Innovate,
don’t imitate.
We develop custom tools that can be tightly integrated into your existing tool chains. That’s why you came here, but how we do it is why our customers stay for the long term.
Advising.
Shaping.
Integrating.
Pioneering is our default
What drives us is our curiosity about unknown territory. Thatʼs why weʼre not satisfied with merely staying up to date about technologies in our field. We also develop tomorrowʼs solutions ourselves.
Our code is open source
All of our tools and frameworks are open source. For us, this means that we can proactively pursue exciting topics and we also benefit from the contributions of the community. For you this means: Bye bye license fees and hello, full transparency!
We don’t believe in one-size-fits-all solutions
Ironically, thatʼs why all our projects start the same way: with listening. What we like best is to get a thorough insight into the problems and challenges that brought you to us.
Bullshit is not part of our vocabulary
This saves us time, which we are happy to invest in making our cooperation with you as pleasant as possible. And speaking of honesty: We hope you see it the same way.
«I was honestly impressed by the quality of results we could see from our cooperation with TypeFox after only a short time.»
Alexandre Betis, Co-Founder, The Signalling Company
«Working with the TypeFox team has enabled us to expedite our engineering and bring important features to our customers.»
Mark Ledsome, VP Engineering, Plotly
«I had the pleasure of working with TypeFox to create a Web IDE dedicated to analytics for blockchain data. I am truly impressed by the remarkable skills of the TypeFox team. Collaborating with them is an enjoyable and rewarding experience.»
A. Lajmi, Tech Lead, Plugbee
«TypeFox has accelerated our learning curve in IDE and DSL development, greatly enhancing efficiency in our development process.»
James McCormack, Co-Founder, Aurora Constellations
«The cooperation with TypeFox went extremely smoothly. With the help of the professionals there, the first usable version of the language server and VS Code extension for our BBx language was up and running in a heartbeat.»
Stephan Wald, Head of Development, BASIS Europe
«I was honestly impressed by the quality of results we could see from our cooperation with TypeFox after only a short time.»
Alexandre Betis, Co-Founder, The Signalling Company
«Working with the TypeFox team has enabled us to expedite our engineering and bring important features to our customers.»
Mark Ledsome, VP Engineering, Plotly
Smart foxes come in packs.
Meet your amplifiers!
Dr. Miro Spönemann
Managing Director
Miro joined TypeFox as a software engineer right after the company was established. Five years later he stepped up as a co-leader and is now eager to shape the future direction and strategy. Miro earned a PhD (Dr.-Ing.) at the University of Kiel and is constantly pursuing innovation about engineering tools.
Katharina Brinkhaus
Assistant
As part of the admin team, Katy focuses on people management and internal coordination, making sure the team feels well supported and has everything it needs to excel. She keeps an eye on processes, handles all things HR, and naturally finds herself involved wherever organization and structure are needed. With a master’s degree in furniture design, she originally assumed language engineering had something to do with screwdrivers… and was only slightly puzzled to learn that it doesn’t.
Benjamin F. Wilson
Software Engineer
Ben is an experienced engineer with a background in programming language theory & full-stack development. He previously co-founded his own software company, and has extensive experience leading projects. He's passionate about facilitating team success, & solving complex problems. In his spare time you can find him working on DIY things, electronics, & gardening.
Christian Schneider
Software Engineer
Christian is a seasoned DSL enthusiast with a decade of expertise in language tooling and graphical visualizations. While striving for innovative and sustainable solutions, he still pays attention to details. Quite often you’ll find Christian nearby the sea, with the seagulls providing a pleasant ambience to his meetings.
Join our pack!
Dr. Insa Fuhrmann
Software Engineer
Insa is an expert project manager at TypeFox. She leads with deep domain knowledge, oversight and empathy. She always drives the conceptual discussion on complex topics in her remit. She is avidly interested in languages and tooling for safety critical domains. Her scientific work on these topics earned her a PhD (Dr.-Ing.) of Kiel University.
Dr. Johannes Meier
Software Engineer
Solving recurring problems in software engineering only once is Johannes’ main motivation, first at university with developing, publishing and teaching various approaches for modeling and programming, now at TypeFox with pushing open source frameworks for facilitating developers work.
Jonah Iden
Software Engineer
From dev-Tools and IDEs, to apps, over legacy financial software and embedded systems, Jonah loves developing software and delving deep into complex systems. He came to TypeFox looking for new interesting challenges and is now taking deep dives into Theia and Sprotty. When not at work you can sometimes meet him on the smaller stages in north germany performing with his metal band.
Kai Salmen
Software Engineer
Adapting new technologies, solving problems, and making things work well together with the team of people defines best what Kai’s work has always been about. From 3D computer graphics to space ground control systems and now language engineering tools he acquired a diverse skill set over the last twenty years. Working fully remote lets Kai combine family and work in the most positive way.
Mark Sujew
Software Engineer
Mark is the driving force behind a lot of TypeFox’s open-source engagement. He leads the development of the Eclipse Langium and Theia IDE projects. Away from his day job, he enjoys bartending and music, is an avid Dungeons & Dragons player, and works as a computer science lecturer at a Hamburg University.
Dr. Steven Smyth
Software Engineer
Steven is a seasoned programming languages enthusiast with over 30 years of experience. With a background in real-time systems and a decade of teaching experience, he is passionate about creating pragmatic solutions that empower other developers. Beyond software, he enjoys tinkering with legacy systems, electronics, and 3D printing.
Would you like to become our favorite customer?
Let us develop open source for you! This way we can invest in new and visionary projects and ensure sustainability and constant innovation. Weʼre happy to bring in new functionality, assist with maintenance, and aid with general networking among the open source community.
Let’s do it!Our path is paved with innovative spirit. Follow our trail.
2008
The idea is born
Long before TypeFox, the company founders started the Xtext project and thus shaped the spirit of our team.
2016
The company starts
Miro, Dennis & Christian join the founding foxes Jan K, Moritz & Sven. Plus: LSP4J is developed in the fox den.
2018
Clap your paws!
We’re launching the first public version of Gitpod, later known as Ona (ona.com).
2020
Some inventions leave our nest
Gitpod moves to a separate company. Open-vsx.org is handed over to the Eclipse Foundation.
2022
Great staff successfully hunted
Ben, Guillaume & Markus come aboard.
2023
Smart foxes keep coming
Johannes & Jonah join the team. Plus: TypeFox redesigns its brand.
2024
New open source projects are born
We introduce Open Collaboration Tools, Langium AI and Typir. Plus: Jan M joins our admin team.
2025
Fresh tracks ahead
Emil, Jannick, Soulaymen, Steven & Wagner join the pack, adding new energy to our open source work.
Talk to us.
Speaking your language is our core business.
