TYPO3 Returns to CloudFest 2026

CloudFest 2026 takes place from March 23 to 26 in Rust, where both the TYPO3 Association and the TYPO3 Company will represent the project. This second consecutive year of official support aims to increase visibility beyond the established TYPO3 community while building new industry relationships. The TYPO3 Association is also sponsoring the preceding Hackathon, with board member Thomas Maroschik serving on the jury.

The Hackathon is a core part of CloudFest. It is a three-day event focused on open-source innovation. Industry professionals from around the world collaborate to solve technical challenges and develop solutions for the internet's infrastructure. It is a practical environment designed for direct collaboration on open-source projects.

This sponsorship is a practical investment in the relationship between open-source CMS communities and the hosting providers who deliver their software to the world. The CloudFest Hackathon is one of the few environments where developers and infrastructure professionals work side by side on shared challenges. With regulatory frameworks like the Cyber Resilience Act redefining responsibilities across the software supply chain, this kind of cross-community collaboration is more important than ever. For TYPO3, being present at this intersection is not just strategic but a natural extension of our role as an open-source steward.

The connection between TYPO3 and the FAIR Project runs through concrete technical collaboration, and the CloudFest Hackathon 2026 marks the moment where this collaboration moves from proposal to prototype.

TYPO3 has been a consistent presence at the CloudFest Hackathon since 2024. At the 2025 edition, the TYPO3 Core Team brought its own project - the CMS Health Check standard - and developed integrations across WordPress, Drupal, TYPO3, and Sulu CMS. Team members also joined the SBOMinator project on software supply chain security, a topic of growing relevance for every CMS ecosystem. That same year, Olivier Dobberkau served on the Hackathon jury as President of the TYPO3 Association. For 2026, the TYPO3 Association returns as a sponsor of the Hackathon.

On the technical side, TYPO3 Core Team Lead Benni Mack proposed integrating the FAIR protocol into TYPO3's Extension Repository (TER) and Extension Manager as part of the 2026 Community Budget process. The goal is to enable TYPO3 to communicate with any platform supporting the FAIR protocol, not just extensions.typo3.org. While the proposal was not among the four ideas funded in Community Budget Round One, it points to a clear strategic direction. One that the CloudFest Hackathon 2026 offers an ideal setting to advance.

A key driver behind this effort is the EU Cyber Resilience Act, which entered into force in December 2024 and will require vulnerability reporting starting in September 2026, with full compliance by December 2027. The CRA mandates that manufacturers of products with digital elements maintain Software Bills of Materials, implement secure-by-design principles, and establish vulnerability disclosure processes throughout the product lifecycle. For TYPO3's Extension Repository, this means preparing the infrastructure for a future where transparency, traceability, and interoperability in package distribution are not just desirable but legally required. A federated protocol like FAIR, with its built-in cryptographic verification and decentralized trust model, provides exactly the kind of architecture that helps meet these requirements.

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From March 20 to 22 at the CloudFest Hackathon 2026 in Rust, TYPO3 developers will collaborate with other open-source contributors to implement Benni Mack’s proposal. This session aims to expand FAIR protocol support into the TYPO3 ecosystem and beyond its initial WordPress roots. For TYPO3, this is a natural extension of its work within the Open Website Alliance: preparing the technical foundations of its ecosystem for the regulatory and architectural demands ahead.
 

Parallel to the technical progress at the Hackathon, the TYPO3 Association and TYPO3 Company are attending with distinct objectives. While the Association handles the strategic sponsorship of the development event, the TYPO3 Company focuses on ecosystem growth and professional partnerships during the main conference.

CEO Daniel Fau and partner managers Luisa Faßbender and Myrna Gönnemann will represent the TYPO3 Company on-site throughout the main conference. A highlight of the CloudFest program is a fireside chat by Daniel Fau and Karim Marucchi, CEO of Crowd Favorite. This session explores how agencies can grow faster by collaborating instead of competing. Daniel shares how the TYPO3 community-owned model supports agencies through transparent governance. Karim discusses the need for collective advocacy and knowledge sharing to strengthen the WordPress ecosystem. Together, they explain why growing the entire industry creates a more sustainable and profitable environment for every partner involved.

The results of the Hackathon and the CloudFest participation will be shared following the event. TYPO3 remains committed to advancing open-source CMS technology. We are already looking forward to the 2026 edition and hope to see even more TYPO3 folks apply to join us next year!