NextGen Eclipse Tools, AI, Web and Cloud BoF at OCX 2026

Explore next gen Eclipse tooling across AI, web and cloud, use cases, and real world feedback with project teams, newcomers are welcome!

Overview

Join this Birds of a Feather session at Open Community Experience 2026 to explore modern open source developer tools across AI, web, cloud, and desktop.

⚠️ Important: access to this session requires registration to Open Community Experience 2026 and a valid conference badge.

If you are interested in attending, contact us to obtain a discount on your #OCX26 conference pass.

Full agenda of the conference:
https://www.ocxconf.org/event/2026/agenda

Event Details

📅 Date: April 21, 2026

🕖 Time: 19:00 to 20:00 CEST

📍 Location: Room R1, Riverside area
🏛️ The Egg Brussels, Rue Bara 175, 1070 Brussels, Belgium

👥 Format: In person only, newcomers are welcome!

🍕 Relaxed BoF format with pizza and drinks

🎟️ Access: Conference registration required

🗣️ Language: English

About the BoF

This Birds of a Feather session brings together the communities building the next generation of Eclipse-based tools across web, cloud, desktop, and AI.

It is an open and interactive discussion focused on real usage, architectures, and future directions of modern developer tooling.

This session is an opportunity to:

• Share concrete use cases and technical challenges
• Ask questions about architecture, extensibility, and integration
• Explore emerging patterns in AI-native tooling
• Discuss migration paths from existing solutions
• Exchange directly with project leads and contributors

You will meet contributors behind projects such as Eclipse Theia, Theia AI, Langium, GLSP, EMF.cloud, Sprotty, Open Collaboration Tools, JSON Forms, Sirius, SysOn, Eclipse Che, and others.

Whether you are building web IDEs, domain-specific languages, modeling tools, graphical tooling, or AI-enabled developer experiences, this session provides a direct channel to the people shaping these technologies.

Why Attend?

• Engage with maintainers of key Eclipse tooling projects
• Understand how web, cloud, and AI technologies fit together
• Get practical insights from real implementations
• Share feedback and influence future directions
• Connect with a community building modern developer tools

About Open Community Experience 2026

This session takes place during Open Community Experience 2026, the Eclipse Foundation’s flagship event.