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I was curious how Igalia was funded and this was a surprisingly good interview on how they’re structured, how they work with the major browser companies, etc… A

I was curious how Igalia was funded and this was a surprisingly good interview on how they’re structured, how they work with the major browser companies, etc… Apparently many Apple, Google, Firefox engineers left to work for them. https://thenewstack.io/igalia-the-open-source-powerhouse-youve-never-heard-of/ https://thenewstack.io/igalia-the-open-source-powerhouse-you...

infogulch 3y ago
Igalia is also working on Servo. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37430579 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37430579
spaniard89277 3y ago
It's in my city. Their offices are just a small flat in in a pretty bland neighborhood. I guess most of them work remote.
- TingPing 3y ago
  82% remote :) (Not counting those that live in the city but are still WFH)
thrdbndndn 3y ago
Thanks for the article, I never heard of them. Since they are apparently "powerful" enough to decide major direction of WebKit development as evidenced by OP's article, what exactly is their relationship with Apple in this regard? Like who has the final say and who do the day-to-day decisions? I'm always curious about the politics and power structure/dynamics of these major open source projects, especially the ones backed up by large companies.
- TingPing 3y ago
  To be clear WebKit is made up of multiple ports. These ports are maintained by their own groups and Igalia maintains WebKitGTK/WPE where this change is happening. It does not affect the Apple ports of WebKit. To answer your question though. WebKit is Apple's project and they do the majority of contributions. Igalia is the second largest contributor and collaborates with Apple regularly. Within the GTK/WPE ports Igalia controls them.
  - thrdbndndn 3y ago
    Ah thanks, that clears it up.
leonheld 3y ago
Igalia and Collabora seem like pretty interesting places to work if you're doing open source. I've seen nothing but good come coming from there.

infogulch 3y ago

Igalia is also working on Servo. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37430579 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37430579

spaniard89277 3y ago

It's in my city. Their offices are just a small flat in in a pretty bland neighborhood. I guess most of them work remote.

TingPing 3y ago
82% remote :) (Not counting those that live in the city but are still WFH)

thrdbndndn 3y ago

Thanks for the article, I never heard of them. Since they are apparently "powerful" enough to decide major direction of WebKit development as evidenced by OP's article, what exactly is their relationship with Apple in this regard? Like who has the final say and who do the day-to-day decisions? I'm always curious about the politics and power structure/dynamics of these major open source projects, especially the ones backed up by large companies.

TingPing 3y ago
To be clear WebKit is made up of multiple ports. These ports are maintained by their own groups and Igalia maintains WebKitGTK/WPE where this change is happening. It does not affect the Apple ports of WebKit. To answer your question though. WebKit is Apple's project and they do the majority of contributions. Igalia is the second largest contributor and collaborates with Apple regularly. Within the GTK/WPE ports Igalia controls them.
- thrdbndndn 3y ago
  Ah thanks, that clears it up.

leonheld 3y ago

Igalia and Collabora seem like pretty interesting places to work if you're doing open source. I've seen nothing but good come coming from there.