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Google Open Source Blog

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Google Open Source BlogGitHubThis Week in Open Source for October 15, 2026 by Daryl Ducharme , Open Source Programs Office This Week in Open Source for October 15, 2026 A look around the world of open source After speaking about the Agent2Agent (A2A) protocol and Model…

10.15

Google Open Source BlogGitHubHow much does it cost to use open source software? by Sophia Vargas , Google Open Source Open source software is used pervasively, with some estimating that over 90% of codebases contain open source software.

10.08

Google Open Source BlogGitHubAdopting Pyrefly as the Python type checker at Google by Amer Elsheikh , Python Team Python is one of the primary languages at Google, powering everything from machine learning research to developer infrastructure and data pipelines.

10.06
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Google Open Source BlogGitHubThis Week in Open Source for October 2, 2026 by Daryl Ducharme , Open Source Programs Office This Week in Open Source for October 2, 2026 A look around the world of open source As AI becomes part of everyday software development, the most…

10.02

Google Open Source BlogGitHubStandardizing fine-grained access control in Apache Iceberg's REST catalog by Talat Uyarer & Sung Yun , Google Cloud The Apache Iceberg community recently merged a change to the REST Catalog specification that gives lakehouses something they have long been missing: a…

10.01

Google Open Source BlogGitHubNew public datasets available in Google Cloud Lakehouse by Daniel Rodrigues & Alex Stephen , Google Cloud Did you know the Google Chrome Wikipedia page received over 36 million page views in 2025, or that Chromium logged over 3,700 commits in April…

09.30
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Google Open Source BlogGitHubThis Week in Open Source for September 24, 2026 by Daryl Ducharme , Open Source Programs Office This Week in Open Source for September 24, 2026 A look around the world of open source Open source underpins an $8.8 trillion global economy, yet…

09.24
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Google Open Source BlogGitHubGoogle Cloud: Investing in the future of PostgreSQL — 2026 highlights by Dilip Kumar , Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL Google Cloud is committed to open source, and PostgreSQL is a cornerstone of managed database offerings, including Cloud SQL and AlloyDB.

09.23

Google Open Source BlogGitHubReconnecting with the heart of open source: Highlights from our 2026 GSoC India tour by Mary Radomile , Stephanie Taylor & amanda casari , OSPO For over twenty years, Google Summer of Code (GSoC) has welcomed new developers into open source by pairing them with experienced…

09.17

Google Open Source BlogGitHubHow much should you trust your OSS data? by Sophia Vargas, Google Open Source & Andrew Nesbitt, Ecosyste.ms Every second, open source contribution quietly shapes the software we rely on, and yet our view of this open ecosystem is…

09.03

Google Open Source BlogGitHubSecuring the agentic era: Introducing formal verification for CEL by Sean Huh , Common Expression Language Team We are rapidly entering an era where AI agents can autonomously draft, refactor, and deploy policies that protect our users and our systems.

08.18
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Google Open Source BlogGitHubGoogle joins the OpenROAD Initiative as principal member to accelerate open source silicon innovation by Ethan Mahintorabi & Aaron Cunningham , Hardware Toolchains Team Google is committed to advancing open source silicon innovation.

08.11

Google Open Source BlogGitHubAdapting open source practices to an AI-first world: A retrospective on 2025 by Sophia Vargas , Google Open Source Even as AI adoption accelerates and transforms the global technology landscape, open source remains foundational to how Alphabet builds, uses, and collaborates…

08.03
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Google Open Source BlogGitHubThis Week in Open Source for July 16, 2026 by Daryl Ducharme , Open Source Programs Office This Week in Open Source for July 16, 2026 A look around the world of open source We’re diving into another week of open source news and discussions.

07.16

Google Open Source BlogGitHubGoogle Cloud: PostgreSQL community contribution updates by Dilip Kumar , Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL & Matt Cornillon , Sales EMEA Google Cloud is deeply committed to the long-term success of the PostgreSQL ecosystem.

07.10
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Google Open Source BlogGitHubCommunity feedback: How can corporations improve support for open source maintainers? by Sophia Vargas , Google Open Source table { border-collapse:collapse; border:1px solid #ccc; } tbody, tr, td { border:inherit; border-collapse:inherit; } td { padding:5px; } .style0 {…

06.30
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Google Open Source BlogGitHubDocumenting the manual: how curiosity and robotic arms led to a career in open source by Daryl Ducharme , Google Open Source When you think of "innovation" in open source, your mind probably jumps to the latest AI model or a revolutionary new framework.

06.22

Google Open Source BlogGitHubIn-place pod restarts: Boosting efficiency and workload reliability in Kubernetes v1.35 by Duncan Campbell & Giuseppe Tinti Tomio , Kubernetes Operational efficiency and system resilience are critical when running scaled platforms.

06.18

Google Open Source BlogGitHubOpen rails for agentic commerce at Open Source Summit North America 2026 by Anurag Sinha , Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) At Open Source Summit North America 2026, I shared why agentic commerce needs open rails.

06.16

Google Open Source BlogGitHubCEL finds a new home at github.com/cel-expr! by Olena Huang , CEL (Common Expression Language) team We're excited to announce that the official Common Expression Language (CEL) repositories have moved to a dedicated GitHub organization.

06.16

Google Open Source BlogGitHubA new pkg.go.dev API for Go by Ethan Lee , Jonathan Amsterdam & Hana Kim , Go Team Access to Go metadata has been an everpresent need for the Go community.

06.12

Google Open Source BlogGitHubIntroducing OpenRL: A self-hosted post-training API for fine-tuning LLMs by Sunil Arora , Shuby Mishra & Chuang Wang , GKE We are pleased to share a research preview of OpenRL , a new open-source project coming out of GKE Labs.

06.11

Google Open Source BlogGitHubGoogle joins the Eclipse Foundation as a strategic member to accelerate AI-integrated developer tools by amanda casari & Mike Bufano , Google Open Source Collaboration with the Eclipse Foundation will support open infrastructure for AI-integrated developer platforms like Google Antigravity, while…

06.10

Google Open Source BlogGitHubUnlocking TPU performance: Deep kernel profiling with XProf by Yogesh SY , AI Infra Google Unlocking TPU performance: Deep kernel profiling with XProf table { border-collapse:collapse; border:1px solid #ccc; } tbody, tr, td { border:inherit…

06.08