NGI Zero open source funding

We're happy to share that 67 free and open source projects have been awarded NGI Zero support. We want to thank them for their contribution to fixing the internet by righting one wrong at a time.
The projects will receive financial and practical support from the NGI Zero Commons Fund, NGI Taler and NGI Fediversity.
All programs kindly made possible with funding from the @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu by way of @EC_DIGIT@ec.social-network.europa.eu

Come over to meet the projects!
https://nlnet.nl/news/2026/20260616-67-new-projects.html
#NGI #NGI0 #FOSS

We're happy to share that 44 Free and Open Source projects will receive financial & practical support for their contributions to the digital commons. We want to thank them for their efforts to create a shared digital infrastructure for us all.

This is the outcome of the 8th call of the NGI0 Commons Fund, bringing the total to 314 projects selected. The fund is made possible with financial support of @EC_NGI@ec.social-network.europa.eu

Learn about the projects at: https://nlnet.nl/news/2026/20260302-announce-commons-fund.html

#FOSS #NGI #NGI0 #opensource

57 free and open source projects are selected for grants in the ninth open call of the NGI Zero Commons Fund.

We want the thank these projects teams and all applicants for their contribution to the digital commons. They are building digital infrastructure that fosters user autonomy, resiliency, interoperability, openness, accessibility, and strive for technical excellence.

Come over to read all about the projects:
https://nlnet.nl/news/2026/20260409-announce-commons-fund.html

#NGI #NGI0 #FOSS #fossfunding

Another 45 FOSS projects have been selected for the #NGI0 Commons Fund. We want to thank the project teams for their contribution to a free and open internet. In a world increasingly in the grip of proprietary technologies and those who control them, we are proud to be supporting people who choose to work on the digital commons: shared digital assets that serve not the few but the many.

Come over to read what each project is working on.

https://nlnet.nl/news/2025/20251127-45-NGI0-CommonsFund.html

#NGI #NGI0 #FOSS

The 2026 Free Silicon Conference will be held July 6-8 in Ljubljana. It brings together experts and enthusiasts who want to build a complete free and open-source CAD ecosystem for designing analog and digital integrated circuits.
To join you'll need to register and registration closes June 22.
It is also still possible to submit talks to present your project to the community.

https://wiki.f-si.org/index.php/FSiC2026

#NGI #NGI0 #openhardware

Next week is the Cyprus Open Digital Futures Week. A diverse program focused on free and open source, organized in the context of the Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the European Union.
Events include:
Unconference: Freedom. Democracy. Internet
A BBQ
Libre Arts @ NeMe
Policy event: Open Source and the European Union
Conference: Shaping the Next Digital Frontier

The week is organised by the Cyprus FLOSS Community and #NGI0 Regional Representation

https://ellak.org.cy/en/2026/05/04/cyprus-open-digital-futures-week/

#FLOSS #NGI #EU

42 Free & Open Source projects will receive grants to reclaim the public nature of the internet from the NGI0 Commons Fund.
There were many applicants & it's wonderful to see the number of people working on digital commons, inventing & improving technologies to the benefit of all humanity.
We'd like to take this space to thank *all* applicants for their contributions to an internet for people rather than for profit.
Come meet the new projects! https://nlnet.nl/news/2025/20250422-announcement-grants-CommonsFund.html
#FOSS #Funding #NGI #NGI0

RE: @EC_NGI@ec.social-network.europa.eu

Are you considering to apply for the Open Internet Stack open calls from the @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu ? Join the matchmaking sessions to find consortium partners.
#NGI #OpenInternetStack #FOSS #funding #opensource

Dnsmasq wins the first BlueHats Prize!

Dnsmasq provides network addressing for small networks: DNS, DHCP, router advertisement and network boot.

Dnsmasq creator & maintainer Simon Kelley said: "This prize is valuable financially, but much more so as a mark of public recognition that dnsmasq is still something that's worth doing."

https://nlnet.nl/bluehatsprize/2024/1.html

The € 10 000 BlueHats prizes aim to place maintainers of critical #FOSS in the spotlight.

#bluehats #opensource #maintainers

We invite you to nominate a FOSS project for the Bluehats prize. There are four prizes of €10.000 each, to be spent freely.

Bluehats are civil servants who promote the use and development of Free Software in public administrations.

The French public administration has established the Bluehats prize for maintainers of critical Free Software. To be eligible the software must be in use by at least one agency of the French administration.

https://nlnet.nl//bluehatsprize/2024/

Two NGI0 partners currently have a job opening:
CCBV is looking for a coordinator to liaise between support service providers & NGI0 grantees. You'll be working closely with @nlnet@social.nlnet.nl 's Technology Assessors to help NGI0 project teams with dedicated support. [1]

And @ISOCSwitzerland@fosstodon.org is looking for a policy expert on digital sovereignty & the cloud to develop the so-called “Tech dossiers” . [2]

[1] https://www.commonscaretakers.com/services/work-with-us-coordinator.html

[2] https://www.isoc.ch/isoc-ch-is-hiring-application-process-is-open/

#NGI #NGI0 #getfedihired #FOSS

Stalwart Mail Server has been released! Unifying the JMAP, IMAP, and SMTP servers into a single binary, it now supports LDAP, SQL authentication, FoundationDB and S3-compatible blob storage. Plus, it's even faster!
Check it out at: https://github.com/stalwartlabs/mail-server

Stalwart Mail Server is an #opensource mail server solution with JMAP, IMAP4, and SMTP support and a wide range of modern features.

It is written in Rust and designed to be secure, fast, robust and scalable.

Happy #FreeWebSearchDay everybody! To celebrate free & open search, we interviewed two developers who've built search engines that free you from the commercial web.

Simon Descarpentries @Siltaer@mamot.fr created Meta-Press to search the news free of middlemen, trackers and fake news.

Viktor Lofgren built Marginalia Search to let you find your way to small quality websites.

Listen here: https://nlnet.nl/events/20230929/index.html

There are many #FWSD events and actions. You'll find them on: https://freewebsearch.org/en/about/.

Join us for our Open Source Software Supply Chain webinar series. Armijn Hemel will be discussing the Software Bill of Materials on Thursday, April 6, 13.00 - 14.30 CEST. Philipe Ombredanne will talk about tooling on April 13 and Shane Martin Coughlan discusses legal consequences on April 27. https://nlnet.nl/events/20230406/WebinarSoftwareSupplyChain/index.html

9.6 million Euro worth of upcoming grants!