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The Mission of OpenNTF is to support the open source projects hosted at OpenNTF.Org. OpenNTF provides the framework to develop open source applications which may be freely distributed.

Browse the catalogs to find the latests releases you're looking for which have been made available under the Apache license or under the GPL license. Browse the project area to find the latest project updates before they have been cleared.


April Webinar: Domino for Newbies - Development

Jesse Gallagher | 9:57:43 AM Thursday, April 3, 2025 | Full Story and Comments
The April webinar will be the first in a series of "Domino for Newbies", this one focusing on the basics of development. The intent is to provide useful tips for dev newcomers, whether they're administrators dipping their toes or new hires looking at an existing Domino codebase. This will cover classic design elements and the general structure of a Notes database.

This webinar will take place on April 17th from 11:00 AM (New York time) to 12:30 PM.

To register for this webinar, go to https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1933223362992026975

Pseudo-Webinar: Structure of the New OpenNTF Web Site

Jesse Gallagher | 1:29:28 PM Saturday, March 22, 2025 | Full Story and Comments
For a while now, there's been a new OpenNTF web site in the works, but it's always been back-burnered in favor of normal work. Since several people have expressed interest in pitching in or at least seeing how it's shaping up, I (Jesse Gallagher) will be running a pseudo-webinar next week to go over the structure of the app:

Structure of the New OpenNTF Web Site
Thursday, March 27, 2025
11 AM US Eastern
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/3634398748270714716

Due to the nature of it, this will be very developer-fiddly, and will probably consist primarily of me clicking around in Designer. The site is being developed using the XPages Jakarta EE project, so expect to see a lot of Java for the business logic and thin JSP with CSS for the front-end.

Regardless, all are welcome, whether you have time to contribute or not. I expect it will be useful just to see how a JEE app like that is structured, and participating in the chat will be helpful for me to guide the main development of the site.

March Webinar: Welcome to the HCL Digital Solutions Developer Community

Jesse Gallagher | 3:35:11 PM Wednesday, March 12, 2025 | Full Story and Comments
The HCL Digital Solutions Developer Community has been a long-awaited initiative requested by our customers and partners, and we’re excited to finally reveal a dedicated space for developers and administrators to hang out, learn, and grow their networks. With web and mobile access to aggregated blogs, videos, tips, forums, and a variety of links, the site is intended to be a hub for HCL, customers and partners to come together. Join this webinar to get a deep dive into what's available to help you get the most out of the environment.

This webinar will take place on March 20th from 11:00 AM (New York time) to 12:30 PM.

To register for this webinar, go to https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/3455006828775480918

February Open Mic: Nomad Web & Nomad Mobile

Graham Acres | 11:44:52 AM Wednesday, January 29, 2025 | Full Story and Comments

February's Open Mic topic is Nomad Web & Nomad Mobile


The development team is led by Doug Conmy, the Nomad Architect, and includes people responsible for the Nomad server on Domino, Nomad for iOS, Nomad for Android and Nomad for web browsers.


The session will take place on Thursday, February 27 at 11:00 AM EST / 17:00 CET


Send us your questions in advance

You may now use the openmic@openntf.org e-mail address to send in your questions in advance of the session. Sending questions in advance is very helpful as it gives the dev team a chance to dig into the more challenging questions and come to the session with a detailed answer. You may indicate that you wish to ask your question live during the session if you wish.


Use this link to register for the session: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/3199226338567335765


February Webinar: Do Crazy Innovative Things in the Notes Client

Graham Acres | 10:20:51 AM Wednesday, January 22, 2025 | Full Story and Comments

In our February webinar, longtime community member Bernd Gewehr will present how his company has built sidebar experiences for the Notes client. Bernd is the Head of IT at Vössing, a German engginerring company. He has been a member of the HCL Ambassador program since its inception and before that was an IBM Champion.


"When we changed from Sametime to Zoom for all our employees, we always wanted to have something like a buddylist with personal presence information as part of the Notes UX just like we had previously with the Sametime sidebar. It took a long journey to find a way but now, we have a Zoom presence sidebar in Notes that people adopted quickly. We want to show this and also two ways for developing Notes sidebar experiences: 1) using legacy web apps in Notes XULrunner and 2) by building eclipse plugins with edge webview2 or with equo chromium."


This webinar will take place on February 20th from 11:00 AM (New York time) to 12:30 PM. Register here


HCL Open Mic and January OpenNTF Webinar

Jesse Gallagher | 9:06:32 AM Thursday, January 9, 2025 | Full Story and Comments
Throughout 2025, OpenNTF and HCL will host "Open Mic" sessions alongside our regular webinars. For a full introduction and announcement video, see our previous blog post.

Domino 14.5 AutoInstall Feature Overview and Deep Dive

Domino 14.5 brings a new AutoInstall feature to extend update notifications from previous versions. Join us in this webinar to see it in action on Windows and Linux. Learn from the development team, get all your questions answered, and provide feedback about the latest feature details in Domino 14.5 EA2

This session will be presented by team members Gary Rheaume, Daniel Nashed, and Dick Annichiarico.

This webinar will take place on January 16th from 11:00 AM (New York time) to 12:30 PM.

To register for this webinar, go to https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4884186125784079453

HCL Open Mic: Domino Authentication Protocols

Our first Open Mic session will be on Domino Authentication Protocols led by HCL team member David Kern and will take place on January 23rd from 11:00 AM (New York time) to 12:30 PM.

To register for this Open Mic, go to https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6731853844033127519

Find information about past and upcoming webinars, hangouts, and Open Mics at https://openntf.org/webinars

Announcing Open Mic with the HCL Developers - A New Monthly Series

Graham Acres | 9:21:58 AM Wednesday, January 8, 2025 | Full Story and Comments

Throughout 2025, OpenNTF and HCL will host "Open Mic" sessions alongside our regular webinars.




OpenNTF and HCL announce a new initiative aimed at improving the collaboration between our community and HCL and at giving feedback on their products. Each month, we will host an “Open Mic” session with experts, developers, and PMs from HCL, and everyone will be invited to ask questions on a specific topic for that month. This is an occasion to get in touch directly with the people who build the product and provide answers to your most challenging questions.


Long-standing members of the community will remember the “Ask the Developers” sessions at Lotusphere , and the goal of this initiative will be the same.


The content will be highly technical, depending on your questions. All are welcome to ask questions, participate in the chat, or just listen in.


Our first session will be on Domino Authentication Protocols led by HCL team member David Kern. This Open Mic will take place on January 23rd from 11:00 AM (New York time) to 12:30 PM.


To register for this Open Mic, go to https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6731853844033127519


Find information about past and upcoming webinars, hangouts, and Open Mics at https://openntf.org/webinars


OpenNTF Holiday Hangouts 2024

Jesse Gallagher | 1:13:32 PM Wednesday, December 4, 2024 | Full Story and Comments
Once again, we would like you to come together to celebrate our community at the end of the year. We think our community is really a very special group of friends and colleagues, so join us, be you a customer, a partner, a vendor, an HCLer, or a former member of the community. Everyone is welcome!

We will host the holiday hangouts on Thursday, December 19th on GotoMeeting. Bring your favorite beverage and celebrate the holidays with friends!

Our first happy hour will be in Europe, Middle East and Africa, at
   4:00 PM in UK
   5:00 PM in Europe
   6:00 PM in Israel, Finland and South Africa
   7:00 PM in Moscow

Register for this hangout at https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5280222517198820704

Our second happy hour will be in the Americas, at
   2:00 PM in the Pacific time zone
   3:00 PM in the Mountain time zone
   4:00 PM in the Central time zone
   5:00 PM in the Eastern time zone
  7:00 PM in Rio, Chile and Argentina

Register for this hangout at https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6046347925782011993

Join one of them, or join all of them! We hope to see you then.

You can also access information about and recordings of all of our webinars at https://openntf.org/webinars

November OpenNTF Webinar: Integrating Large Language Models into Domino Applications: A Primer

Jesse Gallagher | 12:13:31 PM Friday, November 1, 2024 | Full Story and Comments
OpenNTF November Webinar: Integrating Large Language Models into Domino Applications: A Primer

With the AI hype at its peak, many Domino customers are sitting on vast silos of unstructured text data, waiting to be put to use. Domino applications could offer fantastic use cases —but where do we start? Join us to explore how Large Language Models (LLMs) can be integrated directly into Domino applications. We’ll begin with the basics of LLMs and move into practical steps for embedding common LLM tasks across various scenarios. Perfect for developers looking to expand Domino’s capabilities and bring the power of LLMs into their workflows.

Serdar Basegmez is an HCL Ambassador (2020-2024) and a former IBM Champion (2011-2018). As a consultant at Developi in the UK, he brings over two decades of expertise in Notes/Domino development and administration. A regular speaker at numerous conferences, Serdar also serves as a Member Director on the OpenNTF Board and is an active contributor to multiple open-source projects.

This webinar will take place on November 21st from 11:00 AM (New York time) to 12:30 PM.

To register for this webinar, go to https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/9167013712841333846

OpenNTF Hangout
OpenNTF runs Hangout sessions in Discord each month.

This month's Hangout will take place on November 14th at 11:00 AM New York time. These are casual hangout and chat sessions, so you are encouraged to join for general discussion beyond just any immediate problems you're running into.

To join OpenNTF's Discord, visit https://openntf.org/discord

October OpenNTF Webinar: Using Passkeys for Domino Web Authentication

Jesse Gallagher | 8:22:40 AM Wednesday, October 2, 2024 | Full Story and Comments
Passkeys are being heralded as the future for web authentication, supported by Domino and modern web browsers. But what are they and why should you consider using them?

Our speakers will be Paul Harrison, an HCL Ambassador and a software developer at FoCul Ltd.

This webinar will take place on October 17th from 11:00 AM (New York time) to 12:30 PM.

To register for this webinar, go to https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/600752704993383775

OpenNTF Hangout

OpenNTF runs Hangout/Repair Café sessions in Discord each month.

This month's Hangout will take place on October 24th at 11:00 AM New York time. These are casual hangout and chat sessions, so you are encouraged to join for general discussion beyond just any immediate problems you're running into.

To join OpenNTF's Discord, visit https://openntf.org/discord


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