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...
Software Freedom Podcast
Times goes by… Did you know the FSFE was founded in 2001, 25 years ago? Of course, we have planned something for our silver anniversary! We are dedicating a full episode of the Software Freedom Podcast to talk about the celebrations and to invite, all of you, our listeners, to celebrate with us. Find out more in our 53rd episode!
Press Release
The Court of Justice of the European Union has rejected Apple's challenge to the interoperability obligations under the Digital Markets Act. The Court also confirmed the App Store as a core platform service. The FSFE hails this as a major win for computer users and developers.
Community
The FSFE's volunteer and open hardware passionate, Nicole Faeber read about the Teufel Mynd speaker announced as an "Open Source Project", so she decided to put it to the test. We, the FSFE, bought one and she dug in. Curious what she found? Read along with us!
Join the FSFE' talks at the DWeb Camp in Alte Hölle, Germany
14:30 UTC 09. – 14:00 UTC
10 July 2026
The FSFE at Europython 2026 in Krakow in Krakow, Germany
11:00 UTC 13. – 19:00 UTC
17 July 2026
The FSFE turns 25! Celebrate with us! In Krakow, Poland!
19:00 UTC 17. – 18:00 UTC
19 July 2026
I believe Free Software needs a voice at the national as well as the EU level in politics: Software does not exist in an isolated bubble, it's heavily dependent on the ecosystem that it lives in. In my opinion Free Software as well as open standards are key to creating a society that provides equal access.
Isabel Drost-Fromm (Software Engineer and Member of the Apache Software Foundation)
I'm a supporter of the FSFE as I want to sustain their work to promote Free Software. As a person that uses computers quite heavily every day, I'm very concerned with the current trend of locking down computing which is taking control away from the users. This is increasingly problematic since people's lives are more and more dependent on computers for personal communications, managing finances, employment, etc. Free Software is a necessary requirement for retaining control over your computing.
What is the biggest benefit of Free Software? Freedom!
