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Cassandra Project is a volunteer-driven, non-commercial community initiative that develops and curates free software tools, scripts, and knowledge resources for users of the Foxboro I/A distributed control system (DCS). It operates as an independent platform explicitly disclaimed from Invensys Process Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company), and is maintained by community contributors organized primarily around EOSYS, a Foxboro system integrator. The project traces its origins to a 1994 'Foxboro News & Comments' email started by founder David Johnson at Globe Elastic Co. in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and was formally launched in February 2000 when Duc Do registered the domain thecassandraproject.org; the name was contributed by Winston Jenks, after Cassandra of Greek mythology, symbolizing knowledge that goes unheard.

The product surface is a portfolio of standalone utilities and knowledge resources rather than an integrated commercial platform. Named in-house tools include Fox Find (a power display searcher that locates tag fragments across all FoxView displays on a Control Processor), Fox Select Plus (a compound and block search utility that identifies items excluded from upgrades due to non-standard naming), and HLBL Syntax Highlighting configurations for UltraEdit, Notepad++, Sublime, and Visual Studio editors. Supporting resources include a Scripts & Tools Archive organized by both functionality and type (AWK scripts, C programs, shell scripts, configuration utilities), Programming Guidelines and Standards documentation, a FAQ and Hints-and-Tips knowledge base covering hardware, software, mesh/network topics, and best practices, and a 'Practical System Tips' manual ('Julie's book'). Distribution is via direct download from the project website (global scope) and a public YouTube playlist of SEUG Best Practices meeting videos. The mailing list infrastructure ([email protected]) has hosted the user community since 2001, after moving from earlier listservers; it has been continuously operational since the 1990s.

The business model is non-commercial. All software, scripts, and community resources are distributed for free; there are no paid tiers, no subscriptions, no customers, no funding rounds, no parent company, and no formal partnerships. The user base is horizontal — Foxboro I/A administrators, technicians, and engineers across power generation, nuclear facilities, chemical processing, and manufacturing — defined by expertise in a specific installed-base control system rather than by industry vertical. The go-to-market relies entirely on community channels: the FreeLists-hosted mailing list, the SEUG (Southeastern Foxboro I/A Users Group) annual meetings, the project website, and contributor word-of-mouth. With SEUG events scheduled through 2026 and a major site rebuild completed in 2022 under EOSYS stewardship with a renewed data-preservation mandate, the initiative shows stable continuity rather than commercial expansion. (Note: The firmographics block in the input describes a Spain-based, 2023-founded ecological/boarding entity; the substantive structured data, the project's own website text, and the products and history cited overwhelmingly describe the Foxboro I/A community platform above, and that interpretation is used here as the primary first-party record.)

Name

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Legal name

Cassandra Project

Website

https://thecassandraproject.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Cassandra Project is a volunteer, non-commercial community initiative that develops free software tools (Fox Find, Fox Select Plus, HLBL Syntax Highlighting), scripts, and knowledge resources for administrators and engineers of Foxboro I/A distributed control systems, distributed via mailing list, website, and an annual user group meeting.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Automation Software (DCS Utilities)

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)

akta.pro primary industry

Managed DevOps / Platform Operations (Run & Operate) (BPAEAKAO)

Keywords

• Distributed control systems
• Foxboro I/A administration
• Process control scripts
• Industrial automation tools
• User community resources

Headquarters

HQ city

Argamasilla De Calatrava

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Operations

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

The Cassandra Project is a non-profit, volunteer-driven community initiative that develops and distributes free software utilities (such as Fox Find and Fox Select Plus), HLBL syntax highlighting configurations, community-contributed scripts and tools, programming guidelines, and a Foxboro I/A mailing list for users who administer and optimize Foxboro I/A distributed control systems. It functions as a peer knowledge-sharing and tool-distribution platform rather than a commercial software vendor.

Product overview

The Cassandra Project is a community-driven initiative by the Foxboro I/A distributed control system user community to share tools and solutions. The portfolio consists of standalone utility software products including Fox Find (a display search tool for locating tags across FoxView displays), Fox Select Plus (a compound and block search utility), and HLBL Syntax Highlighting (code editor configurations). Supporting offerings include the SEUG Best Practices video library, a Scripts & Tools Archive of community-contributed utilities, Programming Guidelines documentation, and the Foxboro Mailing List discussion forum. These are not integrated products but rather independent tools and resources developed and shared by users for administration and optimization of Foxboro I/A systems.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Fox Find A display searcher utility developed in-house at EOSYS that enables quick and easy search across all displays on a Control Processor for specific keywords or tag fragments, locating references and listing the FoxView displays that use each tag. Targeted at Foxboro I/A DCS administrators and technicians.
• Fox Select Plus A software utility that streamlines searching for compounds and blocks in Foxboro I/A systems, helping find blocks that do not follow common naming standards to identify items left out of upgrades or basic searches.
• HLBL Syntax Highlighting Syntax highlighting configuration files for the HLBL (Foxboro high-level block language) available for text editors including UltraEdit, Notepad++, Sublime, and Visual Studio, enhancing code readability for Foxboro I/A developers.
• Scripts & Tools Archive Community-contributed archive of scripts and tools organized by functionalities and types, including AWK scripts, C programs, shell scripts, and configuration utilities for Foxboro I/A system administration.
• Foxboro Mailing List Electronic discussion-style mailing list hosted on FreeLists.org, operated by Foxboro I/A users for users, covering the I/A product platform and other Foxboro products for peer troubleshooting and knowledge exchange.
• SEUG Best Practices Videos YouTube playlist of past Southeastern Foxboro I/A Users Group Best Practices meetings, featuring presentations on Foxboro I/A topics, system quirks, challenges, and expert methodologies.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Yokogawa Electric (CENTUM VP): Provider of the CENTUM VP DCS, another major DCS platform in process industries. Relevant peer because Yokogawa supports its own user community for comparable customers, establishing the model of vendor- and user-driven knowledge ecosystems that Cassandra Project embodies for Foxboro.
• Schneider Electric (Foxboro/Invensys): Current corporate owner of the Foxboro/Invensys Process Systems product line (including I/A Series). The Cassandra Project explicitly states it is not endorsed by Invensys, but Schneider's Foxboro ecosystem defines the platform around which the community builds its tools and content.
• Emerson Automation Solutions (DeltaV): Provider of the DeltaV DCS, the principal commercial alternative to Foxboro I/A in process industries. Comparable as the platform context whose installed base drives demand for community knowledge sharing, even though the user communities themselves are separate.
• ABB (System 800xA): Provider of the System 800xA DCS, competing with Foxboro I/A in heavy process industries. Comparable as the broader incumbent DCS ecosystem against whose installed base the Cassandra Project community is differentiated.
• Honeywell Process Solutions (Experion): Provider of the Experion Process Knowledge System (PKS) DCS. A peer in the sense that Honeywell supports its own user community for similar industrial customers in power, chemical, and refining—comparable ecosystem framing to what Cassandra Project provides for Foxboro users.

Others

• EOSYS Group: Foxboro I/A system integrator whose employees have developed tools for and administered the Cassandra Project (e.g., Fox Find was developed in-house at EOSYS). Closely intertwined with the community operationally and the de facto host of SEUG.
• ARC Advisory Group: Industry research and advisory firm focused on industrial software, DCS, and process automation. Peer in the sense of producing knowledge resources (research, user studies) for the same industrial control system buyer and practitioner audience that Cassandra Project serves for free.

Direct peers

• Control.com: Online community and forum for process automation professionals covering DCS, PLC, and instrumentation topics. Most directly comparable as a peer-driven knowledge-sharing destination for the same industrial control system user population.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/watch?list=PLw15DsjqVz58G3pPjnnsXkcNRbbyUK_wN

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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