Want to follow-up after this meeting? Join our mailing-list or chat room, see modules.readthedocs.io/en/latest/#c...

On Wednesday we had our very first Env Modules Meeting at #HPSFcon. Many thanks to all the attendees for the very good discussions. A particular interest has been shown in variants, lua support and integration with @spackpm.bsky.social

See presentations at hpsf2026.sched.com/overview/typ...

Modules maintainers are in Chicago this week for #HPSFcon. Meet Xavier and Adrien during breaks to talk about "module" and join the Environment Modules session on Wednesday afternoon (Rock River room)!

By annual tradition, we are doing a survey to get a better view on the EasyBuild community.

Please take ~15min of your time to fill it out: ugent.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Please consider sharing it with friends or colleagues!

This survey will be closed on Fri 3 April 2026

#HPC

HPSF Conference (March 16–20, 2026) in Chicago marks a pivotal moment for the high performance computing (HPC) community. The 1st several days are packed with main stage sessions & then HPSF Project Meetings kick off on Wednesday afternoon - Friday. Learn more: hpsf.io/blog/2026/hp...

HPSF Conference | LF Events HPSF Conference hosted by the High Performance Software Foundation (HPSF) where the brightest minds in high performance software come together.

📣 The Environment Modules Project is hosting a half-day session at the HPSF Conference this March!

Join us to connect, share best practices, and explore the future of software environment management in HPC.

🔗 Schedule & registration: events.linuxfoundation.org/hpsf-confere...

Home Environment Modules: provides dynamic modification of a user's environment - envmodules/modules

📢 First Modules Project Technical Steering Committee (TSC) meeting — Feb 18, 5:00 PM CET. Open to everyone! We’ll discuss the roadmap for version 5.7.

Details 👉 github.com/envmodules/m...

Top 5 Reasons to Attend HPSF Conference 2026 🧑‍💻 hpsf.io/blog/2026/to... #HPSFCon

Join us for the HPSF Community Summit 2026 in Braunschweig, Germany, February 25-27! 💚

Learn what’s new with HPSF projects, give us feedback on your use of HPSF software, meet with project communities, and tell us how to grow and improve them.

Details: hpsf.io/event/hpsf-c...

Xavier Delaruelle is taking the FOSDEM stage to talk HPSF. Get a quick tour of the High Performance Software Foundation, recent wins, new members, and what is coming up in 2026. 🚀

Join the session on Feb 1 to see how HPSF supports projects and builds real collaboration: fosdem.org/2026/schedul...

🎉 Big news! We’re excited to welcome Adrien Cotte within the maintainer team of Modules. Adrien works at AS+ as HPC Project Manager. Thank you for stepping up and helping move the project forward—welcome aboard! 🚀

New config option for next feature release (5.7): "path_entry_reorder". When enabled, "prepend-path", "append-path", and "module use" will reorder existing entries instead of leaving them untouched.
👉See modules.readthedocs.io/en/latest/MI...

MultiXscale expert Kenneth Hoste (Ghent University) will present “Keeping the P in HPC: the #EESSI Way”, during FOSDEM event in Brussels (Belgium), on 1 February 2026, from 10:30 to 11:10 (H.1301 Cornil)

➡️ www.multixscale.eu/2026/01/07/f...

@eessi.bsky.social

Last chance to submit to speak at HPSF Conference #HPSFCon taking place March 16-20 in Chicago. 🎤

Get your submissions in by January 11 at 11:59 PM CST: events.linuxfoundation.org/hpsf-confere...

The past year was full of momentum for the High Performance Software Foundation and HPSF projects 🚀

As the neutral hub for open source high performance software, check out what we accomplished in 2025 & what’s on the horizon for 2026 ➡️ hpsf.io/blog/2026/ch...

🎉 Starting the year with speed improvements!

Recent work on Modules significantly reduces the time spent evaluating large numbers of modulefiles. If performance matters in your environment, check out the details:

👉 modules.readthedocs.io/en/latest/MI...

This track is not limited to the Modules project — talks about Lmod or any other module implementation are very welcome. If your work touches environment modules and you think others can learn from it, we’d love to hear from you!

See you in Chicago this March!

🌱 HPSFCon 2026 will feature a dedicated Environment Modules Project Meeting track!

We’re looking for talks on:
• New “module” developments
• Creative use cases
• Site-specific customizations
• Best practices & lessons learned

🚀 Modules 5.6.1 is now available! This release includes fixes for recently reported issues. Learn more in the release notes: modules.readthedocs.io/en/stable/NE... #HPC

HPSFCon 2026 Call for Proposals are OPEN! 📄

🎤 Submit talks, discussions, lightning sessions, posters that are moving HPC forward
📅 Deadline: January 11, 2026
👉 Submit your proposal here: events.linuxfoundation.org/hpsf-confere...
💭 Learn more about what we are looking for: hpsf.io/blog/2025/hp...

Modules is at #SC25 in St. Louis!
Come meet Xavier, our project leader:

📅 Tuesday, Nov. 18
📍 CEA booth #2724
⏰ 10:00 – 11:45 AM

📅 Wednesday, Nov. 19
📍 @hpsf.bsky.social booth #6134
⏰ 2:00 – 4:00 PM

Stop by to hear the latest project updates, see demos of new features, and pick up some stickers!

Thrilled to join @hpsf.bsky.social ! Excited for the road ahead 🎉

🚀 Modules 5.6 is out!
Packed with new features:
✨ spider sub-command
🔗 require_via for module hierarchy
👀 Always show hidden modules
⚠️ Warnings on eval issues
🆘 Simplified help message
🔄 Newline support in env vars
📦 Declare provided elements

🔎 Full details: modules.readthedocs.io/en/latest/MI...

✨ New in upcoming *Modules v5.6*: the `require_via` config option!
It lets you define dependency links between *via* modules and modulefiles in the paths they enable — bringing full support for the *module hierarchy* mechanism.
🔗 Learn more: modules.readthedocs.io/en/latest/MI...

Coming in Modules v5.6: the new `spider` sub-command! 🕷️
It lists all available modules—both in enabled modulepaths and those discovered recursively.
Learn more: modules.readthedocs.io/en/latest/MI...

🚀 Coming in Modules v5.6: new provide command lets modules declare additional elements they offer (as aliases)!
Details & examples 👉 modules.readthedocs.io/en/latest/MI...

New feature introduced in upcoming Modules v5.6: ability to always see hidden modules, by adding the "hidden" item to the output configuration options. See modules.readthedocs.io/en/latest/MI...

Do you know the "envml" command? Like "env", it runs a program in a modified environment, but here environment is modified by Modules. "envml" is available since Modules 4.0 and it is freshly documented in its own man page 📖: modules.readthedocs.io/en/latest/en...

Next Modules version (5.6) will add the ability to define environment variable whose value contains newline character modules.readthedocs.io/en/latest/MI...

🔧 Just updated: Environment Modules docs now include a deep dive into alternative implementations, with a specific focus on Lmod. Useful to learn the differences between the two implementations.

📚 modules.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ot...