Bor is going to FOSDEM 2027 in Brussels, and we are not going alone: we will share a stand with our friends from Kiwi TCMS. FOSDEM has published its list of accepted stands, and “Bor & Kiwi TCMS” is on it, for Sunday, 31 January 2027.
What FOSDEM is
FOSDEM is the largest gathering of free and open source software developers in Europe. Every year, on one weekend at the turn of January and February, thousands of people fill the Solbosch campus of the Université libre de Bruxelles for two days of talks, developer rooms and project stands. It is organized by volunteers, entry is free, and there is no registration: you simply walk in.
The stands are where projects meet their users face to face. You can see the software running, ask the people who write it anything you like, and leave with a sticker. For a young project like Bor, that is the best place there is to find out what people actually need.
Kiwi TCMS
Kiwi TCMS is the leading open source test management system. It keeps test plans, test cases and test runs in one place, for manual and for automated testing: testers get a clear picture of what is still to be done, results from automated suites flow in through plugins for the popular test frameworks, and bugs go straight to the tracker a team already uses. Everything is also reachable through an API, so it fits into a pipeline as easily as into a tester’s day.
What we like most is how the project is run. Kiwi TCMS has been open source for many years, it is developed in the open with a steady rhythm of releases, and the team behind it is a regular face at open source conferences around Europe. Like Bor, it is made in Europe, with roots in Bulgaria. It is the kind of project we are glad to stand next to.
The Kiwi TCMS team is busy on Saturday as well: they are again co-hosting the Testing and Continuous Delivery devroom. Their side of the story is in the Kiwi TCMS announcement.
Where to find us
The stand is on Sunday, 31 January 2027. FOSDEM has not assigned the locations yet, so the building and the exact spot will follow, together with the other details, here and on the talks page as soon as they are announced.
If you are travelling for the whole week: right after FOSDEM, from 1 to 3 February, I will also give a talk about Bor at CfgMgmtCamp in Ghent, half an hour from Brussels by train.
Come by, say hello, and bring your questions about managing Linux desktops, or about testing the software that does it.