openEuler describes DevStation in its 25.09 release notes as a developer workstation, with VSCodium, development tools, productivity software and community toolchain integrations. The project’s documentation also outlines local-ISO and network installation options. A separate trial reported by The Register ran GNOME 49 on a system whose terminal displayed an oe2609 kernel version.
What DevStation includes in the 25.09 documentation
The release notes name VSCodium, DevKit, epkg, oeDeploy and openEuler Intelligence, along with the VSCodium plugins oeDevPlugin and oeGitExt. They also describe DevStore as bundled with DevStation and say it supports deploying more than 80 MCP servers. MCP stands for Model Context Protocol, a standard for connecting AI applications with external tools and services.
These are features described for DevStation 25.09. The separate GNOME 49 trial is a reported observation of a different system, not a test of that full toolset.
How Heolleo installation works
For 25.09, openEuler documents two Heolleo installation paths: a local-ISO mode intended for offline installation, and a network mode that obtains system files from HTTP or FTP sources. The Register separately reported that its installation fetched updates automatically.
The openEuler download page lists a 3.3 GiB DevStation ISO for 26.09. Get the openEuler download.
What The Register reported from its trial
In an account published October 20, 2026, The Register described a brief DevStation installation in VirtualBox. The system opened to GNOME 49, with Dash to Panel and Arc Menu preinstalled. Its terminal displayed 6.18.48-0.0.0.15.oe2609.x86_64.
The installer offered Simplified Chinese or English, and the installed desktop initially used Chinese. After the tester switched the interface language to English and rebooted, some program groups and other elements remained in Chinese. The Register reported that the desktop was still navigable with some guesswork.
Desktop guides listed for openEuler 26.09
The project’s 26.09 desktop documentation index links guides for UKUI, DDE and Kiran. These give readers separate desktop-environment options to explore alongside DevStation’s developer-workstation focus.
