What Eclipse Foundation does

The Eclipse Foundation is a Belgian-registered nonprofit organization (AISBL) founded in 2001 that operates as the world's largest vendor-neutral governance body for open-source software collaboration, hosting over 400 projects, 15,000+ contributors, and 300+ member organizations spanning hyperscalers, automakers, semiconductor companies, and European public institutions. Its core technology portfolio includes Open VSX Registry (a vendor-neutral extension marketplace serving 300M+ monthly downloads with 10,000+ extensions), Eclipse S-CORE (an automotive-grade software stack for software-defined vehicles backed by 32 companies through the SDV Working Group), Eclipse LMOS with Agent Definition Language (enterprise AI agent orchestration, deployed at Deutsche Telekom), Eclipse hawkBit (IoT over-the-air update management powering Bosch IoT Rollouts), Eclipse Qrisp (quantum programming framework integrated with NVIDIA CUDA-Q), Eclipse Theia AI, Eclipse Trustable Software Framework (IEC 61508 functional safety mapping), and legacy products including Eclipse IDE, Eclipse Che, Adoptium, and Eclipse Equinox.

The foundation generates revenue through a multi-stream model: tiered corporate membership fees (with Strategic Members like AWS, Google, Red Hat, SAP, and major automakers paying premium rates for Board and Technical Advisory Council participation), sponsorships, event revenue from EclipseCon and the OCX (Open Community Experience) conference, professional services including OSPO building and research-to-open-source transformation, and — as of April 2026 — paid Open VSX enterprise tiers with SLAs. Its go-to-market combines community-led developer engagement (working groups, meetups, webinars) with industry-vertical coalition models, most visibly in automotive where the VDA partnership coordinates shared non-differentiating vehicle software across global OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers. The foundation is headquartered in Brussels with representation in Ottawa and the United States, and is governed by a Board of Directors drawn from its membership.

Name

Eclipse Foundation

Legal name

Eclipse Foundation AISBL

Website

https://eclipse.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

The Eclipse Foundation is a Belgian-registered nonprofit that provides vendor-neutral governance for over 400 open-source software projects, serving 300+ member organizations across automotive, cloud, semiconductors, and European public-sector markets through membership fees, sponsorships, and managed services like Open VSX.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Open Source Software Foundation Governance

NAICS

Business Associations (81391), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (5415), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Release Engineering & Environment Management (BPAEAKAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

API Analytics, Monetization & Developer Experience Tooling (HDAEAIAJ), Cloud Compliance, Audit & Continuous Controls Monitoring (CCM/GRC) (HDABAHAI)

Keywords

• Open source software foundation
• Vendor-neutral governance
• Developer extension registry
• Automotive software stack
• Enterprise AI orchestration

Headquarters

HQ city

Ottawa

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Membership fees: The Eclipse Foundation is funded primarily through membership fees from corporate members. Strategic Members (e.g., Google joined April 2026) pay fees and participate in governance through Board of Directors and Technical Advisory Council seats.
2. Open VSX commercial tiers: Open VSX Registry transitioned to a commercial product offering at OCX 2026. Free access maintained for open-source projects with rate limits; paid commercial versions with SLAs are available for enterprises (AWS, Google, Cursor as first customers).
3. Sponsorships: Corporate sponsors support the foundation's infrastructure, events, and open-source ecosystem. Sponsors receive visibility and brand association with the Eclipse community.
4. Event revenue: Revenue from flagship conferences including EclipseCon and OCX (Open Community Experience). OCX 2026 featured nearly 150 sessions across six thematic tracks with sponsors including SAP, TypeFox, EclipseSource, and Mercedes-Benz Tech Innovation GmbH.
5. Professional services and strategic services: The foundation engages professional services including transforming research into open source, OSPO (Open Source Program Office) building, and ecosystem development services for member organizations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels11 records

Core offering

The Eclipse Foundation provides vendor-neutral governance, legal/IP frameworks (EPL 2.0, ECA, CLA), and operational infrastructure for a global open-source software ecosystem spanning 400+ projects, 15,000+ contributors, and 300+ member organizations. It operates core services including the Open VSX Registry (extension marketplace with 300M+ monthly downloads), working group coordination across automotive, IoT, AI, cloud-native, dataspaces, and developer tooling, and strategic/professional services for member organizations such as OSPO building and research-to-open-source transformation.

Product overview

The Eclipse Foundation is the world's largest nonprofit open-source software organization, providing a vendor-neutral home for over 400 projects. The Foundation operates a portfolio of interconnected products and services including: Open VSX Registry (vendor-neutral extension marketplace with 300M+ monthly downloads), Eclipse Qrisp (quantum programming framework), Eclipse S-CORE (automotive software stack for software-defined vehicles), Eclipse hawkBit (IoT device update management), Eclipse LMOS with Agent Definition Language (enterprise AI agent orchestration), Theia AI (AI-integrated development framework), Eclipse Trustable Software Framework (functional safety), Eclipse IDE/Marketplace, Eclipse Che (cloud IDE), Adoptium Marketplace (Java runtimes), Eclipse Equinox (OSGi framework), Eclipse Dataspace Working Group (data sovereignty protocols), and OCX conference. The Foundation also facilitates industry collaborations through working groups in AI, automotive, compliance, research, tooling, IoT/embedded, cloud-native, and security/privacy.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Open VSX: Open source vendor-neutral extension registry for VS Code-compatible developer tools, serving over 300 million downloads per month.
• Adoptium
• Eclipse IDE
• Eclipse S-CORE
• Eclipse Theia AI
• Eclipse LMOS

Products and services

• Open VSX Registry Vendor-neutral, open-source extension registry for VS Code-compatible developer tools operated as a managed service, hosting over 10,000 extensions from over 7,000 publishers, serving 300M+ monthly downloads with peak daily traffic exceeding 200 million requests. Free access for individual developers and open-source projects with rate limits; paid commercial tiers with SLAs for enterprise users. Powers Cursor AI IDE, AWS Kiro, Google Antigravity, Windsurf, VSCodium, and Theia IDE.
• Eclipse S-CORE Open-source automotive-grade software stack at the center of the Eclipse SDV Working Group initiative, providing shared, certifiable middleware, communication stacks, and security functions to reduce duplicative development across automakers. Targets up to 40% reduction in development, integration, and maintenance effort and up to 30% faster time-to-market through shared non-differentiating software components.
• Eclipse hawkBit Open-source platform for managing over-the-air software updates across large fleets of IoT devices, achieving Mature project status within Eclipse Foundation and serving as the core update engine for commercial products including Bosch IoT Rollouts and Kynetics Update Factory.
• Eclipse LMOS Open-source platform for orchestrating AI agents at enterprise scale, featuring the Agent Definition Language (ADL) for defining agent behavior. Enables scalable, transparent agentic AI with collaboration between business and engineering teams. Successfully deployed at Deutsche Telekom across multiple European countries using JVM-based technologies.
• Eclipse Qrisp Open-source quantum programming framework originally developed at Fraunhofer FOKUS, integrated with NVIDIA CUDA-Q platform to enable developers to write quantum programs in a Python-based language and execute them on simulation and hardware backends for hybrid quantum-classical computing.
• Eclipse IDE Flagship integrated development environment offered through the Eclipse Marketplace, enabling developers to download and install extensions and tools for enterprise Java, cloud-native, and general software development.
• Adoptium Marketplace Marketplace promoting high-quality, TCK-certified and Eclipse AQAvit-verified Java runtimes for use across the Java ecosystem and cloud-native deployments.
• Eclipse Trustable Software Framework (TSF) Framework for functional safety enabling organizations to connect everyday software development practices with safety-critical system requirements. Codethink has opened early access to its mapping between TSF and IEC 61508, with plans to contribute additional mappings for medical devices, aerospace, and industrial controls.
• Eclipse Equinox Implementation of the OSGi core framework specification, providing a set of bundles that implement various optional OSGi services and infrastructure for running OSGi-based systems used in enterprise Java and embedded deployments.
• Open Community Experience (OCX) The Eclipse Foundation's flagship annual conference bringing together developers, organizations, and innovators. Expanded to five collocated communities covering AI, automotive, compliance, research, and tooling with nearly 150 sessions across six thematic tracks at OCX 2026, a 35% increase in session volume from the 2024 debut. Sponsors include SAP, TypeFox, EclipseSource, and Mercedes-Benz Tech Innovation GmbH.
• Eclipse Che Cloud-based development environment providing browser-accessible development workspaces as an enterprise solution for remote team collaboration on enterprise Java and cloud-native projects.

Quantifiable outcome

• Up to 40% reduction in development, integration, and maintenance effort for non-differentiating automotive software through shared open-source components
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers20 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles7 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

AI capability7 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

21 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Hyundai MobiscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2026Hyundai Mobis joined the Eclipse Foundation SDV working group and S-Core project, publicly releasing its container solution technology that is over 10 times faster than existing automotive controller solutions and meets ASIL-B functional safety standards. This marks Hyundai Mobis's strategic shift from hardware to software R&D.
• Linux Foundation / Sustaining Package Registries Working GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2026Eclipse Foundation participates in the Linux Foundation's Sustaining Package Registries Working Group alongside Sonatype/Maven Central, OpenJS Foundation, OpenSSF, Packagist, Python Software Foundation, Ruby Central, Rust Foundation, and Alpha-Omega. The working group develops funding models, governance frameworks, and coordinated security practices for open-source registries handling 10 trillion annual downloads.
• Sonatype / Maven CentralcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2026Sonatype, which manages the Maven Central Java registry, partnered with the Linux Foundation and eight other open-source package registry leaders including the Eclipse Foundation to form the Sustaining Package Registries Working Group, addressing the sustainability gap in registry infrastructure.
• GooglecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2026Google joined the Eclipse Foundation as a Strategic Member as of April 2026, participating in the Foundation's Board of Directors and Technical Advisory Council to guide technical and strategic direction. Google sponsors Open VSX and will advance open source security, regulatory compliance initiatives, and AI-integrated developer tooling infrastructure.
• CursorcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 April 2026Cursor AI IDE is powered by Open VSX registry and was one of the first commercial customers of the Open VSX managed service. Cursor provides financial support for Open VSX's multi-region architecture transition and security enhancements.
• Mercedes-Benz Tech Innovation GmbHminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 April 2026Mercedes-Benz Tech Innovation GmbH sponsored OCX 2026, the Eclipse Foundation's flagship conference covering AI, automotive, compliance, research, and tooling.
• CodethinkminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 11 March 2026Codethink opened early access to its mapping between the Eclipse Trustable Software Framework (TSF) and IEC 61508 functional safety standard. Codethink plans to contribute the mapping to the Eclipse Trustable Software project after achieving functional safety assessment of CTRL OS using the framework.
• Amazon Web Services (AWS)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2026AWS made a strategic multi-year investment to host the Open VSX registry on its European infrastructure, providing a primary deployment in Europe with a secondary environment in Canada. AWS is also an initial commercial customer of Open VSX. The partnership provides financial support for Open VSX's sustainability and growth.
• EurotechminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2026Eurotech joined Eclipse Foundation at embedded world 2026 in Nuremberg, presenting live demonstrations of edge computing and AIoT solutions alongside the Foundation's booth.
• Perforce SoftwareminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2026Perforce Software collaborated with OSI and the Eclipse Foundation to release the 2026 State of Open Source Report, highlighting shift toward digital autonomy in Europe with 63% of European organizations citing vendor lock-in as primary OSS adoption driver.
• Automotive IQminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2026Automotive IQ collaborated with Perforce Software and the Eclipse Foundation on the 2026 State of Automotive Software Development Report, surveying 450 automotive development professionals on AI adoption, SDV architectures, and coding standards.
• Panasonic Automotive SystemscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 February 2026Panasonic Automotive Systems led the initiative to standardize VirtIO device virtualization technology for automotive applications since 2018. The company secured industry-wide endorsement from Honda, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Nissan, and Toyota for its VirtIO-compliant in-vehicle software platform enabling hardware-agnostic SDV development.
• SAPminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 February 2026SAP sponsored OCX 2026, the Eclipse Foundation's flagship conference, supporting the open-source community event covering AI, automotive, compliance, research, and tooling.
• German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026VDA coordinates the automotive software alliance with the Eclipse Foundation, expanding from 11 participants in June 2025 to 32 global companies by January 2026. The collaboration targets up to 40% reduction in development effort and up to 30% faster time-to-market for shared automotive-grade software components through the Eclipse S-CORE project.
• StellantiscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Stellantis joined the Eclipse Foundation and VDA automotive software alliance in January 2026 as part of the expansion from 11 to 32 signatories, participating in shared development of automotive-grade open-source software through the Eclipse S-CORE project.
• Red HatcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Red Hat joined the VDA and Eclipse Foundation automotive software alliance expanding to 32 global companies, contributing to the development of non-differentiating vehicle software based on an open, certifiable stack.
• AccentureminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 January 2026Accenture joined the VDA and Eclipse Foundation automotive software alliance expanding to 32 global companies, bringing implementation and consulting capabilities to the open-source SDV ecosystem.
• QualcommcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Qualcomm joined the VDA and Eclipse Foundation automotive software alliance expanding to 32 global companies, contributing semiconductor expertise to the Eclipse S-CORE project for software-defined vehicles.
• 42dot (Hyundai Motor Group)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 December 202542dot, the software subsidiary of Hyundai Motor Group, joined the Eclipse Foundation signing an MOU with VDA. The company aims to connect its SDV full-stack platform with the global open-source ecosystem, expecting to reduce software development costs by up to 40% and shorten time-to-market by up to 30%.
• LG ElectronicscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 4 December 2025LG Electronics hosted the Eclipse SDV Community Meetup in Seoul, the South Korean debut for the Eclipse SDV Community. LG continues its board role in SOAFEE (~150 member companies) and announced initiatives including the Pullpiri project. LG collaborates with BMW and Mercedes-Benz on the S-CORE project for automotive software standardization.
• Deutsche TelekomcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2025Deutsche Telekom (led by Arun Joseph) developed and deployed a version of the Eclipse LMOS platform with Agent Definition Language at scale across multiple European countries using JVM-based technologies. The platform enables business users to define agent behaviors intuitively and has been successfully deployed in telecom industry applications.

Scale indicators15 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Apache Software Foundation: The Apache Software Foundation is a nonprofit providing vendor-neutral governance for over 350 open-source projects including Hadoop, Kafka, and Spark. ASF and Eclipse operate comparable foundation models with member-driven governance and IP frameworks, competing for enterprise Java and big data project stewardship.
• AUTOSAR: AUTOSAR is the global automotive software standardization partnership for vehicle electrical/electronic architectures. It competes with Eclipse S-CORE for automotive software standards adoption, particularly for safety-critical middleware in production vehicles.
• Mozilla Foundation: Mozilla Foundation is a nonprofit steward of open-source projects like Firefox and Common Voice. It shares the open-source foundation model with Eclipse, including member-driven governance, though Mozilla focuses more on consumer/end-user products while Eclipse focuses on developer and enterprise infrastructure.
• Python Software Foundation: The Python Software Foundation is a nonprofit organization supporting the Python programming language and PyPI package registry. It collaborates with Eclipse in the Sustaining Package Registries Working Group and shares comparable governance challenges around open-source infrastructure sustainability.
• OpenJS Foundation: The OpenJS Foundation, under the Linux Foundation, hosts JavaScript projects including Node.js and jQuery. It co-participates with Eclipse in the Sustaining Package Registries Working Group and competes for corporate member support across the open-source developer tools ecosystem.
• Linux Foundation: The Linux Foundation is the world's largest open-source foundation, hosting projects like Kubernetes, Linux, and Hyperledger. It directly competes with Eclipse Foundation for corporate strategic memberships, project stewardship, and industry working groups (including the Sustaining Package Registries Working Group both participate in).
• Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF): CNCF, a sub-foundation of the Linux Foundation, governs cloud-native projects like Kubernetes, Prometheus, and Envoy. It competes with Eclipse's Jakarta EE and cloud-native working groups for enterprise cloud infrastructure project stewardship and strategic member funding.
• SOAFEE (Scalable Open Architecture for Embedded Edge): SOAFEE is an automotive open-source standards body with ~150 member companies including LG, Arm, and Red Hat. It directly competes with Eclipse's SDV Working Group for automotive industry mindshare around software-defined vehicle architectures.

Broad incumbents

• GitHub (Microsoft): GitHub operates the dominant open-source code hosting platform and the VS Code Marketplace. While not a foundation, it competes with Eclipse's Open VSX Registry for extension distribution and serves overlapping open-source developer communities. Its Microsoft backing creates structural distribution advantages.

Emerging players

• Open Source Initiative (OSI): OSI is a nonprofit advocacy organization promoting open-source software through its Open Source Definition and license approvals. It co-publishes the State of Open Source Report with Eclipse Foundation and Perforce, but focuses on policy/advocacy rather than project governance like Eclipse.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/EclipseFdn
• GitHubgithub.com/eclipse
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/EclipseFdn
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/eclipse-foundation

Compliance5 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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