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Openismus

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Adapted from the English Wikipedia article Openismus, available under CC BY-SA 4.0Updated 30 November 2025
Openismus
Company typeGmbH (limited liability company)
IndustrySoftware development, open-source software
Founded2006; 20 years ago (2006)
FounderMurray Cumming
DefunctMarch 2014 (2014-03)
Headquarters
Berlin and Munich
,
Germany
Area served
Worldwide
Productsgtkmm, Glom, Maliit, Rygel

Openismus was a limited liability company (GmbH) operating out of both Berlin and Munich, with a focus on open-source solutions. Established in 2006 by Murray Cumming, the firm played a prominent role in advancing the GNOME ecosystem by contributing to projects such as gtkmm, GTK+, and the Glade tool. Additionally, Openismus provided support for the Maemo and MeeGo platforms. As a founding member of the GNOME Mobile & Embedded Initiative, the company established itself as a significant contributor to open-source efforts in mobile and embedded software development. Operations were discontinued in March 2014.

Projects maintained by Openismus

  • gtkmm, providing C++ bindings for the GTK+ toolkit
  • Glom, an application for managing databases
  • Maliit, an input method framework compatible with Wayland
  • Rygel, a media server designed for GNOME supporting UPnP and DLNA standards

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