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slug: devtoolsguild-february-2026-update
title: Dev Tools Guild February 2026 update
authors: [abcoathup]
tags: [update]
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# Dev Tools Guild March 2026 update

_**TL;DR**: Annual Solidity developer survey, EF Ecosystem Support Program wishlist: existing dev tooling and strawmap (strawman roadmap) for next seven network upgrades._

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## Dev Tools Guild members

* Deep Funding (infrastructure & dev tools): [jurors wanted](https://deepfundingjury.com) to evaluate and compare open source projects. Anyone with an ENS name can participate. Thanks to the [jurors who have already contributed](https://deepfundingjury.com/juror-roll).
* Octant's [StreamVote](https://streamvote.octant.build/) supporting [ethers.js](https://streamvote.octant.build/project-details/0x8ba1f109551bd432803012645ac136ddd64dba72) (0.7 ETH), [Solidity](https://streamvote.octant.build/project-details/0xe2f7cf9c2b12c0bfcdab571f9e50418fc08f4ad1) (2.2 ETH) and [Vyper](https://streamvote.octant.build/project-details/0xd6e245ba9e1f71e629d6988d225a34542474a56a) (2.6 ETH); pilot streaming ETH via quadratic voting to public goods projects.
* Argot Collective (including Solidity & Sourcify) [transparency report](https://www.argot.org/reports/transparency-report-2025).

### Smart Contract Languages
#### [Solidity](https://soliditylang.org/)
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### Client Libraries
#### [Web3j](https://docs.web3j.io/) (Java)
* [Web3j 5.0.2: A Community Release That Moves Us Forward](https://blog.web3labs.com/web3j-5-0-2-a-community-release-that-moves-us-forward/) in Java projects.

* web3j [5.0.1](https://github.com/LFDT-web3j/web3j/releases/tag/v5.0.1) - [5.0.2](https://github.com/LFDT-web3j/web3j/releases/tag/v5.0.2); v5.0.2 added Gradle 9 upgrade, EIP-7702 authorization list support to Transaction, Besu 25.10.0 upgrade and a series of bug fixes.
* web3j-unit [5.0.1](https://github.com/LFDT-web3j/web3j-unit/releases/tag/v5.0.1) - [5.0.2](https://github.com/LFDT-web3j/web3j-unit/releases/tag/v5.0.2); v5.0.2 added Gradle 9 upgrade,fix over test containers.
* web3j-evm [5.0.1](https://github.com/LFDT-web3j/web3j-evm/releases/tag/v5.0.1) - [5.0.2](https://github.com/LFDT-web3j/web3j-evm/releases/tag/v5.0.2); v5.0.2 added Gradle 9 upgrade.
* web3j-maven-plugin [4.14.0](https://github.com/LFDT-web3j/web3j-maven-plugin/releases/tag/v4.14.0) - [5.0.2](https://github.com/LFDT-web3j/web3j-maven-plugin/releases/tag/v5.0.2); v5.0.2 added a series of fixes for wrapper generation.
* web3j-gradle-plugin [4.14.0](https://github.com/LFDT-web3j/web3j-gradle-plugin/releases/tag/v4.14.0) - [5.0.2](https://github.com/LFDT-web3j/web3j-gradle-plugin/releases/tag/v5.0.2); v5.0.2 added gradle 9 upgrade and markdown file updates.
* web3j-solidity-gradle-plugin [0.6.0](https://github.com/LFDT-web3j/web3j-solidity-gradle-plugin/releases/tag/v0.6.2) - [0.6.1](https://github.com/LFDT-web3j/web3j-solidity-gradle-plugin/releases/tag/v0.6.1); v0.6.1 added gradle 9 upgrade and fixed linking to processResources task.
* web3j-sokt [0.5.0](https://github.com/LFDT-web3j/web3j-sokt/releases/tag/v0.5.0) - [0.6.0](https://github.com/LFDT-web3j/web3j-sokt/releases/tag/v0.6.0); v0.6.0 added support for solidity 0.8.30 and other fixes.
* web3j-cli [1.7.0](https://github.com/LFDT-web3j/web3j-cli/releases/tag/v1.8.0) - [1.8.0](https://github.com/LFDT-web3j/web3j-cli/releases/tag/v1.8.0); v1.8.0 added gradle 9 upgrade and --abiFuncs.

### Frameworks and Dev Environments


### Standardisation Tooling


## Ethereum Layer 1

### Ethereum Foundation (EF)

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Support Dev Tools Guild members by donating to **[donate.devtoolsguild.eth](https://devtoolsguild.xyz/donate)** on mainnet, Arbitrum, Base and Optimism. Donations of all sizes are greatly appreciated.