D Connect speakers including Anton Michels, Gaian Helmers, Galib Arrieta, Guillaume Haerinck, Matteo Grasso, Porcupine Factory, Reece Hagan, and Steve Pham, and the Carbonated Inc. team, as well as all contributors across the globe who made this progress possible. Read the full blog here >>
  • Explore how O3DE is making robotics simulation more intuitive. Joshua Rainbolt, Co-Founder of O3DE, shares design insights on simplifying complex workflows while keeping UX approachable for developers in O3DE. Read the full blog >>

OpenAPI

  • We are kicking off the events year with the OpenAPI Summit at Developer Week, February 19 2026, where we’ll be hosting many sessions including the role of OpenAPI specifications and the AI world. Read the post for more details >>
  • Our Moonwalk Special Interest Group (SIG), which looks at the future of OpenAPI Initiative specifications, is refocusing for the first six months of 2026 on the intersection between OpenAPI and LLMs, to evaluate how OpenAPI description documents might be made more “agent ready”. The Moonwalk SIG is also looking for co-hosts to help run this activity. If you are about to help with hosting, or just wish to take part. Read this Github discussion to find out more >>
  • We’ve started 2026 with a v1.1.0 release of the Overlay specification. If you don't know what Overlay does, its a way to seamlessly automate updates to your hashtag OpenAPI description documents. Find out more in our LinkedIn post, which contains links to the specification, release notes, and upgrade guide.

OpenInfra Foundation

  • The OpenInfra Foundation will have a booth with CNCF at FOSDEM, January 31 - February 1. Join us to learn how you can participate and meet community members at the Linux Foundation Europe evening reception. 
  • The OpenInfra community is kicking off an effort to educate the market about open source technology’s impact in enabling digital sovereignty in regions around the world. If your organization is using open source technologies to be sovereign, join us.  
  • The OpenInfra Foundation is proud to welcome Viettel, Vietnam’s largest telecommunications and technology group, as our newest Platinum Member. Viettel is the first organization in Vietnam to join at this highest level of membership, and their commitment reflects the growing prominence of open source infrastructure across Southeast Asia.
  • The OpenInfra community has seen a recent surge of activity in Africa including the inaugural OpenInfra Days Kenya in 2025, as well as the establishment of the Ugandan OpenInfra User Group. To help us better understand what is driving growth in the region, we are inviting community members from Africa to participate in a brief survey.

OpenJS Foundation

  • New shorts added for our series, JavaScript Security Snapshot! Rafael and Ulises talk about all things security, including why you should upgrade, incident response plans, build teams and more.
  • Our OpenVis community gathered in Seattle for the annual Collaborator Summit this year to share updates, experiments, and new ideas across the vis.gl ecosystem and related projects. Read the full recap and watch the videos >>

Open Mainframe Project

  • Check out this overview and demo of ZCrafter, built on top of The Open Mainframe Project's Zowe framework! Zcrafter leverages modern, open source tooling to bring familiar developer experiences to IBM Z environments. 
  • Watch the December episode of Mainframe Voices where Rahat discusses new career opportunities and open source collaboration, and how gratitude shapes the work.

OpenSearch

  • OpenSearchCon China 2026 will take place in Shanghai on March 17–18 at the Hilton Shanghai Hongqiao. Join the open source search and analytics community for two days of learning and real-world OpenSearch insights. Learn more >>
  • OpenSearchCon Japan was a one-day, in-person event designed for users, administrators, and developers to come together for a focused opportunity to learn from real-world use cases, connect with local peers, and collaborate with experts. Watch the sessions here >>
  • OpenSearchCon Korea participants dove into current use cases and conversations around search and observability, gaining perspective on how OpenSearch is being applied today. Watch the sessions here >>
  • OpenSearch Release 3.4—The agentic search user experience is now available in OpenSearch 3.4 through OpenSearch Dashboards. This release enables teams to configure agents, query data using natural language, and export configurations for downstream application integration. Discover how >> 
  • Upcoming OpenSearch user group meetings are scheduled for Milan on January 27 and Tokyo on February 5. 
  • News and Analyst Coverage
    • LinuxInsider included commentary from OpenSearch Software Foundation Executive Director Bianca Lewis in an article on 2026 predictions. She shared, “Vector databases alone will no longer be enough to support demanding AI workloads in 2026. We will see a shift toward agent-ready and AI-native databases that move beyond vectors to support multiple data types (keywords, vectors, graphs) within a unified query engine.”

OpenSSF

  • 2025 OpenSSF Annual Report

    • How did the open source security landscape evolve in 2025? The 2025 OpenSSF Annual Report highlights key milestones, technical achievements, policy engagement, education initiatives, and global collaboration that strengthened open source security this year. From new security guides and tooling to vulnerability discovery and community partnerships, the report showcases how the OpenSSF community is advancing a safer, more resilient ecosystem. Download the full report >>
  • Collecting Badges, Building Bridges: Representing OpenSSF and Linux Foundation Across Europe

    • How does it feel to represent OpenSSF and Linux Foundation across Europe’s open source and cybersecurity landscape? In his new blog, Madalin Neag reflects on months of conferences, policy meetings, standards work, and community events, from Open Source Summit Europe to CRA Expert Groups, OSPOlogy Live, ITU-T, and ETSI sessions. His journey shows how deeply connected the ecosystem is and how OpenSSF helps bridge communities, policymakers, and global standards. Read the full blog >> to follow his travels, insights, and the growing role of open source security across Europe and beyond.
  • Your Guide to the OpenSSF OSPS Baseline for More Secure Open Source Projects—How can open source projects boost their security without getting lost in standards and regulations? In this blog, you will learn what the OpenSSF Open Source Project Security (OSPS) Baseline is, how it works, and why it matters for maintainers, contributors, and users alike. Through keynotes, a tech talk, a podcast, and a real-world case study, you will see how the Baseline turns complex frameworks into practical controls that projects can adopt at any stage. Read the full blog >>
  • AI, Software Development, Security, Tips, and the Future—How has AI changed software development and what does that mean for security and the future of the field?
    • In Part 1, David A. Wheeler examines why AI-assisted development has become the norm, how it affects productivity, and what security risks it introduces. In Part 2, he shares practical tips for developers using AI and explores how AI may shape software development moving forward. Read both blogs to get the full picture of where AI, software engineering, and security are headed.
      • Meet the OpenSSF community at these upcoming events:

Overture Maps Foundation

  • Happy 3-Year Anniversary, Overture!
    • The end of 2025 marked our third anniversary at Overture. What started as a shared belief in open, interoperable map data has grown into real-world impact: production datasets, active usage, and a global ecosystem building together. Thank you to the members, contributors, and users who’ve helped shape the journey so far.
    • If you’re building with maps, there’s a place for you in Overture. Join the community >>
  • This month at GeoBuiz Summit, Geospatial World sat down with Will Mortenson (Executive Director of Overture Maps Foundation), to discuss the future of open collaboration in geospatial. 
    • Will emphasized the need for a shared, high-quality foundational data layer so the industry can stop duplicating roads and buildings and instead focus on adding intelligence and real-world value on top. He highlighted how open collaboration, collective QA/QC, and global reference identifiers can reduce friction, improve data quality, and unlock advanced use cases such as AI, digital twins, and decision intelligence.
    • Looking ahead, Will shared his vision for Overture Maps Foundation: establishing a universally adopted “places” data layer, expanding adoption of global reference identifiers, bringing more AI companies into governance, and scaling partnerships across Asia and major U.S. technology firms to accelerate innovation across the ecosystem. Read more >>
  • This month, Nate Ricklin (Zephr. xyz), shared a demo of ChurnMapper
    • ChurnMapper is an experimental project from the Overture Maps Foundation that explores how street-level imagery (from Mapillary, Hivemapper, Grab, and Overture’s own tests) can be used to detect changes in points of interest (POIs). The work combines techniques like embeddings, object detection, OCR, and more, with early results showing strong potential.
    • The project reflects a collaborative effort across the Overture community, with contributions from Zephr.xyz (an Overture member organization) and support from Taylor Geospatial Institute and AWS.
    • Learn more about this project >>
  • Overture 2025-12-17.0 Release Now Live
    • The latest Overture Maps Foundation data release is now available. Highlights include a new province-level address dataset for Quebec, refreshed OSM updates across buildings, divisions, and base layers, a new taxonomy property for Places with clearer hierarchies, and over 725,000 new transportation segments sourced from TomTom across the US, Canada, Puerto Rico, and beyond. This release also includes Overture schema v1.15.0. 
    • Get the open data >>
  • Meet Overture at Overture Member Summit 2026 (April 21-23, 2026; Florence, Italy):
    • Save the date for the Overture Maps Foundation Member Summit! It is our annual event where members come together to exchange ideas, strengthen connections, and set Overture’s future direction. This year’s summit in Florence, Italy, April 21-23, 2026, will build momentum for our shared mission through key discussions, collaborative sessions, and engaging activities that bring our community closer and align us on goals for the year ahead.

PyTorch Foundation

RISC-V

  • Early-year momentum: The month opened at CES 2026, where RISC-V appeared across best-in-show devices, edge AI roadmaps, and embedded platforms, reinforcing its growing presence in real, shipping products.
  • New weekly update: We launched This Week in RISC-V, a weekly roundup highlighting ecosystem progress across products, software, and community contributions. Subscribe to stay up to date.
  • Annual report released: The RISC-V Annual Report 2025 is now available. CEO Andrea Gallo reflects on a milestone year, including new member growth across key verticals, the ratification of the RVA23 profile to improve Linux and application compatibility, continued upstreaming, and RISC-V International’s recognition as an ISO/IEC JTC 1 PAS Submitter.

SONiC

  • Submit to the SONiC Workshop Call for Presentation (OCP EMEA Summit, Barcelona, April 29): Join the SONiC Foundation and Stordis for a half-day workshop focused on vendor-neutral open networking, from deep technical sessions to real deployment stories. CFP is open until February 15, 2026 (speaker notifications March 13; agenda published week of March 16).
  • The state of open source networking highlights why open source networking has gone mainstream, positioning SONiC as the leading open source network OS for modern data centers, enabling hardware independence via SAI and powering hyperscale deployments. Read it here >>

Sylva

  • The Sylva Project is partnering with LF Networking to co-host  Cloud Native Telco Day, co-located with KubeCon + CloudNative Con EU, on March 23, 2026 in Amsterdam. Meet community members and learn about  the networking and cloud native open source communities, where the Telco industry collaborates with the CNCF community to share lessons learned and new concepts applicable across both worlds.

Valkey

  • In the new blog, “Valkey Helm: The new way to deploy Valkey on Kubernetes,” shows you how to avoid deployment surprises caused by third-party chart changes. The official, project-maintained Valkey Helm chart gives you control over versions, upgrades, security, and scaling. Read on >>
  • Join the Valkey community at the Unlocked Conference in San Jose on January 22, 2026. The program includes Valkey-focused talks, with sessions on using Valkey in production and a deep dive into performance improvements in Valkey 9.0. Learn more >>
  • Meet Valkey at Ahmedabad, Laracon in India from January 31, 2026 - February 01, 2026. Visit our booth to connect with the team, explore Valkey in action, and grab some Valkey swag. Event information >>

Zephyr Project

  • Celebrating a Decade of Zephyr—and the Journey Ahead. What does a decade of Zephyr look like and what comes next? As the project approaches its 10-year anniversary, Abitzen Xavier – Silicon Labs,  2026 Chairman of the  Governing Board  Zephyr Project, reflects on how a “tiny, secure, portable” RTOS introduced at Embedded World 2016 has grown into “one of the most trusted, scalable, and forward-looking open source platforms for embedded and connected devices.”

    • From expanding to 900+ boards across 8+ architectures, to building formal security processes, pursuing IEC 61508 SIL 3 / SC 3 safety, and powering real products across industries, the story of Zephyr is “at its core, a community story.” Looking ahead, the roadmap includes “AI at the edge,” “quantum-resilient security,” and continued ecosystem growth as Zephyr moves toward “intelligent, secure, connected, maintainable, and open” embedded systems. Read the blog >>
  • Lighting Up 2026!—Zephyr Podcast #017. What’s new in the Zephyr ecosystem as we kick off 2026? In the first podcast episode of the year, Benjamin and Fabio dive into holiday hacks, CES announcements, and cutting-edge updates from experimental web display streaming and ultra-tiny JavaScript runtimes to 10Base-T1S multi-drop networking and new boards like the Motion 2350 Pro and Adafruit Prop Maker RP2040. With driver optimizations, ecosystem news, and Zephyr’s 10th anniversary on the horizon, this episode is packed with fresh developments for embedded enthusiasts. Listen to the podcast >>
  • Recap: Zephyr Project Meetup—Toyosu, Tokyo, Japan 🇯🇵

    • Wondering how Zephyr is being used for macro photography, automotive safety, Edge AI, Rust integration, and even space systems? At the Zephyr Project Meetup in Toyosu, Tokyo, speakers from across the ecosystem including Kate Stewart (Linux Foundation), Maximilian Huber (TNG), Philipp Ahmann (ETAS), Khasim Syed Mohammed (Texas Instruments), Kenta Ida, Yasushi Shoji (Space Cubics), and Tomohiro Kaneko (@misoji_engineer) shared real-world use cases and technical insights that showed just how far Zephyr is expanding. It was a packed evening of demos, ecosystem updates, and community collaboration that highlighted Zephyr’s growing presence in Japan. Read the blog >>

  • Recap: Zephyr Project Meetup (December 4, 2025)—Karlsruhe, Germany 🇩🇪
    • The December 4, 2025 Zephyr Project Meetup in Karlsruhe brought together speakers from SMIGHT GmbH, Microchip Technology, Nidens Embedded Systems Engineering, Nordic Semiconductor, and inovex GmbH, each presenting practical Zephyr use cases.
    • Session highlights included SMIGHT’s real-world grid monitoring with Zephyr, Microchip’s full-system simulation for debugging “impossible bugs,” rapid prototyping insights from Nidens, SWD support updates from Nordic, and inovex’s approach to mapping functional architectures onto Zephyr. Together, these talks showcased how companies across Europe are applying Zephyr to solve real engineering challenges at scale. Read the blog >>
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