Oct 2025 newsletter (#445)

Co-authored-by: Stanislav Zhuk <stasadev@gmail.com>

Author: rfay

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+title: "DDEV October 2025 Newsletter"
+pubDate: 2025-10-13
+summary: "New Upsun add-on, quality tools for Drupal with Aljibe, community tutorials, upcoming training, and governance updates"
+author: Randy Fay
+featureImage:
+  src: "/img/blog/2025/10/nancy-lewis-2025-10-newsletter.jpeg"
+  alt: "Community, Tools, Growth: Our gateway to the future, by Nancy Lewis"
+  caption: "DDEV October 2025: Community • Tools • Growth: Our gateway to the future, by Nancy Lewis"
+categories:
+  - Community
+  - Newsletters
+---
+
+🚀 October brings new tools, community contributions, and training opportunities! 🌟
+Have ideas for DDEV in 2026? [Contact us↗](/contact).
+
+## What's New
+
+- **Upsun/Platform.sh Add-on Released** → Configure your local project to match its Upsun equivalent with the new official add-on [Read more↗](ddev-upsun-platformsh-addon.md)
+- **DDEV on Linux in 10 Minutes** → Quick-start guide for Linux users [Read more↗](ddev-on-linux-in-10-minutes.md)
+- **Contributing to ddev.com Training** → Learn how to write and contribute blog posts [Watch↗](contributing-to-ddev-com.md)
+
+## Community Highlights
+
+- **Metadrop Releases Aljibe**: Quality and testing toolkit for Drupal development with DDEV [Read more↗](https://metadrop.net/en/articles/aljibe-quality-and-testing-drupal-developments-ddev) • [The Drop Times coverage↗](https://www.thedroptimes.com/54668/metadrop-releases-aljibe-qa-and-testing-toolkit-drupal-development-with-ddev)
+- **WordPress Development with `ddev pull`**: Guide to using `ddev pull` for WordPress projects [Read more↗](https://www.koehnlein.dev/en/blog/2025/wordpress-ddev-pull/)
+- **WebHaven Now Powered by DDEV**: Development workflow success story [Read more↗](https://webhaven.io/blog/webhaven-now-powered-ddev-local-development)
+- **DDEV and PHPStorm's Node.js Remote Interpreter**: Workflow guide for ESLint, Prettier, and more [Read more↗](https://kitemetric.com/blogs/ddev-and-phpstorm-s-nodejs-remote-interpreter-a-smooth-workflow-for-eslint-prettier-and-more)
+
+## Community Video Tutorials
+
+- **Eureka Tutoriales: Instala WordPress en local con DDEV en 10 minutos (Spanish)** [Watch↗](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muk1Rs_3X64)
+- **Eureka Tutoriales: Instala phpMyAdmin y Adminer en DDEV (Spanish)** [Watch↗](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2vIoFSet2Y)
+- **Setting up your local environment to work with the Mautic Documentation** [Watch↗](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hnzp-aJ4NWA)
+
+## DDEV Training Continues
+
+Join us for upcoming training sessions for contributors and users. Guest blog contributions are welcome—learn more in our October 9th training session recording!
+
+- **November 20, 2025 at 10:00 US ET / 16:00 CET — Using DDEV in Windows WSL**
+  [Add to Google Calendar](https://calendar.google.com/calendar/render?action=TEMPLATE&text=Using%20DDEV%20in%20Windows%20WSL&dates=20251120T150000Z/20251120T160000Z&details=Join%20the%20DDEV%20training%20session%20via%20Zoom.%0ALink%3A%20https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fj%2F7315692237%3Fpwd%3DRHR6NUkwb0g5WXIzS2NOcXRucCthZz09%0AMeeting%20ID%3A%20731%20569%202237%0APasscode%3A%2012345&location=Online&trp=true) •
+  [Download .ics](/files/ics/ddev-2025-11-20.ics)
+
+Zoom Join Info:
+Link: [Join Zoom Meeting](https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7315692237?pwd=RHR6NUkwb0g5WXIzS2NOcXRucCthZz09)
+Passcode: 12345
+
+## Events & Community
+
+- **CakeFest in Madrid** — Randy presented a DDEV workshop at [CakeFest](https://cakefest.org/) in Madrid. Thanks to everyone who attended!
+- **DrupalCon EU in Vienna** — Randy will be at [DrupalCon EU in Vienna](https://events.drupal.org/vienna2025) thanks to sponsorship from [Tag1](https://www.tag1consulting.com/) and [Upsun](https://upsun.com). Catch me to chat about DDEV, join Birds-of-a-Feather sessions, or connect if you're in the Vienna area. [Make an appointment](https://cal.com/randyfay/30min) to make sure we see each other!
+
+## DDEV Training at TYPO3Camp RheinRuhr
+
+Randy will be presenting DDEV training at [TYPO3Camp RheinRuhr](https://www.typo3camp-rheinruhr.de/workshops) in Germany November 7-9. Join us to learn about DDEV or connect if you're in the area!
+
+## Governance: We have a Board!
+
+- **A Board for DDEV Foundation!** — Join us for the [November 5 Advisory Group Meeting](https://github.com/orgs/ddev/discussions/7590) for
+  - [Final discussion of updated Articles of Incorporation](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MXatsz2FMBSnllnUArNCv562x0T2-EF1OwqsFEU9_-M/edit?usp=sharing).
+  - Introduction of new Board members.
+
+---
+
+## Sponsorship Update
+
+As of the v1.24.8 release the daily reminders of DDEV sponsorship status on `ddev start` have been successful, and we've had a number of new sponsors, thank you! Your contributions help us maintain and grow DDEV for the entire community. As of today, the monthly sponsorship commitment is up to 69% of our goal, at $8,231. Thank you! That's up from 66% and $7,958 last month. → [Become a sponsor↗](https://github.com/sponsors/ddev)
+
+## Stay in the Loop—Follow Us and Join the Conversation
+
+- [Blog↗](https://ddev.com/blog/)
+- [LinkedIn↗](https://www.linkedin.com/company/ddev-foundation)
+- [Mastodon↗](https://fosstodon.org/@ddev)
+- [Bluesky↗](https://bsky.app/profile/ddev.bsky.social)
+- [Discord↗](/s/discord)
+
+Compiled and edited with assistance from Claude Code.