Meld was launched on March 3, 2009 as an online service for the embedded Linux

Embedded Linux

Embedded Linux is the use of Linux in embedded computer systems such as mobile phones, personal digital assistants, media players, set-top boxes, and other consumer electronics devices, networking equipment, machine control, industrial automation, navigation equipment and medical instruments...

 community. Meld's purpose is to assist embedded developers in connecting, sharing and designing embedded Linux products. The community is open to anyone.

Meld differs from traditional open source projects (kernel.org, busybox, gnu, etc.), where developers collaborate to drive a particular Linux technology forward, in that it is a place for developers to discuss how different Linux technologies work together for embedded devices.

On August 3rd, 2010 Meld was relaunched using entirely Open Source

Open source

The term open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials. Some consider open source a philosophy, others consider it a pragmatic methodology...

 software, including Drupal

Drupal

Drupal is a free and open-source content management system and content management framework written in PHP and distributed under the GNU General Public License. It is used as a back-end system for at least 1.5% of all websites worldwide ranging from personal blogs to corporate, political, and...

.

MontaVista Software sponsors and develops Meld, though it is not a MontaVista-exclusive community.