Alois Zoitl

Professor for Cyber-Physical Systems for Engineering and Production, LIT CPS Lab, Johannes Kepler University Linz; IEC 61499, Convenor IEC TC65B WG15

[Eclipse Foundation @EclipseFdn]

For our latest community newsletter, we have interviewed @AZoitl, Eclipse Foundation committer and project lead for @4diac. He shares insights from over 20 years in open source, from building research tools to leading Eclipse 4diac, and why collaboration and community are key to success.

📖 Read his story:
https://t.co/N4ovrXlFPW

#EclipseFdn #opensource #community #committers #Eclipse4diac

[Eclipse Foundation @EclipseFdn]

📰 Stay up to date with the latest from the #EclipseFdn community.
The March 2026 Community Newsletter highlights:
✨ Eclipse Theia as a production-ready platform
✨ A committer journey with @AZoitl (@4diac)
✨ @ocxconference workshops and keynote speakers
✨ Open VSX reaching 300M monthly downloads
✨ AI-assisted development and SDV innovation
✨ Project releases and community updates

Stay informed and connected 👉 https://t.co/TXbEuJpMbu

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[Eclipse Foundation @EclipseFdn]

👋 Meet @AZoitl, Eclipse Foundation committer and project lead for @4diac.
From embedded systems developer to researcher building open source tools, Alois has spent over two decades contributing to open source, helping shape industrial automation through projects like Eclipse 4diac.

Discover how his journey evolved 👉
https://t.co/FwUvKvGm9g

#EclipseFdn #opensource #committers #Eclipse4diac #community

[Alois Zoitl @AZoitl]

Proud and honored to be featured in this month’s Eclipse Community Newsletter as part of the Committer Profile series.

[Eclipse Foundation @EclipseFdn]

The March Community Newsletter is out!
✨Catch up on the latest from the #EclipseFdn ecosystem, including:
Eclipse Theia in production by @JonasHelming
✨Interview with Alois Zoitl, who is involved in Eclipse 4diac, Eclipse SimRel, and Eclipse GEF Classic
✨Meet the @ocxconference keynote speakers and explore expert-led workshops
✨#OpenVSX Registry surpasses 300 million monthly downloads
✨How Eclipse SDV is driving innovation in open source automotive
✨AI-assisted development in the Eclipse Foundation Software Development team
✨ New project releases and upcoming events

Read the newsletter: https://t.co/XGZZHihfR8

#opensource #community #EclipseTheia #SDV #OCX

[Eclipse 4diac @4diac]

🚀 Eclipse 4diac 3.1 is out!

Highlights:
• Struct Member Access support for F_MOVE
• Folder refactoring in 4diac IDE
• Modularized IEC 61131-3 function library in 4diac FORTE
• Performance improvements for embedded targets

See what's new 👇
https://t.co/ogyEBGssRB

[Alois Zoitl @AZoitl]

Happy to see that we are back on track to deliver a new Eclipse 4diac release every 3 months.

[Eclipse 4diac @4diac]

Feature Freeze Alert: Eclipse 4diac 3.1 is almost here!

✅ Improved Struct Member Access & Folder Refactoring
✅ Modernized UI with Drop Shadows
✅ FreeRTOS Memory Optimizations

Release date: March 11.
📅 Full details: https://t.co/fcX9T5AB1O

[Alois Zoitl @AZoitl]

@Mehran__Kiani This is very cool. Feel free to also submit a guest news post for our news blog.

[Eclipse 4diac @4diac]

🚀 Eclipse 4diac 3.0.2 released!
Maintenance release with stability and bug fixes for 4diac IDE and 4diac FORTE, including FB type handling, OCL checks, code generation, and package name fixes.
🔧📦 #Eclipse4diac #OpenSource #IndustrialAutomation

[Eclipse 4diac @4diac]

🎉 Eclipse 4diac 3.0 is out!

Highlights:
• Reworked ST editors + interpreter
• Better #IEC61499 validation
• New library & package system
• Big runtime improvements
• New: 4diac FBE
• FORTE migrated to C++20

Full details + download:
https://t.co/dGiFH0hz0u

[Alois Zoitl @AZoitl]

@KZR01304775 I would love to see that.

Also, we are interested where you struggled. This could help us to improve Eclipse 4diac.

[Alois Zoitl @AZoitl]

@KZR01304775 We finally have a beta release of 4diac FBE. With it, it should be much easier to build 4diac FORTE instances. More details: https://t.co/jQeVqy11et

[Alois Zoitl @AZoitl]

@KZR01304775 Great that you got it working. Please note we are a small team with little resources. Therefore we are greatefull for any support and feedback.

[Alois Zoitl @AZoitl]

@KZR01304775 Currently the documentation is the best source: https://t.co/Qs8Kds5QDh

But I take that as call to action to fix the others.

[Alois Zoitl @AZoitl]

@KZR01304775 I would also be interested what we could do to make it easier

[Alois Zoitl @AZoitl]

@KZR01304775 That is the reason why we are working on 4diac FBE which makes it much easier to build unfortunately 4diac FBE is not yet ready

[Alois Zoitl @AZoitl]

@KZR01304775 You can already get an early access version for testing. What will make building easier is the new 4diac FBE, a building environment for 4diac FORTE. This is not yet ready for primetime.

[Eclipse 4diac @4diac]

🎉 Eclipse 4diac 3.0 entered feature freeze!
After 2+ years & 7200+ commits, we’re close to our biggest release yet 🚀

Try the early access builds & share feedback!
📰 https://t.co/kN5fAAB5PX

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