The Apache Software Foundation
Powering the Open Source Community
The Apache Software Foundation provides organizational, legal, and financial support for the Apache community of open-source software projects.
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The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) is a non-profit corporation established to support Apache software projects, including the Apache HTTP Server. The ASF was formed in 1999 and is based in Forest Hills, California.
The ASF operates as a merit-based, consensus-driven community of developers. The foundation provides an established framework for managing open source projects, including legal protection for volunteers, infrastructure, and a collaborative development process.
The world's most widely used web server software, powering over 40% of all websites globally.
A distributed streaming platform for building real-time data pipelines and streaming applications.
A unified analytics engine for large-scale data processing with built-in modules for streaming, SQL, machine learning, and graph processing.
A software project management and comprehension tool based on the concept of a project object model (POM).
A distributed storage and processing framework for big data applications.
A highly scalable, high-performance distributed NoSQL database designed to handle large amounts of data across many commodity servers.
Established as a non-profit corporation to support Apache projects.
A business-friendly license designed for enterprise adoption.
Formal process for new projects to join the Apache ecosystem.
Annual conference bringing together Apache communities worldwide.
Foundation surpasses 350 active open source projects.