Python Software Foundation: Announcing the PSF Strategic Plan 2026

The useful part

In May, the Python Software Foundation (PSF) shared the high-level goals of our Strategic Plan. In June, we published the full draft and opened it for community feedback. Today we are sharing the outcome: at its July 8 meeting, the PSF Board adopted the PSF Strategic Plan 2026, covering 2026 to 2031.

How it works

• Our new PSF Strategy page is the permanent home for the plan, with information about how the board sets priorities and how you can share feedback.
• We’ll publish annual review findings and future updates there so the community can follow our progress and any changes to the plan.
• The plan's "How This Plan Was Shaped" section documents the process, and we are grateful to everyone who took the time to share their perspectives.
• Community feedback shaped the plan, too: translation and localization are now part of the accessibility work, companies that want to fund specific work get clearer pathways, and the ideas under financial...
• Alongside adoption, the board established an annual review of the strategic plan.

Details worth keeping

Staff feedback added a Security Baseline objective for all PSF projects and services and a Vulnerability Management objective in response to the rapid growth in security reports, and it sharpened wording across the organizational goals. The annual review A five-year plan is only useful if it stays current.