Research on the trends and pathways of open source empowering the innovative development of industrial software

Industrial software is a software-based product of the iterative evolution of industrial knowledge innovation. It is characterized by high development difficulty, long R&D cycle, and high requirements for reliability. The path to breaking the deadlock of self-developed industrial software is full of obstacles and difficulties. Open source is indeed a new way of thinking. As a new mindset and model in the era of the digital economy, open source injects infinite vitality into the high-speed development of the global digital economy. This article systematically sorts out 115 open-source industrial software products. By combining quantitative analysis with case studies, it reveals the future trends and development pathways of open-source industrial software. The study finds that China's open-source industrial software is in a critical stage of transitioning from "tool adaptation" to "ecological reconstruction," and it faces many challenges such as the lack of adaptation of industry-wide open-source technologies, fragmentation of the ecosystem, and the absence of a commercial closed loop. The study proposes development strategies of "technological breakthroughs, ecological reconstruction, and commercial upgrading," and suggests building an open-source technology foundation for industrial software, guiding enterprises to cultivate an open-source community, and establishing a value system for open-source contributions, so as to provide fundamental support for the high-quality development of intelligent manufacturing.