Open Toolchain Foundation

OTFN at the Internet of Production Alliance Meet-up

The Internet of Production is a global alliance of organisations that regard distributed manufacturing as the foundation of a fairer society in the future. The alliance is pushing for a...

Open Toolchain Hackathon

Boosting the Open Source Toolchain of the Nimble as a community.

Officially Launching the Open Toolchain Foundation

The picture above shows part of our team holding up an on-site laser-cut “chain” representing the official launch of the Open Toolchain Foundation! We celebrated this milestone at The Future...

Show us your toolchain

One goal for the Open Toolchain Foundation is to better understand and map the toolchain, i.e. the workflows and the software tools used in the development and production of hardware....

Fantastic February: FOSDEM and Funding FreeCAD

Celebrating €30k of funding for FreeCAD development, #FreeCADday and a successful FOSDEM 2023.

Announcing the Open Toolchain Hackathon 2023

Here at the Open Toolchain Foundation we are really excited to announce our first community hackathon! The hackathon will be a mixed hardware & software hackathon on the 6th and...

First Open Engineering Tool Database published

We’re happy to share our first release for a list of Open Source tools for engineering and hardware design.

Open Toolchain Foundation goes global

While most of our team members are at home, busy developing the foundation, some of our colleagues are in Bali not only enjoying the warm weather, but also participating in...

KICKOFF EVENT - Open Toolchain Foundation

At the end of July it was finally time for the first event of the Open Toolchain Foundation (#OTFN)! The kick-off was a complete success, the hybrid event with hand-picked...

Welcome

The idea for the Open Toolchain Foundation arose in the context of the INTERFACER Project that can be seen in the light of the Fab City Initiative that challenges cities...

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