In case you missed it, the Chapel parallel language project is currently seeking new sources of funding. Without an influx of new resources, this September’s 2.10 release is expected to be our last for the foreseeable future. chapel-lang.org/blog/posts/c...

Chapel Programming Language@chapellanguage.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The open-source Chapel programming language project is seeking new sources of funding—or other creative ways of sustaining the project—in order to keep the technology going. For details, please see our announcement on the Chapel blog: chapel-lang.org/blog/posts/c...

Chapel 2.9 is officially live! 🚀 Key updates to: - Dynamic Libraries - Mason Package Manager - Better Dev Tools - Backend Support Read the full announcement on the HPSF Blog: https://hpsf.io/blog/2026/chapel-2-9-released/

We’ve released Chapel 2.9 today, featuring improvements to the Mason package manager and its ecosystem, dynamic loading of Chapel libraries, and tools for developing Chapel code, along with many other user-driven features and bug fixes. Read about it at: chapel-lang.org/blog/posts/a...

Last week, Chapel received its 2,000th star on GitHub! Thanks to everyone who shows their support for our parallel language, whether in this little way or bigger ones! Haven’t starred us yet? Help us reach 2100 stars at: github.com/chapel-lang/...

The latest issue of the Chapel newsletter is out now, featuring updates on Chapel funding, talks, papers, interviews, the website, and more! Check it out at chapel.discourse.group/t/chapel-new...

A Python API for Chapel's compiler is at the core of several of the language's tools. On June 4th, @endofunctor.bsky.social will be talking about this API, chapel-py, during our 10am PT deep dive slot. Tune in to learn more! Find the meeting on the community calendar: chapel-lang.org/calendar/

Looking for a 15-minute retrospective on the past 30 years of HPC programming? Be sure to watch Brad Chamberlain's talk, "30 Years of Scalable Parallel Programming: So Many Hardware Advances, So Few Broadly Adopted Languages", from PNW PLSE 2026: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xb45...

30 Years of Scalable Parallel Programming: So Many HW Advances, So Few Broadly Adopted Languages

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Tomorrow (Thursday, May 21), Brad Chamberlain and Jade Abraham will be giving an overview, update, and demo of Chapel at the Northwest C++ Users’ Group at 7pm PT. Attend in person in Bellevue WA, or online using Microsoft Teams. nwcpp.org/May-2026.html

This week's episode of Ildikó Váncsa's My Open Source Experience podcast focuses on community-building, featuring clips with Brad and Engin from the Chapel project. Topics include the roles of community, users, portability, trust, and mentorship. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdJm...

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The open-source Chapel programming language project is seeking new sources of funding—or other creative ways of sustaining the project—in order to keep the technology going. For details, please see our announcement on the Chapel blog: chapel-lang.org/blog/posts/c...

Chapel’s front-end reimplementation, Dyno, has been powering the language’s editor integration. In this HPSFCon presentation, @endofunctor.bsky.social talks about the project’s context, motivation, and goals. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Bhy...

Evolving a Research Prototype: Dyno, Chapel's New Compiler Front-End - Daniel Fedorin, HPE

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In this #HPSFCon talk, Engin Kayraklioglu argues that Chapel’s expressive parallelism & locality features not only make users’ lives easier, but also simplify compiler optimizations by providing semantic hints. Check out his talk to learn more: www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_8w...

Case for Compiled Languages for HPC: Chapel Story - Engin Kayraklioglu, HPE

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While HPC hardware has been evolving at a breakneck pace over the past three decades, the languages we use to write HPC code haven’t changed as much. Read @bradcray.bsky.social’s 30-year retrospective, exploring the state of languages for scalable computing: chapel-lang.org/blog/posts/3...

If you were unable to attend #HPSFCon this month, slides and video for all of the Chapel-related sessions are now online. Topics include GPU programming, techno-social open-source challenges, user stories, tools, benchmarking, a live demo, and more! chapel-lang.org/presentation...

Hear from graduate students Maxime Blanchet, Karim Zayni, Baptiste Arnould (Polytechnique Montréal) about their experiences doing cutting-edge Computational Fluid Dynamics R&D using Chapel in the new installment of our "7 Questions for Chapel Users" interview series: chapel-lang.org/blog/posts/7...

Want to know how Chapel got its start? @bradcray.bsky.social recaps its origins thru discussions with Burton Smith, Cray's Chief Scientist at the time, in this clip from his recent interview on the My Open Source Experience podcast. youtu.be/eqO6HMHBu7E?...

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Curious to know what parallel programming is or how Chapel makes it easier? Check out this 3-minute segment from Brad Chamberlain's recent interview on the My Open Source Experience podcast for a quick introduction: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpyV...

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HPE is hiring Visiting Scholars. This is a great opportunity for graduate students to work alongside our team and tackle challenging problems in HPC using tools like GenAI/LLM, Chapel, and Arkouda. If interested, you can get more info and apply here: careers.hpe.com/us/en/job/12...

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We’re proud to announce the release of Chapel 2.8! Its highlights include improvements to Chapel’s tools ecosystem, as well as some nice advances in portability and performance. For details, please see: chapel-lang.org/blog/posts/a...

The Chapel team is excited to be a part of HPSFCon! Stop by the Chapel project meeting, or see talks by Engin, Jade, and Daniel (@endofunctor.bsky.social).

High Performance Software Foundation (HPSF)@hpsf.bsky.social · 5mo ago

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...

Our quarterly newsletter is out! Check it out to catch up on recent developments in the Chapel world, including upcoming events at HPSFCon 2026, an SC25 recap, a blog update, and more... chapel.discourse.group/t/chapel-new...

Core Chapel devs are looking to write more Chapel code! Do you have a favorite library you wish Chapel had? What about a bite-sized application you want to see implemented in Chapel? Comment under github.com/chapel-lang/... to tell us about it! #HPC #OpenSource

If you missed Jade Abraham's talk on Chapel and Arkouda at @fosdem.org 2026, the recording is now available! www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEQA... The slides are also available: fosdem.org/2026/schedul...

FOSDEM 2026: Productive Parallel Programming with Chapel and Arkouda

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📢 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...

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We just surpassed 300 followers on LinkedIn — if you use LinkedIn, be sure to follow us! www.linkedin.com/company/chap...

For the first time, Chapel will be represented at @fosdem.org! If you will be at FOSDEM 2026, make sure to stop by the HPC, Big Data & Data Science track on Sunday and see Jade Abraham talk about Productive Parallel Computing in Chapel and Arkouda. fosdem.org/2026/schedul...

Do you have a project or research that involves Chapel? Do you want to share a success story or announcement about it with the community? To highlight your work in the Chapel project’s social media channels (like this one), simply fill out this form: forms.gle/HFecAmZukJSU...

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Joining the HPSF has been one of the highlights of the year for Chapel, and we're looking forward to what's next!

High Performance Software Foundation (HPSF)@hpsf.bsky.social · 6mo ago

HPSF Year in Review: Chapel 🧠 @chapellanguage.bsky.social joined HPSF in 2025, launched open governance, shipped regular releases, and expanded community engagement. In 2026 the project is improving tooling, compile times, debugging, dynamic modules, and the Mason package ecosystem.

Read about how Oliver Alvarado Rodriguez used Chapel to implement large-scale exploratory graph analysis for his Ph.D. dissertation in our latest "7 Questions for Chapel Users" interview on the Chapel blog: chapel-lang.org/blog/posts/7...

Interested in language design? Join the Chapel developers in discussing various language features during our public deep dive meeting this Thursday, January 22nd at 10:00am Pacific Time. Find the details at github.com/chapel-lang/...