Community involvement continues to play a key role in sustaining #opensource #geospatial projects 🔓

Recently, #GeoServer 3.0-RC was released 🌐, as the result of a successful #community #crowdfunding campaign 💡. The initiative supported modernization, security improvements, and long-term maintainability 🛠️

This reflects a broader pattern in the geospatial open source ecosystem, where collective funding supports core infrastructure 🤝

More 👉 https://geoserver.org/behind%20the%20scenes/2026/04/21/geoserver-3-rc-crowdfunding-success.html

How is open source funded today? 🤔

More and more, the answer comes from the community 🌍

Crowdfunding for #GeoServer 3.0-RC highlights a clear trend in FOSS4G: users are no longer just consumers, but active contributors to development and maintenance 🔧

Beyond a single project or release, a broader emerging model of collective sustainability is taking shape 🤝

More context 👉 https://geoserver.org/behind%20the%20scenes/2026/04/21/geoserver-3-rc-crowdfunding-success.html

#Opensource #geospatial #sustainability #community #FOSS4G

#GeoServer 3.0-RC, a crowdfunded success story

https://geoserver.org/behind%20the%20scenes/2026/04/21/geoserver-3-rc-crowdfunding-success.html

#GeoServer 3.0-RC released

https://geoserver.org/announcements/2026/04/20/geoserver-3-0-RC-released.html

GeoServer 3 Release Candidate is out.
Good progress for the next major version, and strong community support behind it.

Details: https://geoserver.org/behind%20the%20scenes/2026/04/21/geoserver-3-rc-crowdfunding-success.html

#geoserver #osgeo #opensource #gischat

Happy to see an RC release of GeoServer 3. Great job by @jodygarnett and the team!
#geoserver

https://geoserver.org/announcements/2026/04/20/geoserver-3-0-RC-released.html

#GeoServer 2.28.3 released

https://geoserver.org/announcements/2026/03/20/geoserver-2-28-3-released.html

🚀 The release date for GeoServer 3 is officially set: 15 April 2026.

This major update modernizes the platform with Spring 7 and JDK 17, improving security and vulnerability management. It also simplifies cloud native deployments and brings better raster performance with ImageN.

Made possible by community crowdfunding and many sponsors.

🔗 https://geoserver.org/behind%20the%20scenes/2026/02/17/gs3-first-public-release-date.html
🔗 https://www.camptocamp.com⁠

#GeoServer #GIS #OpenSource

GeoServer 3 is scheduled for General Availability on 15 April 2026.

A major step forward with Spring 7, JDK 17, ImageN raster performance, refreshed UX, and easier cloud-native deployment, while preserving 2.x compatibility.

Congrats to the GeoServer community and supporters.

#GeoServer #OpenSourceGIS #Geospatial #GeoIntelligence