# Welcome to the OpenEMS Community **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [March 2, 2019, 10:02am UTC](https://community.openems.io/t/welcome-to-the-openems-community/7 "2019-03-02T10:02:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![system](https://community.openems.io/uploads/default/original/1X/afff0af39a11998ab8d4eb7ad8901aa98abb9eec.png) [@system](https://community.openems.io/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2019, 10:02am UTC](https://community.openems.io/t/welcome-to-the-openems-community/7/1 "2019-03-02T10:02:30Z")
**OpenEMS - the Open Source Energy Management System** - is a modular platform for energy management applications.It was developed around the requirements of monitoring, controlling, and integrating energy storage together with renewable energy sources and complementary devices and services like electric vehicle charging stations, heat-pumps, electrolysers, time-of-use electricity tariffs and more. Find more information on our homepage [www.openems.io.](https://openems.io) If you plan to use OpenEMS for your own projects, please consider joining the **[OpenEMS Association e.V.](https://openems.io/association/)**, a network of universities, hardware manufacturers, software companies as well as commercial and private owners. If you already are a member of the Association, please contact [office@openems.io](mailto:office@openems.io), so that we can give you access to the internal forum. ---
**Author:** ![stefan.feilmeier](https://community.openems.io/user_avatar/community.openems.io/stefan.feilmeier/32/2585_2.png) [@stefan.feilmeier](https://community.openems.io/u/stefan.feilmeier)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2019, 12:53pm UTC](https://community.openems.io/t/welcome-to-the-openems-community/7/2 "2019-03-02T12:53:32Z")
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**Author:** ![stefan.feilmeier](https://community.openems.io/user_avatar/community.openems.io/stefan.feilmeier/32/2585_2.png) [@stefan.feilmeier](https://community.openems.io/u/stefan.feilmeier)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2020, 9:21pm UTC](https://community.openems.io/t/welcome-to-the-openems-community/7/3 "2020-07-07T21:21:30Z")