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.

195 critical technologies worthy of investment identified

40 technologies supported since October 2022

15.25 m € invested in commissioned work

Current Investments

Mamba

Enabling secure software package management for science and industry on major operating systems
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PHP

Improving the long-term sustainability and security of the PHP ecosystem
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GNOME

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

Expanding a comprehensive, memory-safe library for building privacy and security-conscious DNS applications
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Reproducible Builds

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

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

Improving the development and release testing infrastructure of a component used in many Linux distributions
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coreutils

Creating memory-safe replacement for GNU coreutils
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ActivityPub Test Suite

Strengthening interoperability in the ecosystem of decentralized, federated social networks
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GStreamer

Re-implementing a multimedia framework’s low-level network protocol for increased security, maintainability, and sustainability
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Log4j

Enhancing security, stability, and confidence in Java logging
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Drupal

Advancing software production security and enhancing developer tools of a widely used content management system
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OpenJS Foundation

Improving Javascript ecosystem infrastructure and security
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Pendulum

Providing accurate time on millions of devices and networks fundamental to the internet and other critical infrastructure.
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Fortran

Modernizing an established programming language to become more performant and user-friendly for scientific communities
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RubyGems & Bundler (2023)

Package management for Ruby, a popular programming language
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Logback

Maintaining, improving, and securing a Java logging library
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Prossimo

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

Improving Python ecosystem security in collaboration with Trail of Bits
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OpenBLAS

Keeping high performance linear algebra computation accessible and open for all
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The Yocto Project

Creating flexible, custom operating systems for embedded and IoT devices
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Sequoia PGP (2023)

Secure communication, signatures, and authentication, in Rust
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Current Investments

Mamba

Enabling secure software package management for science and industry on major operating systems

PHP

Improving the long-term sustainability and security of the PHP ecosystem

GNOME

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

Domain

Expanding a comprehensive, memory-safe library for building privacy and security-conscious DNS applications

Reproducible Builds

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

libmicrohttpd

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

systemd

Improving the development and release testing infrastructure of a component used in many Linux distributions

coreutils

Creating memory-safe replacement for GNU coreutils

ActivityPub Test Suite

Strengthening interoperability in the ecosystem of decentralized, federated social networks

GStreamer

Re-implementing a multimedia framework’s low-level network protocol for increased security, maintainability, and sustainability

Log4j

Enhancing security, stability, and confidence in Java logging

Drupal

Advancing software production security and enhancing developer tools of a widely used content management system

OpenJS Foundation

Improving Javascript ecosystem infrastructure and security

Pendulum

Providing accurate time on millions of devices and networks fundamental to the internet and other critical infrastructure.

Fortran

Modernizing an established programming language to become more performant and user-friendly for scientific communities

RubyGems & Bundler (2023)

Package management for Ruby, a popular programming language

Logback

Maintaining, improving, and securing a Java logging library

Prossimo

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

Python Package Index

Improving Python ecosystem security in collaboration with Trail of Bits

OpenBLAS

Keeping high performance linear algebra computation accessible and open for all

The Yocto Project

Creating flexible, custom operating systems for embedded and IoT devices

Sequoia PGP (2023)

Secure communication, signatures, and authentication, in Rust

Contribute Back Challenges

OpenPGP documentation for application developers

Providing up-to-date OpenPGP documentation for application developers

Securing Apache Airflow

Enhancing the security model of a pivotal workflow orchestration component in the Python ecosystem.

Nix ecosystem supply chain security

Reinforcing the security framework of an an open source build and configuration management system across the full software development life cycle

RuntimeTypeInspector.js

A tool that allows JavaScript projects of any kind to enable runtime type checking

Haskell Cabal

Build system and package manager for the Haskell programming language

Rusty SBOMs

cyclonedx-rust-cargo is emerging as the standard for creating Software Bill of Materials for the Rust ecosystem and the CycloneDX standard

p5.js Documentation Organization & Accessibility

A free, open source JavaScript library for creative coding, with a focus on making coding accessible and inclusive for artists, designers, educators, and beginners

Open Web Docs

Documenting accurate compatibility data for web technologies and maintaining tools that support this documentation

conda-store

An open source tool for managing data science environments in collaborative teams.

Past Investments

Bundler & RubyGems (2022)

Package management for a popular programming language

curl

Powering data transfers

OpenMLS

A new standard for better encryption in group chats

WireGuard

Better protected internet access

OpenPGP.js/GopenPGP

Secure emails and secure signatures in the browser

OpenSSH

Secure connections for administrators

Sequoia PGP (2022)

Secure communication, signatures and authentication, in Rust

OpenBGPd