Apache Software Foundation
To provide software for the public good by providing legal and financial support for a wide range of open-source software projects.
At a Glance
- Software Developers
- Enterprise IT
- Cloud Service Providers
- Data Scientists
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AI Tools by Apache Software Foundation
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Apache Maka
Local First AI Agent Workspace
Apache Ossie
Open Source Semantic Metadata Standard
Apache Burr
Python AI State Machine Framework
Apache TVM
ML Model Compilation Framework
Apache Airflow
Open Source Workflow Orchestration Platform
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Latest News
Apache Maka (Incubating) Release 0.1.11
The Apache Software Foundation Announces Board Members for 2026-2027
Ruth Suehle named President of the Apache Software Foundation
The Apache Software Foundation Celebrates 25 Years of Community-Led Development
Products & Services
The world's most popular open-source web server.
Unified analytics engine for large-scale data processing.
Distributed event store and stream-processing platform.
Highly scalable, high-performance distributed NoSQL database.
Market Position
The ASF is one of the most respected and stable open-source foundations globally, competing with the Linux Foundation and Eclipse Foundation for project mindshare and corporate sponsorship while remaining strictly non-profit and vendor-neutral.
Leadership
Founders
Brian Behlendorf
Lead developer of Apache HTTP Server; Co-founder of the Apache Group; executive at WEF and Linux Foundation.
Roy T. Fielding
Principal author of the HTTP/1.1 specification; Co-founder of the Apache Group.
Rob Hartill
Co-founder of the Apache Group; maintenance lead for NCSA HTTPd.
David Robinson
Co-founder of the Apache Group.
Cliff Skolnick
Co-founder of the Apache Group.
Randy Terbush
Co-founder of the Apache Group.
Robert S. Thau
Co-founder of the Apache Group; designer of Apache 1.x architecture.
Andrew Wilson
Co-founder of the Apache Group.
Executive Team
Ruth Suehle
President
Previously Director of Open Source Program Office; named President in 2025/2026.
Daniel Ruggeri
Executive Vice President
Long-time ASF contributor and member.
Board of Directors
Founding Story
The ASF grew out of the 'Apache Group', which formed in 1995 to maintain and improve the NCSA HTTPd server. It was formalized as a non-profit in 1999 to provide a legal 'shield' for individual contributors and to manage the assets and brand of the growing number of projects.
Business Model
Revenue Model
Non-profit 501(c)(3) funded primarily through corporate sponsorships (Platinum, Gold, Silver tiers), individual donations, and event registrations.
Pricing Tiers
All Apache software is available at 100% no cost under the Apache License 2.0.
Sponsorship tiers (Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze) for organizations to support the foundation.
Target Markets
- Software Developers
- Enterprise IT
- Cloud Service Providers
- Data Scientists
- Academic Researchers
- Web serving and infrastructure
- Big data analytics and processing
- Distributed database management
- Cloud computing and orchestration
- Local-first AI agent development (Maka)
- Netflix
- Uber