Thu, 05/14/2026 - 16:37
Dear OCCT community,
We would like to inform you about upcoming changes to the Open CASCADE Technology collaborative development portal at dev.opencascade.org.
In the coming weeks, the website and its public forum will be switched to read-only mode. After this change, it will no longer be possible to create new forum topics, post replies, or update existing forum content.
For new questions, discussions, and community support, please use the OCCT GitHub Discussions page:
https://github.com/Open-Cascade-SAS/OCCT/discussions
Existing Forum Content
Existing public forum threads will be preserved and remain available as a public knowledge base. As part of the migration process, forum content will be anonymized to remove personal data from the public archive where possible. The website is planned to be converted into a static archive hosted on GitHub or a similar platform.
Personal Data and Legal Considerations
As part of this transition, we are reviewing the personal data currently processed by the website and related services. The goal is to minimize the storage and processing of personal data and to keep only the information that is necessary for legitimate operational, technical, or legal purposes. Personal data associated with public website features, including forum accounts and forum authorship information, will be removed or anonymized as part of the migration, where technically and legally possible. Certain records may need to be retained where there is a valid legal or contractual reason to do so. In particular, Contributor License Agreement (CLA) records may be preserved, as they are related to contribution rights and legal traceability for the OCCT project. The resulting public archive is intended to contain technical and community knowledge without exposing unnecessary personal data.
Documentation and Other Resources
Documentation and other technical resources currently available on the website will be migrated to alternative storage and will remain accessible.
The dev.opencascade.org domain will be kept. Redirects will be configured where appropriate to preserve access to existing content, bookmarks, and external links, and to minimize issues with search indexing.
These changes are intended to simplify the website infrastructure, reduce personal data processing, and keep OCCT-related public resources available to the community.
Thank you for your understanding and for your continued participation in the OCCT community.
Best regards,
Open CASCADE Team