The Free Software Foundation Europe is a charity that empowers users to control technology.
Software is deeply involved in all aspects of our lives. Free Software gives everybody the rights to use, understand, adapt, and share software. These rights help support other fundamental rights like freedom of speech, freedom of press, and privacy. Learn more...
Press Release
More than 85 teenagers from 21 countries took part in Youth Hacking 4 Freedom 2026, with six winners who created solutions ranging from a scientific graphing calculator to tools tackling food waste and decentralised search. Their creations show how young Europeans can build technology everyone can control.
Software Freedom Podcast
It is Podcast Friday! For our regular episode of the Software Freedom Podcast, Bonnie sat down with Alexander Sander, FSFE's policy consultant to talk about procurement as its rules for the public sector is currently under revision within the European Parliament. The FSFE is pushing for a Free Software-first approach.
Newsletter
October is here and with it, our reflection on the last twelve months: check out our Software Freedom report to find out everything that happened in the last 365 days, and read the coming news about YH4F. Our latest podcast episodes are also out: one about our local Danish group and another about the European Digital Networks Act.
4th Install Party Pesaro in Pesaro, Italia
16:00 UTC – 18:00 UTC
28 October 2026
FSFE Netherlands online get-together (online)
19:00 UTC – 21:00 UTC
28 October 2026
The FSFE discusses Copyrightability of LLM-generated code at the NGI0 Webinars (online)
12:00 UTC – 13:30 UTC
29 October 2026
We are a diverse community of people from all over Europe and beyond, who are committed to Free Software. If you feel likewise, join us in our work for freedom. There are many ways to engage and you will surely find a way that fits your interests and skills.
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