"For all the AI-enabled software development tools we have today, it’s still humans determining what that software should do, specifying how, writing tests, reviewing code, debugging the result, pushing patches upstream, and integrating pull requests from downstream." -- ASF co-founder Brian Behlendorf reflects on the importance of the addition of The ASF's 10,000th committer. Learn more -->
The Apache Software Foundation
Software Development
Wilmington, Delaware 79,727 followers
The global home for open source software, powering some of the world’s most ubiquitous software projects.
About us
The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) is the global home for open source software, powering some of the world’s most ubiquitous software projects including Apache Airflow, Apache Camel, Apache Cassandra, Apache Groovy, Apache HTTP Server, and Apache Kafka. Established in 1999, The ASF is at the forefront of open source innovation, setting industry standards to advance software for the public good. We sustain open source projects in perpetuity, empowering developers to build communities that endure. Everything we do is open. Everyone is welcome. Learn more at https://apache.org. ASF’s annual Community Over Code event is where open source technologists convene to share best practices and use cases, forge critical relationships, and learn about advancements in their field. https://communityovercode.org/
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https://www.apache.org
External link for The Apache Software Foundation
- Industry
- Software Development
- Company size
- 5,001-10,000 employees
- Headquarters
- Wilmington, Delaware
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1999
- Specialties
- Open source development and Open source governance
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📅 Mark your calendars! 📅 Community Over Code Europe will take place October 11-14, 2026 in Glasgow, Scotland! https://buff.ly/7xlKclm Info re: the call for presentations, sponsorship, registration, and special room rates will be made available soon, so please stay tuned!
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[NEWS] The Apache Software Foundation Announces Apache Geode® 2.0 https://buff.ly/4bowXV2 #opensource
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🗞️ Here's your weekly ASF release roundup! 🗞️ 👉 Apache TomEE delivers enterprise application containers and services based on, but not limited to the Enterprise JavaBeans Specification and Java / Jakarta Enterprise Edition Specifications. Apache TomEE 10.1.3 is now available for download: https://buff.ly/F5o28zp 👉 Apache Camel 4.10.8 (LTS) is now available for download: https://buff.ly/69oIr82 Camel is an open source integration framework that empowers you to quickly and easily integrate various systems consuming or producing data. 👉 Apache Pekko Management 1.2.0 is now available for download: https://buff.ly/UUiu4MV Pekko is an open source toolkit and runtime simplifying the construction of concurrent and distributed applications on the JVM. 👉 Apache StreamPipes is a self-service (Industrial) IoT toolbox to enable non-technical users to connect, analyze and explore IoT data streams. StreamPipes 0.98.0 is now available for download: https://buff.ly/WWjQblz 👉 Apache Commons DBCP 2.14.0 is now available for download: https://buff.ly/OkgoxTW Commons DBCP software implements Database Connection Pooling. #opensource #data #machinelearning #cloudcomputing #java #NoSQL #webserver #hadoop
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[NEWS] The Apache Software Foundation Announces New Top-Level Projects https://buff.ly/13DCSMn #opensource
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ICYMI: Our December 2025 issue of Plus One highlights progress across public policy, incubation, tooling, and fundraising as well as some of the most popular content published on the ASF’s YouTube and blog channels. Read more here: https://buff.ly/L7QTQ83 #opensource
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🗞️ Here's your weekly ASF release roundup! 🗞️ 👉 Apache Qpid makes messaging tools that speak AMQP and supports many languages and platforms. Apache Qpid Broker-J 10.0.1 is now available for download: https://buff.ly/zNz6H2A 👉 Apache NiFi is an easy to use, powerful, and reliable system to process and distribute #data. NiFi 2.7.1 is now available for download: https://buff.ly/oJTl7RX 👉 Apache Airflow 3.1.5 is now available for download: https://buff.ly/w47zkDv 👉 Apache Pekko is an open source toolkit and runtime simplifying the construction of concurrent and distributed applications on the JVM. 👉 Apache Pulsar Client C++ version 4.0.0 is now available for download: https://buff.ly/GBFd36e Pekko (Core) 1.4.0 is now available for download: https://buff.ly/xoro1Bp #opensource #data #machinelearning #cloudcomputing #java #NoSQL #webserver #hadoop
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The December edition of Plus One recaps 2025 highlights and looks ahead to a new year. Read more here --> https://buff.ly/6PuQwiG #opensource
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🗞️ Here's your weekly ASF release roundup! 🗞️ 👉 Apache Fory is a blazingly fast multi-language serialization framework powered by JIT and zero-copy. Fory 0.13.2 has been released and is available for download here: https://buff.ly/nW0PbqP 👉 Apache Tomcat has issued several releases now available for download: ✅ Tomcat 9.0.113 https://buff.ly/QduY959 ✅ Tomcat 10.1.50 https://buff.ly/hWPKJKn ✅ Tomcat 11.0.15 https://buff.ly/OmdMpFn 👉 Apache SedonaDB 0.2.0 is now available. Download here: https://buff.ly/k9LRlyC SedonaDB is the first open source, single-node analytical database engine that treats spatial data as a first-class citizen. It is developed as a subproject of Apache Sedona. 👉 Apache Airflow 3.1.4 is now available for download: https://buff.ly/OYCW9bu 👉 Apache Commons has issued several releases: ✅ Apache Commons Text 1.15.0 https://buff.ly/8vTXiMx ✅ Apache Commons Pool 2.13.0 https://buff.ly/1d2opPi 👉 The Apache OpenNLP library is a machine learning based toolkit for the processing of natural language text. OpenNLP 2.5.7 is now available for download: https://buff.ly/Oto3S1X #opensource #data #machinelearning #cloudcomputing #java #NoSQL #webserver #hadoop
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