EESSI

It's long overdue, but we finally managed to get a blog post out on the joint event we had with EESSI & Spack in Bologna at CINECA back in May 2026. Includes links to presentation materials and recordings of all talks, from intro-level to more advanced. blog.easybuild.io/2026/05/22/e... #HPC

Want to learn more about how EESSI is the base for the Federated Software Catalog component of the EuroHPC Federation Platform? Join this webinar! #HPC

Save the date! The 12th EasyBuild User Meeting will take place 19-21 April 2027 in Montréal, Canada. More information coming soon via easybuild.io/eum27 The week before HPSFcon 2027 will also take place in Montréal, see events.linuxfoundation.org/hpsf-confere... #HPC #community

It's not too late to vote, but you better hurry, voting closes *today* ---> www.hpcwire.com/2026-hpcwire... <--- #HPC #EESSI #community

Vote for EESSI, nominated again for HPCwire Readers’ Choice Awards! The highlights of some of the recent developments, enhancements, and milestones are available here: www.eessi.io/docs/blog/20... 🔎 Find more info about how to vote for EESSI here: www.eessi.io/docs/blog/20... @eessi.bsky.social

Wondering whether EESSI deserves your vote again for the HPCWire Readers' Choice Awards 2026? Don't despair, we've got your back! Check out our new blog post that summarizes all the progress we have made: eessi.io/docs/blog/20... Don't forget to vote, poll closes on Friday 2 Oct 2026. #HPC

I had been trying to get access to a B200 GPU to run a GROMACS benchmark, today got a notification of availability from Verda cloud and thanks to EESSI was able to run the benchmark from a freshly provisioned VM in less than 2 euro 😏, so thanks @eessi.bsky.social !

EESSI has been nominated (again) for the HPCWire Reader's Choice Awards 2026, in the "Best HPC/AI Programming Tool or Technology". 1. Go to www.hpcwire.com/2026-hpcwire...; 2. Fill out the form; 3. Vote! Maybe you can aim for "EESSI Open-Source Project" in category 11? Please join the vote! #HPC

📣 EESSI hackathon! On Friday 25 September 2026 an EESSI hackathon will be organised in the wake of the EuroHPC User Days in Dublin. Provided by EuroHPC CoE MultiXscale in collaboration with the EuroHPC Federation Platform. More info:➡️ www.eessi.io/docs/trainin... @eessi.bsky.social #EESSI

Now online: "Introduction to the EuroHPC Federation Platform", delivered by MultiXscale expert Alan O'Cais (Ghent University), during the #HPCKP26 Barcelona on 17 June. #HPCKP #EuropeanFederationPlatform youtu.be/lmStziYgP70?...

On Friday 25 Sept'26 an EESSI hackathon will be organised in the wake of the EuroHPC User Days which takes place 22-24 September 2026 in Dublin Primarily an in-person event, but remote participation (via Zoom) is possible More details available via eessi.io/docs/trainin... @eurohpc-ju.bsky.social

We were busy at ISC'26 in Hamburg, check out the blog post on EESSI-related activities there: eessi.io/docs/blog/20... #HPC

📣 #HappeningNow Tutorial: Introduction to EESSI: the European Environment for Scientific Software Installations, at ISC High Performance ⏱️ Today! 22 June 2026, 14:00 to 18:00. Hall X3 – 1st Floor ➡️ isc.app.swapcard.com/widget/event... #ISC26 #ISC2026 #ConnectingTheDots @eessi.bsky.social

Streamline your scientific software stack with EESSI! 🚀 Learn how to deploy optimised software installations & provide user access for HPC and cloud systems in a reliable and reproducible way. 📍 On-site tutorial at #ISC26 👥 For researchers, devs & sysadmins ➡️ isc.app.swapcard.com/widget/event...

And there’s more… Some things are just too heavy and/or large to pack and haul with you on the train, so you need to get it shipped straight to Hamburg. Come join our tutorial at #ISC26 on Monday afternoon, and our Birds-of-a-Feather session on Thursday morning! #HPC

And guess what... It's already installed in EESSI! 🔥

📣 Meet our MultiXscale experts in the following sessions at ISC26 Hamburg (Germany): 🟢 Tutorial: Introduction to EESSI: the European Environment for Scientific Software Installations. 🟢 BoF session: EESSI ➡️ www.multixscale.eu/2026/06/12/i... #ISC26 #ISC2026 #ConnectingTheDots @eessi.bsky.social

Day 1 of the joint EasyBuild / EESSI / Spack tutorial at CINECA, co-organized with the MaX EuroHPC Centre-of-Exellence, starts with an introduction to all 3 projects, followed by an introduction to the EuroHPC Federation Platform. @easybuild.bsky.social @eessi.bsky.social @spackpm.bsky.social

Tue-Thu 19-21 June'26, an EasyBuild+EESSI+Spack tutorial/hackathon is being organized at CINECA (@cineca.bsky.social) in Bologna, Italy. In-person attendance is fully booked, but remote attendance (via Zoom) is still possible. More details, including registration via event.ugent.be/registration...

The 11th EasyBuild User Meeting which took place in Guimarães, the home of the EuroHPC Deucalion supercomputer (@deucalionacnca.bsky.social), was a great community event. If you missed it, check the blog posts covering all 3 days of the event. Start here: blog.easybuild.io/2026/04/21/e... #HPC

Blog post on first day of the 11th EasyBuild User Meeting which took place last week: blog.easybuild.io/2026/04/21/e... Two additional posts for day 2 & 3 coming soon... #HPC

The new webinar series on EESSI starts *today* (14:00 CEST this afternoon), with a high-level introduction. Register via event.ugent.be/registration..., more info via eessi.io/docs/trainin... You can still register for today's session, as well as for the additional sessions in the coming weeks.

🟠 🟡 🟢 EESSI webinar series (April-May 2026) provided by EuroHPC CoE MultiXscale In this webinar series we will provide a comprehensive overview of EESSI: why we started it, how it works, how you can use it, … You can register for the sessions here: www.eessi.io/docs/trainin... @eessi.bsky.social

📻🎤 New Podcast Episode: #EESSI – Simplifying software installation in #HPC systems, joined by MultiXscale experts Caspar van Leeuwen and ⁠Helena Vela⁠. Interview and mixing: Apostolos Vasileiadis. @eurocc.bsky.social @eessi.bsky.social Listen to the interview here: open.spotify.com/episode/0eYC...

☑️ Status Update on EESSI for the EuroHPC Federation Platform Read all the details on the #EESSI blog post here: www.eessi.io/docs/blog/20... @eessi.bsky.social

By annual tradition, we are doing a survey to get a better view on the EasyBuild community. Please take ~15min of your time to fill it out: ugent.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Please consider sharing it with friends or colleagues! This survey will be closed on Fri 3 April 2026 #HPC

A lot of progress has been made in the last year on integrating EESSI as Federated Software Catalog in the upcoming EuroHPC Federation Platform. More details are available in the blog post that was published this week on this topic: eessi.io/docs/blog/20...

🔘 Curious about how #EESSI is being integrated in the EuroHPC Federation Platform (EFP) as the base for the Federated Software Catalog? Don't miss the next EFP webinar on Wednesday 25 February Discover more here: ➡️ www.multixscale.eu/2026/02/20/u... @eurohpc-ju.bsky.social @eessi.bsky.social

EasyBuild v5.2.1 has just been released! Highlights available at github.com/easybuilders... All details available in release notes: docs.easybuild.io/release-note... #HPC

New blog post by Renato Alves (EMBL) Easy EESSI at EMBL www.eessi.io/docs/blog/20... @embl.org

New blog post by Loris Ercole (CECAM): Using Spack on Top of EESSI: Best of Both Worlds www.eessi.io/docs/blog/20... #HPC #community

Are you interested to learn how EESSI is being integrated in the EuroHPC Federation Platform (EFP) as the base for the Federated Software Catalog? Join the next EFP webinar on Wed 25 Feb'26 at 14:00 CET, register here: my-eurohpc.eu/training/#we... @eurohpc-ju.bsky.social

The @eurohpc-ju.bsky.social is calling for proposals to develop a #European Benchmarking Framework for #HPC &amp; #Quantum Computing! Help define metrics for performance, energy efficiency, etc. Submit your application before March 24, 2026. Details: www.eurohpc-ju.europa.eu/eurohpc-ju-l...

Don't miss this webinar series, especially the 2nd webinar on Wed 25 Feb'26 which will cover the EFP Federated Software Catalogue, which is based on EESSI!

MultiXscale expert Thomas Röblitz (University of Bergen) will demonstrate how EESSI allows you to go “from zero to science in minutes” on virtually any Linux system in the world. 🗓️ Tuesday 20 February at 15h ❄️ Geilo Winter School, in Norway ➡️ www.multixscale.eu/2026/01/15/g... @eessi.bsky.social

New blog post: Using Spack on top of EESSI: A Proof of Concept Can we convince Spack to reuse software installations available in EESSI to resolve required dependencies when installing QuantumESPRESSO? www.eessi.io/docs/blog/20... @spackpm.bsky.social

MultiXscale expert Kenneth Hoste (Ghent University) will present “Keeping the P in HPC: the #EESSI Way”, during FOSDEM event in Brussels (Belgium), on 1 February 2026, from 10:30 to 11:10 (H.1301 Cornil) ➡️ www.multixscale.eu/2026/01/07/f... @eessi.bsky.social

MultiXscale expert Helena Vela (Do IT Now) will present the “Status update on #EESSI, the European Environment for Scientific Software Installations” during FOSDEM event in Brussels (Belgium), on 1 February 2026, from 15:30 to 15:55. ➡️ www.multixscale.eu/2026/01/07/f... @eessi.bsky.social

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!

MPI at Warp Speed: #EESSI Meets Slingshot-11 How do we take advantage of new technological developments? Read the full EESSI blog post here: www.eessi.io/docs/blog/20... @eessi.bsky.social

What a great event! 🙌 We would like to thank all the participants (online and on-site) from the excellent EESSI CI/CD hackathon in Copenhagen. Learn more about the event: www.eessi.io/docs/trainin...

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

💡 Afternoon highlights from the #EuroHPCUserDays ➡️science tracks in action with speakers from different domains (chemical science, high energy physics & engineering) ➡️ AI Factory panel insights for Users Support Networking reception starts soon! 📸

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

👥 Join us at #EESSI CI/CD Hackathon, 2 October 2025 in Copenhagen! Dive deep into the world of Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) for scientific software in #HPC environments. 📝 Registration is OPEN! www.eessi.io/docs/trainin... @eessi.bsky.social

The recording of the 1st EESSI Happy Hour that took place last Monday is available via eessi.io/docs/trainin... It featured a quick hands-on demo of installing and configuring CernVM-FS to access EESSI, as well as extensive discussion on various (loosely) related topics. Join us next Monday!

📢 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