The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that provides open source software for the public good. Home to more than 300 open source projects maintained by a global community of over 9,900 committers and 1,190 members, the ASF operates under the principle of community over code. Projects span big data, cloud infrastructure, messaging, web frameworks, databases, build tooling, machine learning, and more — all released under the Apache License.
The Apache Software Foundation hosts 300+ open source projects spanning big data, cloud, messaging, databases, build tools, and more. The ASF provides infrastructure, governance...
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name: Apache Software Foundation
description: The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that provides open source software
for the public good. Home to more than 300 open source projects maintained by a global community of over 9,900 committers
and 1,190 members, the ASF operates under the principle of community over code. Projects span big data, cloud infrastructure,
messaging, web frameworks, databases, build tooling, machine learning, and more — all released under the Apache License.
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name: Apache Software Foundation
description: The Apache Software Foundation hosts 300+ open source projects spanning big data, cloud, messaging, databases,
build tools, and more. The ASF provides infrastructure, governance, and community support for all projects.
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- Open Source
- Foundation
- Apache
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- type: GettingStarted
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url: https://www.apache.org/dev/
- type: GettingStarted
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- type: Blog
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- type: Support
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- type: Features
data:
- name: 300+ Open Source Projects
description: Home to over 300 open source projects spanning big data, cloud infrastructure, messaging, databases, web
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- name: Apache License
description: All ASF software is released under the Apache License 2.0, a permissive open source license compatible with
most ecosystems.
- name: Global Community
description: Maintained by 9,900+ committers and 1,190+ members from around the world operating under the principle of
community over code.
- name: Project Incubator
description: The Apache Incubator provides mentorship and infrastructure for new open source projects seeking to join
the ASF ecosystem.
- name: Release Management
description: The ASF manages 1,300+ software releases with formal release voting and cryptographic signing processes ensuring
software integrity.
- type: UseCases
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- name: Big Data Processing
description: Process and analyze large-scale datasets using Apache Hadoop, Spark, Flink, Kafka, Arrow, and related ecosystem
tools.
- name: API Gateway and Traffic Management
description: Route and manage API traffic with Apache APISIX and other gateway projects from the Apache ecosystem.
- name: Workflow Orchestration
description: Schedule and monitor data pipelines and workflows using Apache Airflow, Oozie, and related orchestration
tools.
- name: Message Streaming
description: Build event-driven architectures using Apache Kafka, ActiveMQ, and Pulsar for high-throughput message streaming.
- name: Database and Storage
description: Store and query data with Apache Cassandra, HBase, Accumulo, CouchDB, and other distributed database projects.
- type: Integrations
data:
- name: Cloud Platforms
description: Apache projects integrate with AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud for cloud-native deployments and managed service
offerings.
- name: Kubernetes
description: Many ASF projects support Kubernetes deployments via Helm charts and Kubernetes operators for containerized
workloads.
- name: Java Ecosystem
description: Deep integration with the Java ecosystem including Maven, Gradle, and major JVM frameworks and runtime environments.
- name: Python Ecosystem
description: Apache projects like Airflow, Arrow, and Superset provide first-class Python support and PyPI packages.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
email: kin@apievangelist.com
