Today we’re excited to announce that we’ve kicked off the open sourcing of the webOS platform by releasing the first piece of the Enyo application framework. Today’s release is the cross-platofrm Enyo 2.0 Core.
Enyo 1.0, the framework underlying the applications that run exclusively on the HP TouchPad and other HP webOS devices (including both our own core applications and thousands of third-party apps), has now also been open-sourced. One of the key enhancements in the Enyo 2.0 Core is support for other browsers (such as Internet Explorer and Firefox, as well as other browsers built on the same webkit foundation, such as Chrome and Safari). This compatibility will give apps built in the Enyo 2.0 framework more flexibility to run within other mobile platforms.
You can find more technical details about the various components of the overall Enyo framework as well as details on our open source licensing here.
Jon Zilber
Great job guys!!!
What is the timetable for getting the standard WebOS apps (mail, Facebook, messaging, etc) open sourced? It seems like those should be able to be released much more quickly than the core OS and it could generate significant interest in/contributions to the ecosystem.
Posted by: Tom Ryan | January 25, 2012 at 01:29 PM