Why IBM Chose HeroDevs to Secure the Future of Open-Source Software

When one of the most respected names in technology makes a choice, it matters. IBM has chosen HeroDevs to protect enterprises that depend on end-of-life (EOL) open source frameworks like Spring and Struts, a challenge that impacts millions of mission-critical applications worldwide.

This collaboration is more than a headline. It’s a signal: enterprises no longer have to choose between innovation and security.

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From AngularJS to IBM: How HeroDevs Got Here

HeroDevs was born from a problem nearly every enterprise faced: AngularJS going end of life. When Google announced the end of community support, countless organizations were left scrambling. Rewrites were expensive, timelines were unrealistic, and the security risks were impossible to ignore.

We stepped in with Never-Ending Support (NES)—drop-in, production-ready replacements that kept AngularJS applications secure and compliant. That experience became our foundation.

As we grew, so did our portfolio. Customers asked us to support more technologies, and we listened. From AngularJS to Java libraries, from Struts to Spring, we’ve expanded alongside our customers’ needs, always with the same mission: to keep critical applications secure, running, and compliant without forcing migrations that don’t align with business needs.

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Why This Relationship Was Formed

Every enterprise runs on open source. But when projects like Spring Boot 2.7 or Struts reach their end of life, enterprises are left exposed:

• Java 8–dependent runtimes (such as WebSphere, CloudPak, and JBoss) are often tightly coupled with unsupported Spring or Struts versions.
• Migration pressure is constant, but the time, cost, and risk of rewriting entire applications is unrealistic for most organizations.
  
  

HeroDevs and IBM formed this partnership to eliminate that impossible choice. Together, we’re enabling enterprises to run applications securely, while choosing when—and if—they want to migrate.

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What Enterprises Get

Through IBM’s enterprise runtimes, customers can now add solutions to gain:

• Drop-in replacements for Spring (including all Spring projects)
  
  
• Drop-in replacement for Struts
  
  
• Enterprise-grade security fixes
  
  
• IBM-backed SLAs and compliance standards
  
  

In short, enterprises keep their applications running as-is, with the assurance that security, compliance and uptime, are never compromised.

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Why HeroDevs

IBM could have chosen anyone. They chose HeroDevs because our Never-Ending Support (NES) is the most reliable, comprehensive, and proven solution for securing EOL open source software.

Unlike alternatives, HeroDevs doesn’t just patch around vulnerabilities—we deliver production-ready, drop-in replacements that integrate seamlessly with existing applications and runtimes.

This means:

• No disruptive rewrites.
  
  
• No hidden downtime.
  
  
• No uncertainty about security or compliance.
  
  

It’s enterprise stability at scale—something no one else does as effectively.

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Built on Trust: Customers + Partners

Our success has always come from collaboration. HeroDevs was built hand-in-hand with our customers—enterprises that trusted us not only to secure their applications, but also to help them buy time, reduce risk, and gain control of their technology roadmaps.

The same philosophy drives our partnerships. From the early days of helping developers keep AngularJS alive to today’s alliance with IBM, we’ve worked alongside technology leaders who share our vision: a more secure, more resilient open source ecosystem.

Together with IBM, we’re scaling that vision to thousands more enterprises.

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The Bigger Picture

End-of-life software isn’t going away—it’s accelerating. As more frameworks age out of community support, enterprises need partners they can trust to protect their applications, their customers, and their reputations.

That’s why IBM’s choice matters. HeroDevs is not only solving today’s Spring and Struts challenges—we’re setting a new standard for how enterprises can secure their open source future.

From our first AngularJS customer to our newest relation with IBM, one thing has never changed: our belief that security and innovation are only possible when companies don’t have to choose between them.

IBM customers now have a clear path forward: security without compromise, flexibility without risk, and the freedom to modernize on their terms.

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