Open Source

Drupal Developer Days Athens 2026 will feature a fireside chat between Drupal founder Dries Buytaert and Greece’s digital governance leadership, adding a policy and ecosystem perspective to the developer-focused event. The session reflects a continued effort to connect open-source development with public-sector digital strategy, as the Athens programme expands ahead of its April schedule. ...more

Drupal Mountain Camp will return to Davos, Switzerland, for its sixth edition from 2 March to 4 March 2027. The event will bring together members of the Drupal community for sessions, workshops, and contribution activities, continuing a gathering that has taken place in the Swiss Alps since 2017. ...more

The Drupal AI Summit will take place on 14 May 2026 in New York City, focusing on how organisations move artificial intelligence from experimental pilots into reliable, production-scale systems. The programme centres on governance, architecture, and operational decision-making, with case studies from teams already deploying AI in real-world environments. ...more

OpenUK has published headline recommendations from a proposal submitted to UK Research and Innovation, outlining how the United Kingdom could strengthen its open source ecosystem. At the centre of the proposal is a national foundation designed to support infrastructure, governance, and long-term sustainability, alongside broader measures addressing funding, public-sector adoption, and AI strategy. ...more

AI tools are changing how developers interact with open source, but not always in ways the community expects. Alex Skrypnyk argues that while AI can accelerate individual productivity, it may also weaken the contribution cycles and maintainer relationships that keep open-source projects healthy. ...more

Governments across the Gulf region are prioritising digital sovereignty as they expand national digital infrastructure. Nouf Al Fayez explains how Drupal 11’s open-source architecture, secure design, and flexible hosting support sovereign government platforms across the GCC. ...more

The Drupal Association has been confirmed as a mentoring organisation for Google Summer of Code (GSoC) 2026, continuing the community’s long-running participation in the global open source mentorship program. Selected contributors will work with experienced Drupal mentors on development projects within the ecosystem, many of which explore artificial intelligence integration and developer tooling. Registration for prospective contributors opens on 16 March. ...more

A new release candidate for the Gemini Provider module expands Google Gemini integration for Drupal’s AI module ecosystem. Version 1.0.1-rc1 adds multimodal capabilities including text-to-image generation, speech processing, structured output, function calling, and token usage tracking. Drupal contributor Giorgi Jibladze announced the release candidate and invited developers to test the update ahead of the project’s first stable 1.0 release. ...more

David Galeano Barrado announced the alpha release of the FlowDrop UI Agents module, introducing a visual interface for designing and managing AI agent workflows in Drupal. The module integrates the FlowDrop visual editor with Drupal’s AI Agents system through the Modeler API, allowing developers and site builders to create and modify workflows using a drag-and-drop interface. The alpha release is intended primarily for experimentation and community feedback as developers explore new approaches to building AI-driven automation within Drupal. ...more

The DropTimes will hold its March 2026 Townhall on 18 March at 20:30 IST, continuing the publication’s monthly forum where contributors review editorial work and coordinate upcoming coverage across the Drupal ecosystem. The session will focus on recent reporting, the evolving editorial pipeline, contributor workflows, and community engagement initiatives, while also providing space for participants to propose ideas that could shape future coverage. ...more

Developer Matt Glaman has announced the release of drupalorg-cli 0.8.0, introducing native commands for working with Drupal.org’s GitLab-based contribution workflow. The update enables developers to discover issue forks, manage remotes, review merge requests, and monitor CI pipelines directly from the command line. The release also introduces agent skills designed for AI-assisted development workflows and tools that allow CLI commands to be executed by AI agents. ...more

Drupal Developer Days Athens 2026 has published its speaker lineup for the conference scheduled for 22–25 April 2026 at OTE Academy. The programme will feature keynote presentations from Frederik Wouters, Antje Lorch (ifrik), John Albin and Jürgen Haas, alongside sessions from contributors across the Drupal ecosystem. A featured fireside conversation between Drupal founder Dries Buytaert and Prof. Dimosthenis Anagnostopoulos will also be part of the event. ...more