Pionix Contributes Key BaseCamp Components to Strengthen the EVerest Open Source Stack
The digital transformation of energy requires more than hardware, more than standards, and more than software alone. It requires a commons: shared building blocks that companies, utilities, and innovators can rely on to build interoperable, production-ready systems.
That is why LF Energy is proud to highlight the leadership of Pionix, an LF Energy General Member, for contributing key components of its BaseCamp platform into the EVerest project. This move enriches EVerest’s open source capabilities and demonstrates the powerful role members play in shaping the future of the digital energy transition.
A Shared Vision for Open EV Charging
Pionix has been at the heart of EVerest since the beginning. Founded in 2020 by Pionix engineers, EVerest was conceived as a flexible, open source software stack for EV chargers and charging infrastructure. In 2021, the project was donated to LF Energy to ensure neutral governance, community-driven development, and global collaboration.
Since then, the community has grown rapidly. EVerest now supports all major EV charging standards, including OCPP 1.6 and 2.0.1, ISO 15118-2 and -20, IEC 61851, and DIN SPEC 70121. It has become the backbone for developers, manufacturers, and operators building EV charging solutions worldwide.
By contributing key components of BaseCamp, Pionix’s commercial software for EV chargers, directly into the project, Pionix is doubling down on its vision to make EV charging infrastructure simple, open, and future-proof for everyone.
What BaseCamp Brings to EVerest
This contribution into EVerest introduces important new capabilities that make the stack more robust, accessible, and production-ready.
Broader Hardware Compatibility Out of the Box
With BaseCamp’s pre-certified drivers now available to the community, EVerest supports a wider range of devices, including power meters, isolation monitors, DC and AC supplies, and industry-standard controllers.
Faster, Safer Deployments
BaseCamp contributions bring ready-made development tools, Yocto layers, over-the-air update mechanisms, and advanced security features such as TPM 2.0 support and X.509-signed updates. These additions help developers reduce integration work, accelerate time-to-market, and maintain strong security assurances.
A Unified Path Forward
Because BaseCamp was originally built on top of EVerest’s modular open source architecture, this contribution consolidates efforts into a single development path that is streamlined, simplified, and optimized for future growth.
The result is clear. Developers gain ease of use and speed. Operators gain reliability and backward and forward compatibility. The community gains a stronger, more unified open source foundation.
Why This Matters for the Community
This contribution is bigger than one company. It signals a shift in how open source accelerates adoption of critical infrastructure.
- For developers and manufacturers: simplified APIs and extensive documentation lower the barrier to entry. Building on EVerest is now faster and more collaborative.
- For operators and integrators: field-proven software ensures stability and confidence in deployments, reducing risk and increasing long-term reliability.
- For the broader ecosystem: by consolidating efforts, the community avoids duplicative proprietary stacks and channels collective energy into one framework.
In other words, Pionix’s contribution creates a virtuous cycle. The community grows stronger, which attracts more adopters, which accelerates innovation for everyone.
LF Energy: A Neutral Home for Collaboration
Moments like this underscore the unique role of LF Energy. As a neutral, vendor-agnostic home, LF Energy provides:
- Open governance that ensures donated IP is managed transparently and inclusively.
- Global alignment with international standards, regulators, and industry bodies.
- Community building that connects developers, vendors, and utilities into one collaborative ecosystem.
By hosting projects like EVerest, LF Energy helps ensure that no single company controls the future of EV charging. Instead, the industry advances together with shared ownership and shared innovation.
Member Leadership in Action
Pionix’s journey reflects the best of open source membership:
- Founding a project: EVerest began as an internal initiative.
- Contributing the code base: moving it under LF Energy gave it neutrality and longevity.
- Continued involvement: the latest contribution strengthens the ecosystem.
- Building services around open source: Pionix now offers engineering services to help companies deploy robust charging solutions faster, reduce time-to-market, and enable production-grade reliability.
This is a model of how LF Energy members give back to the community while also building sustainable businesses.
Looking Ahead: A Stronger Roadmap Together
The contribution of key BaseCamp components into EVerest is more than a code contribution. It marks the start of a new chapter. Together with the community, the EVerest project maintainers, with significant contributions from Pionix, are preparing a major upcoming release that will:
- Reflect the inclusion of key BaseCamp components.
- Improve versioning, maintenance, and long-term support practices.
- Strengthen community governance around release cycles and roadmap planning.
These next steps ensure that EVerest continues to evolve in step with real-world deployments, guided by the needs of developers, manufacturers, operators, and the broader open source community.
Join the EVerest Community
The future of EV charging infrastructure is open, modular, and collaborative. And it is happening now.
- Explore the EVerest GitHub repository and start contributing.
- Join the conversation on the LF Energy Slack.
- Become an LF Energy member and help shape the digital energy community.
The digital energy transition cannot wait. By donating major components of BaseCamp into EVerest, Pionix has taken a bold step that benefits not only its customers but the entire EV charging ecosystem. This reflects the value of LF Energy membership: transforming proprietary innovation into shared, community-driven infrastructure that benefits the entire industry.
