| [iot-wg] Happy 15th Anniversary, Eclipse IoT! |
Dear Eclipse IoT Community,
Today, November 1st, marks exactly 15 years since the Eclipse IoT Working Group began its journey.
What started in 2011 as the M2M Industry Working Group has grown into the world’s largest open source community focused on IoT and edge computing. Together, this community has built 46 projects, contributed tens of millions of lines of code, and established the vendor-neutral foundation that powers today's physical world.
To mark this milestone, we have just published our anniversary retrospective here: From M2M to the Intelligent Edge: 15 Years of Eclipse IoT.
Our New Home Base: The Eclipse IoT Slack Workspace
A milestone like this isn't meant to be observed from the sidelines. To give our ecosystem a dedicated space to connect in real time, we are officially opening the doors to the Eclipse IoT Slack workspace today. This workspace is built to be shaped entirely by you. It is a place for real-time peer support where you can ask technical questions, get unstuck, and tap into the collective experience of everyone building across our ecosystem. Whether you want to share what you are working on, trade project insights, or explore synergies between different architectures, this is where that collaboration happens.
You can join the workspace here.
What’s Next?
Today is just the kickoff. Over the next six months, leading up to our celebration at Open Community Experience (OCX 2027) in Brussels, we will be rolling out a series of community initiatives, including retrospectives, special technical discussions, and community recognitions.
How you can get involved right now
Read and share the blog post across your networks.
Join the Slack workspace and get the ball rolling by dropping a quick introduction about yourself or initiating a discussion.
Share your ideas and memories: Have a creative idea for the 15-year celebration? Or a favorite photo/demo from the early days? Share it with us in LinkedIn or Slack using #EclipseIoT15.
Thank you to everyone who has been part of this journey, whether you've written code, filed an issue, or trusted our projects in production. Eclipse IoT exists because of this community.
Excited to celebrate the next six months with you, and see you on Slack!