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2026 State of Automotive Software Development Report
- Chapter 1 - What Are the Top Market Challenges Impacting Automotive Software Development?
- Chapter 2 - The Leading Concerns in Automotive Software and Technology Development
- Chapter 3 - Areas of Automotive Software Development
- Chapter 4 - Adoption & Implementation of Shift-Left
- Chapter 5 - Recalls and Software Vulnerabilities
- Chapter 6 - Automotive Software Security
- Chapter 7 - How Are Software-Defined Vehicles (SDVs) Affecting Developers?
- Chapter 8 - Leading Trends in Automotive AI
- Chapter 9 - Why Standards Compliance Remains Vital for Automotive Development
- Chapter 10 - Key Coding Standards for Automotive Software Development
- Chapter 11 - How Development Teams Manage Their Work
- Chapter 12 - Which Software Tools Development Teams Are Using
- Chapter 13 - Open-Source Automotive Software
- Chapter 14 - Why Perforce Software Solutions Remain Essential for Automotive Software Development
- About the Survey — Appendix
Report > 2026 State of Automotive Software Development Report
Chapter 13 - Open-Source Automotive Software
A majority of those we surveyed said they were using open-source tools and/or contribute to open-source projects in vehicle software (53%), which continued to increase this year by 3%. This steady engagement with open-source software could indicate that more developers now have the time and resources to devote to open-source projects, or are allocating those resources to remain competitive.
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