Welcome! - The Apache Software Foundation

The Apache Software Foundation provides support for the Apache community of open-source software projects. The Apache projects are characterized by a collaborative, consensus based development process, an open and pragmatic software license, and a desire to create high quality software that leads the way in its field. We consider ourselves not simply a group of projects sharing a server, but rather a community of developers and users.

Support the Apache Software Foundation

You are invited to participate in The Apache Software Foundation. Our membership consists of those individuals who have demonstrated a commitment to collaborative open-source software development through sustained participation and contributions within the Foundation's projects. Of course, you can contribute to the foundation in many ways:

Contributing to Apache

Sponsoring Apache

Donating to Apache

Sponsors of Apache

Latest News

If you would like to keep up with news and announcements from the foundation and all its projects, you can subscribe to the Apache Announcements List.

ApacheCon Europe 2008 in Amsterdam, April 7-11

With the great success of ApacheCon Europe 2007, we are excited to return to Amsterdam in 2008. And we are proud to announce that we are going to intensify and deepen the pre-conference trainings by offering several 2-day trainings and each training session will have certifications of completion for those to fulfill all the requirements of the training. The trainings and conference will be held 7 April through 11 April, 2008 at the new Moevenpick Hotel Amsterdam City Centre.

The Call for Papers has closed, and further information will be made available on the ApacheCon Europe Web site soon: www.eu.apachecon.com.

ApacheCon US 2007 in Atlanta was a Great Success!

ApacheCon US 2007 in Atlanta was fabulous and a great event! We would like to thank all of our wonderful speakers, trainers, and sponsors for their support, including our three very inspiring keynote speakers: Doc Searls (Web 3.0 = The Live Web), Ora Lassila (The Semantic Web, Why the Open-Source Community Should Care), and Jim Gettys (Back to the Future and One Laptop Per Child).

We hope you will join us next year at ApacheCon US 2008 in New Orleans, Louisiana. It will be held 3-7 November at the Sheraton New Orleans Hotel.

Notice regarding open letter to Sun Microsystems

The Apache Software Foundation has written an open letter to Sun Microsystems regarding our inabillity to acquire an acceptable license for the test kit for Java SE needed by Apache Harmony. For futher information please see the FAQ and direct all questions to Apache's VP for JCP issues, geirm at apache dot org, or our regular press inquiry address, press at apache dot org.