EasyBuild or Spack?

No gift yet for Christmas or New Years? Don't worry, we got you covered! 🎁 EasyBuild v5.2.0 has been released just now 🎁 (gift wrapping not included, bring your own) Highlights at github.com/easybuilders..., all details in release notes at docs.easybuild.io/release-note... Happy holidays! #HPC

The Package Management devroom is back at #FOSDEM’26, first time since FOSDEM 2018! I’ll be camping there during the first half of Saturday, hope to see you there too. Submission deadline for talk proposals is Monday 1 Dec’25. All info via blog.ecosyste.ms/2025/11/06/f... Please help by sharing!

Save the date: the 11th EasyBuild User Meeting will take place 21-23 April 2026 @ Guimarães (Portugal), home of the Deucalion EuroHPC supercomputer hosted by MACC. More info soon via easybuild.io/eum Ideas & suggestions for talks are welcome!

Looking back to an excellent EESSI CI/CD hackathon in Copenhagen, which we organized in the wake of the EuroHPC User Days 2025. Enthusiastic group of attendees, both in-person and remote. Already looking forward to doing this again (perhaps in the wake of EuroHPC Summit 2026 in Cyprus...) #HPC

The DevOps for #HPC at #CARLA2025 is in full swing! Our first speaker is Kenneth @boegel.bsky.social and discusses @easybuild.bsky.social and EESSI

Can you guess which tool JSC is using to help manage the central software stack for this monster? Come on, make a wild guess. Ok, here’s a hint: it starts with an ‘E’…

📢 EESSI Happy Hour sessions (Mondays, 14:00–15:00 CEST) ⏱️ provided by EuroHPC CoE #MultiXscale Join us for an informal, weekly online session to explore and discuss key EESSI topics and updates with the community. More information: www.multixscale.eu/2025/08/13/e... @eessi.bsky.social

New EasyBuild blog post: Interactive Shell to Debug Failed Builds blog.easybuild.io/2025/08/13/i... See the slick demo of how to start an interactive shell to debug a failing shell command that was run by EasyBuild...

EasyBuild v5.1.1 is now available! All details in the release notes at docs.easybuild.io/release-note...

Join the upcoming webinar series on EESSI, the European Environment for Scientific Software Installations (eessi.io): 5 Mondays in a row, starting next week 5 May’25. Attendance is free, registration is required. More info and registration via www.eessi.io/docs/trainin... #HPC

EasyBuild now has a blog! blog.easybuild.io First post is a report on the 10th EasyBuild User Meeting (EUM'25) -> blog.easybuild.io/2025/03/28/e... #HPC

📢 Exciting news! The European Environment for Scientific Software Installations (@eessi.bsky.social) has been featured in the @eurohpc-ju.bsky.social Blog post: "#EESSI Does It! An Award-Winning Software Story" 🔎Read the full article here: eurohpc-ju.europa.eu/eessi-does-i... #EuroHPC #MultiXscale

To celebrate the launch of the EasyBuild/EESSI shop last week, a couple of additional items have been added. This is a special offer: these items are only available *today*, and the supply is limited! Take a look and place your orders before the provider runs out of stock: shop.easybuild.io

Great fun at the “Keeping the P in #HPC” social event for the 10th EasyBuild User Meeting yesterday, fully sponsored by Do IT Now (www.doitnowgroup.com).

Kicking off day two of the 10th EasyBuild User Meeting at Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC) with a keynote by Jeff Hammond (NVIDIA) Live stream via www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-4p... Slides will be made available via easybuild.io/eum25/#program @fzj-jsc.bsky.social #HPC

Day one of the 10th EasyBuild User Meeting is just over halfway. Many interesting talks have already been presented. Slides are being made available ASAP via easybuild.io/eum25/#program Live stream is available via YouTube: youtube.com/playlist?lis... Great social event to look forward to on Wed!

Today we kick off the *10th* EasyBuild User Meeting, taking placing over the next 3 days at Jülich Supercomputing Centre. 50 people attending in person, 90 people registered to attend remotely. If you didn’t register, don’t despair, all talks will be recorded… More info at easybuild.io/eum25

It was nice to meet you @boegel.bsky.social at the #EuroHPCSummit2025 and thanks for the mug and stickers. Looking forward to a fruitful collaboration of #VSC & #EESSI 🤝 @eessi.bsky.social @easybuild.bsky.social @vscluster.bsky.social

EESSI was featured prominently during the presentation on the EuroHPC Federation Platform at the EuroHPC Summit 2025 in Kraków this week. Broad adoption of EESSI is happening as we speak across EuroHPC JU systems, EuroHPC CoE’s, and beyond! #eurohpcsummit #HPC @eurohpc-ju.bsky.social

To celebrate the release of EasyBuild v5.0.0, I am giving away a *free EasyBuild coffee mug* to the first person at the EuroHPC Summit in Kraków this week who can show me hands-on that they have installed EasyBuild v5.0.0. Send me a message in LinkedIn or the EasyBuild Slack if you want to meet up!

Were please to announce the release of the long-awaited EasyBuild v5.0.0 ! A high-level overview of changes is available at docs.easybuild.io/easybuild-v5 More details in the release notes: docs.easybuild.io/release-note... Thanks to everyone who contributed to this release in one way or another!

Minutes, not hours.

Hours, not days.

We're hiring! jobs.ugent.be/job/Gent-Sof... Join the HPC team at Ghent University to help integrate EESSI into the EuroHPC Federation Platform over the next couple of years. Apply by 23 March 2025. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to me directly. #HPC #jobs

Days, not weeks.

All seats for attending the 10th (!) EasyBuild User Meeting (EUM'25) at Jülich Supercomputing Centre ( @fz-juelich.de ) are taken... Full program is available via easybuild.io/eum25/#program Registration for virtual attendance via Zoom is still open: event.ugent.be/registration... #HPC #community

Do you know about the EasyBuild Slack? It's easy to get in touch with the EasyBuild community, and get quick answers to your questions. easybuild.io/join-slack #HPC #community

Last chance, survey is closing today!

The 2nd beta release of EasyBuild v5.0.0 (EasyBuild v5.0.0beta2) is now available! Please consider testing this beta release... More details, including highlighted changes, installation instructions, planned additional changes are available via docs.easybuild.io/easybuild-v5... #HPC

Over the next couple of years the European Environment for Scientific Software Installations (EESSI) will be integrated in the EuroHPC Federation Platform (EFP) More information via www.eessi.io/docs/blog/20... The development effort started Jan 2025, and is funded by @eurohpc-ju.bsky.social #HPC

...and with libraries built and deployed with #easybuild ? 😜

If you actively use or contribute to EasyBuild, please participate in the 8th EasyBuild User Survey: ugent.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Help us reach our goal of at least 100 participants by the end of the month! #HPC

If you haven’t found a gift yet for your loved ones, don’t despair… The initial beta release of EasyBuild v5.0.0 is now available! Please consider taking some time to test this beta release and providing feedback. More info available via docs.easybuild.io/easybuild-v5... #HPC

💻 #EasyBuild is transforming software installations in #HPC Join our next webinar to learn how this #Python framework simplifies complex software deployment across diverse environments! 📅 Register now: lnkd.in/dpd6ha-Q ℹ️ More info: epicure-hpc.eu/2024/11/29/w...

Fri 13 Dec’24 at 14:00 CET we are organising an introductory webinar on EasyBuild, together with EPICURE. epicure-hpc.eu/2024/11/29/w... Free to attend, but registration is required. Learn about basic usage, building on top of EESSI with EasyBuild, and get a sneak preview of EasyBuild 5.0 ! #HPC

"European Environment for Scientific Software Installations (EESSI) Community BoF", Birds of a Feather (BoF) session at #SC24 Atlanta ➡️ sc24.conference-program.com/presentation... #EESSI #MultiXscale

Coming into BlueSky with a big bang: EESSI won an HPCWire Reader's Choice Award, in the "Best HPC Programming Tool or Technology" category, revealed last week at #SC24. Thanks to everyone who voted for us! #HPC