Honoring the leaders, movers and shakers in DevOps. Twenty-four awards across two divisions — Community and Tools & Services — recognizing the people, projects and solutions shaping the future of software delivery.
For a decade, the DevOps Dozen has honored the practitioners, projects and technologies that keep software moving. In 2026 we expand the program to 24 awards — nine Community awards recognizing the people and open source that power the movement, and fifteen Tools & Services awards spotlighting the platforms driving the next era of AI-assisted, agentic and platform-engineered delivery.
Nine awards for the humans, projects, teams and content behind DevOps. Nominations are free.
Fifteen awards for the platforms, products and services shaping enterprise delivery.
Winners are decided 60% by an independent expert panel and 40% by a public vote.
Winners are announced live during the Predict 2026 virtual summit in January.
Every category reflects where DevOps is going in 2026 — from agentic delivery and DevOps for AI systems to platform engineering, FinOps and software supply chain security.
The open source project that most shaped how teams build and ship software this year.
The enterprise executive whose leadership has driven measurable DevOps transformation.
The team using AI most effectively to ship better software, faster.
The platform pushing agent-driven delivery from proof-of-concept to production.
The internal developer platform that most improves productivity and paved-path adoption.
The solution embedding security into the software delivery lifecycle at scale.
Nominations open across all 24 award categories.
Nominations close at 5:00 pm ET.
Finalists announced; public voting opens.
Public voting closes at 11:59 pm ET.
Winners announced live at Predict 2026 virtual summit.
Community nominations are free. Tools & Services entries are $300 per nomination. Nominations are open through October 18, 2026 at 5:00 pm ET.