Open Source

Dominique De Cooman has created and introduced DEEP—Digital Experience Enablement Platform—a new approach that replaces traditional DXPs with open, composable, and AI-driven ecosystems. His blog post outlines how DEEP empowers organisations to build flexible, intelligent digital experiences. ...more

Backdrop Live is scheduled for November 6 and 7, 2025, as a global online unconference for anyone interested in Backdrop CMS. The event encourages open participation, real-time collaboration, and knowledge sharing across all skill levels. Registration is free, with a suggested donation of $20 to support ongoing community efforts. ...more

Dries Buytaert’s latest blog post outlines a major shift in software architecture: orchestration platforms are becoming foundational infrastructure. Citing his investment in Activepieces, Buytaert emphasizes the need for truly open alternatives and sees Drupal evolving from integration hub to a key node in a broader automation network. ...more

Open Source Camp Chattanooga 2025 is set for November 7–8, bringing together developers, designers, marketers, and curious learners at the UTC Library. With Friday trainings in Drupal, Laravel, and WordPress, and a full Saturday camp, the event welcomes all levels of experience to learn, network, and share in the open source spirit. ...more

The ⁠Drupal Association has been awarded €201 000 by the ⁠Sovereign Tech Fund to upgrade its self‑hosted GitLab infrastructure—targeting enhanced security issue workflows, streamlined CI/CD testing across thousands of repositories, and improved UX/design contributor tooling for the global Drupal community. ...more

A DrupalSouth article explores the perception of open source as risky and shows how Drupal’s security practices challenge that view. With a global team, predictable advisories, and secure defaults, Drupal proves that open source can be both transparent and resilient. ...more

Sandstorm Design devoted a full day of its annual company summit to hands-on contributions to the Drupal ecosystem. Staff from across departments engaged in module development, documentation, content writing, and event support, aligning their work with Drupal’s open-source values and upcoming initiatives like DrupalCon 2026. ...more

FLOSS/fund, the open global initiative launched by Zerodha in 2024, has completed its first year by allocating $1 million to critical Free and Open Source Software projects worldwide. Supported projects include Blender, FFmpeg, KDE, and OpenStreetMap. The fund operates through a transparent open-directory model and now advocates for India to launch a sovereign FOSS fund to bolster national tech sovereignty. ...more

In a new blog post, amazee.ai’s Michael Schmid explores the critical differences between AI training and inference, explaining how secure, sovereign, enterprise-ready infrastructure can optimise cost, performance, and compliance. The post outlines how open-source foundations and private deployments help enterprises mitigate data risks, ensure regional data residency, and maintain full control over the AI lifecycle. ...more

Sergiu Nagailic pushes CPU-only inference to its limits in a detailed blog post, benchmarking open-weight LLMs like GPT-OSS-20B on an AMD Threadripper 1950X. Through optimized builds, NUMA pinning, and tuning batch sizes, he demonstrates how CPU-based setups can still deliver viable performance for niche AI applications. His open-source wrapper for llama.cpp makes experimentation easier than ever. ...more

Planning is underway for the Community Summit at DrupalCon Chicago 2026, and the organisers are asking for your feedback to create a welcoming, relevant, and inclusive event. Share your input by completing the community survey. ...more

Drubernetes has released version 2.0, replacing Bitnami’s deprecated MariaDB Helm chart with the official MariaDB Operator. The change addresses licensing shifts affecting open-source users and ensures Drupal-on-Kubernetes deployments remain portable, secure, and vendor-free. ...more