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Technologies and Projects

Since October 2022, we have invested in the following technologies and projects. They exemplify digital infrastructure that we aim to strengthen with our mission.

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195 critical technologies worthy of investment identified

87 technologies supported since October 2022

32.3 m € invested in commissioned work

Current Investments

  • More about: Fedify

    Simplifying the creation of ActivityPub-powered federated web applications within the Fediverse

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  • More about: Let’s Encrypt

    Implementing security measures and future-proofing the leading certificate authority to ensure a secure and trustworthy web

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  • More about: OpenPrinting

    Maintaining and improving the core component to enable printing on Linux and other OSS operating systems

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  • More about: SDCC

    Improving a FOSS compiler for safe and secure firmware, in particular by supporting modern C standards

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  • More about: Scala

    Securing and modernizing the standard library and infrastructure of a modern multi-paradigm programming language

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  • More about: chatmail

    Improving the efficiency and security of email, and improving open, secure, end-to-end encrypted instant messaging

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  • More about: Servo

    Improving accessibility, embedding support, and maintainability for a web rendering engine written in Rust

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  • More about: Drupal (2025)

    Modernising the infrastructure and tooling for developing and maintaining a major content management system of the web

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  • More about: Open Web Docs (2025)

    Expanding developer documentation with security and privacy guidance on the leading resource platform for core web technologies

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  • More about: phpseclib

    Modernizing cryptographic libraries to improve efficiency, clarity, and compliance across widely adopted PHP applications

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  • More about: PHP (2025)

    Modernizing and improving security, reliability, and collaboration in the web’s most widely used programming language

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  • More about: conda

    Establishing standards, systematizing documentation, and coordinating maintenance in a multi-stakeholder, cross-platform, language-agnostic packaging ecosystem

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  • More about: R Project

    Unifying and modernizing the core infrastructure of a leading language and environment for statistical computing and graphics

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  • More about: systemd (2025)

    Extending the Linux OS core infrastructure to improve security, integrity and robustness for multi-user systems

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  • More about: Apache Arrow

    Improving the CI, build and supply chain infrastructure for a major scientific computing project

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  • More about: OpenSSL Foundation

    Strengthening global Internet security and privacy by fixing vulnerabilities and accelerating a future-proof backlog management

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  • More about: wondermagick

    Building a drop-in alternative for imagemagick in memory-safe Rust

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  • More about: Babel

    Streamlining the JavaScript ecosystem by advancing version 8 migration and support and infrastructure updates

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  • More about: rustls

    Developing a high-performance memory-safe TLS library to provide security, privacy and integrity in Internet communication

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  • More about: Package-URL (PURL)

    Enhancing the open standard for universal package identifiers to strengthen security, compliance, and long-term resilience

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  • More about: Rust Foundation

    Investing in the development and release infrastructure that enables the memory-safe programming language Rust

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  • More about: Incus

    Extending release and tooling infrastructure for a next-generation system- and application container, and virtual machine manager

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  • More about: Apache Maven

    Modernizing and securing a vital component of critical supply-chain infrastructure in Java

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  • More about: OpenSSF Scorecard

    Implementing supply-chain security checks, addressing technical debt, and enhancing documentation to automatically assess the security health of FOSS projects

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  • More about: Pipewire

    Providing accessibility support for ASHA hearing aid technology and addressing technical debt within the framework

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  • More about: Rosenpass

    Building quantum-safe, resilient encryption for internet infrastructure with enhanced stability and supply chain protection

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  • More about: GFortran

    Advancing an open source Fortran compiler, to enable modern, efficient capabilities for high-performance computing and scientific research

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  • More about: Eclipse Foundation

    Strengthening the Eclipse Foundation open source ecosystem by introducing SBOM generation and improved vulnerability management processes

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  • More about: Arch Linux Package Management

    Rigorous modernization of the foundational package management layers with reusable and memory-safe implementations

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  • More about: OpenStreetMap

    Ensuring the stability, growth and modernization of the core software powering the global open mapping ecosystem

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  • More about: FreeBSD

    Improving the infrastructure, security, regulatory compliance, and developer experience of an open source operating system

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  • More about: GNU libmicrohttpd

    Building high-performance HTTP servers in applications reliably, securely, and efficiently

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  • More about: JUnit

    Making automated testing for the Java ecosystem and JVM more reliable, efficient, and sustainable

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  • More about: Samba

    Enhancing the security, scalability, and functionality of an essential implementation of SMB and IAM protocols

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  • More about: GNOME

    Improving accessibility, tooling, and security for the Linux desktop ecosystem

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  • More about: FFmpeg

    Maintaining the sustainability, security, and innovation of a leading multimedia processing framework

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  • More about: Log4j

    Enhancing security, stability, and confidence in Java logging

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  • More about: Prossimo

    Securing critical and vulnerable internet infrastructure by moving it into memory-safe code

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  • More about: Varnish-Cache

    Advancing web content delivery with better documentation, accessibility, community engagement, and built-in TLS/HTTP3

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  • More about: Reproducible Builds (2025)

    Ensuring the security and integrity of open source software throughout its lifecycle, from source to binary code

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