Eclipse Foundation

The Eclipse Project was originally created by IBM in November 2001 and was supported by a consortium of software vendors. In 2004, the Eclipse Foundation was founded to lead and develop the Eclipse community. It was created to allow a vendor-neutral, open, and transparent community to be established around Eclipse. Top-level projects sit at the top of the open source project hierarchy. The Eclipse Foundation is considered a "third generation" open-source organization, and is home to Jakarta EE, and over 400 open source projects, including runtimes, tools, and frameworks for a wide range of technology domains such as the internet of things (IoT), cloud and edge computing, automotive, systems engineering, software defined vehicles, digital ledger technologies, AI, and open processor designs. The Foundation is best known for developing Eclipse IDE, an IDE primarily targeted at developing in Java. The Foundation as a whole is largely centred around Java development, with more than 65% of its codebase written in Java. As of January 2026, the Eclipse Foundation hosts more than 400 open-source projects. The Foundation also hosts 20 Industry Collaborations, including groups devoted to the Eclipse IDE, Internet of Things, Software Defined Vehicles and scientific research. The Eclipse Foundation hosts DemoCamps, Hackathons, and conferences; its flagship event is OCX. == Projects ==

Eclipse Foundation projects include (in no particular order): • Eclipse LMOS • Eclipse Theia • Eclipse Open VSX • Eclipse Oniro • Eclipse Oniro for OpenHarmony (in collaboration with the OpenAtom Foundation) • OSGi • Eclipse Gemini • OpenHarmony-based Oniro project (in collaboration with OpenAtom Foundation) • Jetty (web server) • Jakarta EE • Jakarta Enterprise Beans • Jakarta Servlets • Jakarta Agentic AI • Eclipse GlassFish • EclipseLink • Eclipse OpenJ9 • Eclipse Metro • Eclipse Jersey • Eclipse ThreadX • Eclipse IDE • Eclipse JFace • Standard Widget Toolkit • Eclipse Grizzly (now merged into GlassFish) • Eclipse Che • AsciiDoc • Eclipse Xpanse • The Eclipse Project • Eclipse Java development tools • Eclipse Jetty • Eclipse Modeling Framework • Eclipse S-CORE • Eclipse TractusX • Eclipse Simulation of Urban Mobility (SUMO) Terminated Projects Projects that become inactive, either through dwindling resources or by reaching their natural conclusion, are terminated by the Eclipse Foundation. • OSBP (software factory) Specifications The Eclipse Foundation has a specification process. Projects that develop specifications include: • Jakarta EE Platform • Sparkplug • AsciiDoc Language • Cyber Resilience Attestations • Eclipse Dataspace Protocol == Initiatives ==

The Eclipse Foundation offers various initiatives under a vendor-neutral governance structure that enables members of the Foundation to collaborate on solving industry problems and to drive shared innovation through open source projects. Notable initiatives include: Eclipse SDV (Software Defined Vehicle) The Eclipse Software Defined Vehicle (SDV) is a Working Group within the Eclipse Foundation that facilitates open source development of automotive software. Projects focus on building the industry’s first open source software stacks and associated tooling for the core functionality of future mobility. Notable members include BMW Group, Mercedes Benz Tech Innovation, TRATON Bosch, ZF, Vector, Harman, and Cariad SE. Open Regulatory Compliance (ORC) Open Regulatory Compliance (ORC) is a Working Group within the Eclipse Foundation that brings together key stakeholders in a collaborative effort to work with governmental bodies to meet regulatory requirements, while leveraging open source through the software supply chain. This working group is preparing the open source community for the implementation of the Cyber Resilience Act. Eclipse Dataspace Eclipse Dataspace is a forum for individuals and organizations to build and promote open source software, specifications, and open collaboration models needed to create scalable, modular, extensible, industry-ready open source components based on open standards for dataspaces. In December 2025 it released two open protocols: the Eclipse Dataspace Protocol (EDP) and Eclipse Dataspace Decentralised Claims Protocol (EDCCP). Notable members include Microsoft, T-Systems, and Frauenhofer. Eclipse Research Initiatives Research @ Eclipse was founded in 2013. The initiative has participated in 30 research projects with more than 730 partners across, AI, security, cloud, data spaces, software-defined vehicles, embedded, IoT, and open hardware. It aims to transform technical research projects into open source innovation. It stewards RISC-V IP including CVA6, CVW (Wally), CVE4, CVE2, and CVE5. Through the Eclipse Foundation, it participates in Horizon Europe research projects including TRISTAN and Rigoletto, and maintains the United RISC-V Access Platform. Notable members include Thales, Siemens, and Red Hat. Jakarta EE The Jakarta EE Working Group is a Working Group within the Eclipse Foundation for open-source vendor-neutral enterprise Java innovation, bringing together industry-leading organizations across the Java ecosystem to collaborate on advancing the technology Adoptium The Adoptium Working Group is a Working Group within the Eclipse Foundation that promotes and supports high-quality runtimes and associated technologies for use across the Java ecosystem, including Eclipse Temurin. It embraces existing standards and a wide variety of hardware and cloud platforms. == Membership ==

There are four types of membership in the Eclipse Foundation: Strategic, Contributing, Associate, and Committer. Each member organization pays annual dues based on its membership level. Strategic Members are organizations that invest in developers and other resources to further develop the Eclipse technology. Each strategic member has a representative on the Eclipse Foundation Board of Directors. Strategic Members include the European Space Agency, Microsoft, and Oracle. Contributing Members are organizations that participate in the development of the Eclipse ecosystem and offer products and services based on, or with, Eclipse. Contributing Members include ARM, BMW Group, NXP, Witekio, and more. ==References==