What Eclipse IoT does

Eclipse IoT is a vendor-neutral open source community and working group established around 2011 under the Eclipse Foundation AISBL (a Belgian non-profit). It convenes 170+ active committers across 45+ projects spanning 8.2M lines of code, with member organizations including Bosch.IO, Red Hat, Eurotech, DB-Systel, Samsung, InfluxData, and CONTACT Software. The working group operates in a transparent, meritocratic manner with monthly Steering Committee meetings and activities open to both members and non-members.

The group's core offering is an end-to-end open source IoT technology stack: Eclipse Kura (gateway/edge computing runtime), Eclipse Kapua (modular IoT cloud backend with REST APIs), Eclipse Paho (MQTT client libraries), Eclipse Californium (CoAP), Eclipse Leshan (LWM2M server), Eclipse 4diac (IEC 61499 PLC environment), and Eclipse Unide (PPMP for production performance management). Two flagship reference testbeds, Asset Tracking and Production Performance Management, demonstrate the stack integrated with Red Hat OpenShift, Apache ActiveMQ, Apache Camel, InfluxDB, Grafana, Samsung ARTIK, and Eurotech ReliaGATE hardware. Public sandbox servers (mqtt, californium, leshan at eclipseprojects.io) provide developer onboarding for MQTT, CoAP, and LWM2M protocols.

Eclipse IoT generates revenue exclusively through tiered corporate Working Group membership fees ranging from €2,000 to €50,000 annually, billed based on member revenue size (Leader vs. Innovator); Supporter and Guest members pay no fees. Distribution is entirely self-service and community-led via Git repositories, the Eclipse Marketplace, newsletter, social channels, the annual Open IoT Challenge, and the Virtual IoT Meetup. There is no traditional sales motion and no disclosed revenue, headcount, or financing figures.

Name

Eclipse IoT

Legal name

Eclipse Foundation AISBL

Website

https://iot.eclipse.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Eclipse IoT is an open source working group under the Eclipse Foundation that develops and maintains an end-to-end IoT technology stack (edge gateways, cloud backends, and IoT protocols) used by industrial, logistics, and IoT vendor members worldwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Open Source IoT Development Platforms

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

IoT Connectivity Management (Private APN, SIM/eSIM, Device Connectivity) (HDAIAGAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

API Management & Gateways (BPAMAOAA), API Observability, Testing & Monitoring (BPAMAOAG)

Keywords

• Open source IoT
• IoT development frameworks
• Edge computing platforms
• IoT gateway software
• IoT cloud platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Ottawa

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Working Group Membership Fees: Eclipse IoT Working Group generates revenue through annual corporate membership fees tiered by company revenue. Fees range from €5,000 (revenue under €10M) to €50,000 (revenue over €250M) for Leader Members, with Innovator Members paying €25,000 or €2,000 based on revenue tier. Supporter and Guest Members pay no annual fees.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Eclipse IoT is a vendor-neutral open source working group under the Eclipse Foundation that develops a comprehensive IoT technology stack spanning devices, gateways, and cloud backends. It provides and maintains core open source projects including Eclipse Kura (edge gateway framework), Eclipse Kapua (IoT cloud platform), Eclipse Paho (MQTT clients), Eclipse Californium (CoAP), Eclipse Leshan (LWM2M), Eclipse 4diac (industrial PLC), and Eclipse Unide (PPMP), along with sandbox servers and reference testbeds for asset tracking and production performance management.

Product overview

Eclipse IoT is an open source working group and community hosted by the Eclipse Foundation that develops IoT technologies. Rather than a single commercial product, it offers a portfolio of interconnected open source projects: Eclipse Kura (edge computing/gateway runtime), Eclipse Kapua (cloud backend/device management), Eclipse Paho (MQTT client libraries), Eclipse Californium (CoAP protocol), Eclipse Leshan (LWM2M server), Eclipse 4diac (industrial PLC environment), and Eclipse Unide (manufacturing PPMP protocol). These projects form an end-to-end IoT architecture spanning devices, gateways, and cloud backends. The community also maintains testbeds (Asset Tracking, Production Performance Management) and sandbox servers for protocol testing.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Open IoT Challenge: Annual competition for IoT developers using Eclipse IoT technologies
• Virtual IoT Meetup
• Eclipse IoT Open Testbeds

Products and services

• Eclipse Kura
• Eclipse Kapua Modular platform providing backend services for managing IoT gateways and smart edge devices, including device management, data consolidation, and a REST API for third-party application integration. Used as a turnkey IoT cloud backend by solution providers.
• Eclipse Paho MQTT client library project providing implementations in multiple programming languages for connecting IoT devices to MQTT brokers using the OASIS MQTT standard. Used by IoT device and application developers.
• Eclipse Californium CoAP (Constrained Application Protocol) implementation designed for resource-constrained devices and environments, with DTLS security support. Used by developers building constrained IoT devices.
• Eclipse Leshan LWM2M (Lightweight M2M) server implementation for device management, providing both CoAP and DTLS-enabled endpoints for IoT device lifecycle management. Used by IoT device management platform developers.
• Eclipse 4diac Open source PLC (Programmable Logic Controller) environment implementing the IEC 61499 standard and extending IEC 61131-3 with support for controller-to-controller communication and dynamic reconfiguration. Used by industrial automation and Industry 4.0 developers.
• Eclipse Unide Open source project providing Java and Python implementations of the Production Performance Management Protocol (PPMP) for uniform representation of manufacturing process data. Used by manufacturing software developers and Industry 4.0 integrators.
• Eclipse IoT Asset Tracking Testbed Collaborative reference testbed demonstrating how assets with various sensors can be tracked in real-time using Eclipse Kura (gateway), Eclipse Kapua (backend), and MQTT messaging to minimize lost or damaged parcels. Used as a reference architecture for logistics and supply chain solution providers.
• Eclipse IoT Production Performance Management Testbed Reference testbed demonstrating continuous monitoring of heterogeneous industrial equipment using the PPMP protocol, Eclipse Unide, Eclipse 4diac, and Eclipse Kura to improve factory equipment optimization. Used as a reference architecture by industrial software and Industry 4.0 solution providers.
• MQTT Sandbox Server Public MQTT broker server (mqtt.eclipseprojects.io) running Mosquitto, accessible on ports 1883 and 8883 (TLS), used by IoT developers for testing MQTT client implementations.
• CoAP Sandbox Server Public CoAP test server (californium.eclipseprojects.io) used by IoT developers for testing CoAP client implementations and understanding CoAP protocol concepts, available on coap:// and coaps:// (DTLS) endpoints.
• LWM2M Sandbox Server Public LWM2M server (leshan.eclipseprojects.io) with a web interface used by IoT developers for testing device management scenarios and interacting with registered clients.

Quantifiable outcome

• Eclipse IoT technologies power the world's leading commercial IoT solutions
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration13 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Red HatcoreTechnology or IntegrationRed Hat leverages its OpenShift PaaS for Eclipse IoT testbeds, enabling deployment on any cloud environment with scalable architecture. Apache Camel and Apache ActiveMQ, on which Red Hat JBoss Fuse is based, provide MQTT messaging infrastructure, routing and integration capabilities for Asset Tracking testbed.
• EurotechcoreTechnology or IntegrationEurotech provides industrial IoT gateways (ReliaGATE series) that are fully compatible with Eclipse Kura and Eclipse Kapua-based cloud backend, offering turnkey solutions for deploying software at the edge.
• InfluxDatacoreTechnology or IntegrationInfluxData contributes time-series event monitoring expertise to Eclipse IoT testbeds. InfluxDB time-series database stores all PPMP messages from production performance data, enabling analytics and visualization through Grafana dashboards.
• CONTACT SoftwarecoreTechnology or IntegrationCONTACT Software implements PPMP protocol in their Elements for IoT framework, demonstrating integration with Eclipse Unide open source backend. Frank Patz-Brockmann, Director Software-Development, states commitment to Eclipse Open Source community work.
• BoschcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBosch contributes to Production Performance Management testbed with Production Performance Manager commercial solution. Dr. Nils-H. Schmidt from Portfolio Management Industrial IoT notes how the testbed shows simple performance monitoring using open standards and open source software.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Zephyr Project: Linux Foundation-hosted open source real-time operating system (RTOS) for connected resource-constrained devices. Comparable to Eclipse IoT's device-layer tooling (Paho, Californium, Leshan) as complementary open source IoT infrastructure targeting embedded/constrained devices.
• FIWARE Foundation: Open source IoT and smart solutions platform backed by the European Commission and a global community of cities and developers. Comparable to Eclipse IoT as a non-profit, vendor-neutral IoT open source ecosystem with industry-grade components for smart cities and Industry 4.0.
• EdgeX Foundry (LF Edge): Open source edge computing framework under the Linux Foundation providing a vendor-neutral IoT edge platform. Directly comparable to Eclipse Kura as a community-driven, edge-runtime IoT project with both targeting gateway and edge-of-network industrial use cases.

Others

• Eurotech: Industrial IoT gateway vendor whose ReliaGATE products are fully compatible with Eclipse Kura and Kapua. Adjacent ecosystem partner and adopter that ships commercial gateways using Eclipse IoT software.
• Bosch.IO: Named adopter and partner contributing its Production Performance Manager to Eclipse IoT testbeds. Comparable as a commercial IoT platform vendor that leverages Eclipse IoT open source, with significant overlap in industrial IoT target market.
• Red Hat (OpenShift IoT vertical): Eclipse IoT adopter and core partner contributing OpenShift to Eclipse IoT testbeds, with IoT use cases for hybrid cloud and edge. Adjacent ecosystem partner rather than direct competitor, operating a commercial layer atop the Eclipse IoT stack.

Broad incumbents

• Microsoft Azure IoT Hub: Microsoft's managed IoT hub for bi-directional device communication and management. Comparable to Eclipse Kapua as a competing commercial cloud IoT backend targeted at enterprise IoT deployments.
• AWS IoT Core: Amazon's managed IoT connectivity and device-management service. Comparable to Eclipse Kapua as a competing IoT cloud backend with broader commercial scale and integration into the AWS ecosystem.
• The Linux Foundation (LF Edge): Umbrella foundation for multiple edge and IoT projects including EdgeX Foundry, Zephyr, and Akraino. Comparable to the Eclipse Foundation as a larger, broader open source host organization with overlapping IoT/edge project portfolios.

Emerging players

• Apache Software Foundation (IoT-adjacent projects): Apache hosts IoT-adjacent projects such as Apache ActiveMQ (MQTT), Apache Camel, and Apache Kafka that Eclipse IoT testbeds rely on. Comparable as a sibling non-profit open source host with overlapping developer communities and messaging/integration tooling.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/EclipseIoT
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• Facebookfacebook.com/eclipseiot
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/eclipse-foundation

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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M&A

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