Apache Software Foundation
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.
More than an index entry, but the surface is still mostly links rather than artifacts — the cohort most likely to move a full band from modest, well-targeted work.
API Evangelist profiles Apache Software Foundation the way a machine reads it — 20 machine-readable artifacts across 1 API, pulled from the provider's own public surface and indexed so a developer, an analyst, or an AI agent can evaluate it against every other provider on the network.
Every provider in the network is reduced to the same set of machine-readable artifacts — OpenAPI contracts, event specifications, GraphQL schemas, runnable collections, pricing and rate-limit signals, security posture, OAuth scopes, and the agent surfaces (MCP servers and skills) that let software drive the API on its own. We profile them because the interface is the part of a company you can actually inspect: it is a truer signal of what a provider does than any marketing page. From those artifacts we compute the Kin Score — Apache Software Foundation scores 28.0/100 (emerging), with a separate agent-readiness read of 7/100 (human only). The full breakdown is below, followed by every artifact we hold — each card links through to its machine-readable definition on apis.io.
Kin Score
This is the API Evangelist rating — a single, repeatable read computed from the artifacts on this page. Green fill is points earned; the red track is points possible, so every bar shows earned-versus-possible at a glance.
Kin Score
How this is scored →scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
How we profile Apache Software Foundation
Each block below is one kind of artifact we hold for Apache Software Foundation. For each we say what it is and why it earns a place in the profile, then list every one we've indexed — capped at two rows, scroll within the panel for the rest.
APIs 1
Each API is captured as its own OpenAPI definition — every operation, parameter, and response. This is the single most useful machine-readable description of what an API does, and it's what lets us score, lint, mock, and generate against it without asking the provider for anything.
Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.
Apache Software Foundation
The Apache Software Foundation hosts 300+ open source projects spanning big data, cloud, messaging, databases, build tools, and more. The ASF provides infrastructure, governance...
Pricing Plans 1
Pricing is part of the interface. Machine-readable plans tell you what a tier costs and includes before you commit — one of the six things the Kin Score reads for commercial clarity.
Published pricing tiers and plan structures.
Apache Plans Pricing
PLANSRate Limits 1
Rate limits are the difference between a demo that works and a production integration that doesn't fall over. Publishing them is an operational-transparency signal — and a hard requirement for any agent that plans its own throughput.
Documented rate limits and quota policies.
Apache Rate Limits
RATE LIMITSFinOps 1
Cost, billing, and metering signals let a buyer model the financial operations of an API before it's live. We profile them for the same reason we profile pricing: the money is part of the contract.
Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.
Apache Finops
FINOPSFeatures 5
The notable capabilities this provider advertises, captured as structured features so they can be searched and compared instead of read one landing page at a time.
Notable capabilities this provider offers.
300+ Open Source Projects
Home to over 300 open source projects spanning big data, cloud infrastructure, messaging, databases, web frameworks, and more.
Apache License
All ASF software is released under the Apache License 2.0, a permissive open source license compatible with most ecosystems.
Global Community
Maintained by 9,900+ committers and 1,190+ members from around the world operating under the principle of community over code.
Project Incubator
The Apache Incubator provides mentorship and infrastructure for new open source projects seeking to join the ASF ecosystem.
Release Management
The ASF manages 1,300+ software releases with formal release voting and cryptographic signing processes ensuring software integrity.
Security Posture 2
Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals — the evidence that a provider takes security seriously enough to document it. We profile it because you can't govern what you can't see.
Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.
Use Cases 5
What developers actually build with this provider — captured so the catalogue answers 'what is this for', not just 'what does this expose'.
What developers build with this provider.
Big Data Processing
Process and analyze large-scale datasets using Apache Hadoop, Spark, Flink, Kafka, Arrow, and related ecosystem tools.
API Gateway and Traffic Management
Route and manage API traffic with Apache APISIX and other gateway projects from the Apache ecosystem.
Workflow Orchestration
Schedule and monitor data pipelines and workflows using Apache Airflow, Oozie, and related orchestration tools.
Message Streaming
Build event-driven architectures using Apache Kafka, ActiveMQ, and Pulsar for high-throughput message streaming.
Database and Storage
Store and query data with Apache Cassandra, HBase, Accumulo, CouchDB, and other distributed database projects.
Integrations 4
Pre-built integrations with other platforms tell you where this provider already fits in a stack.
Pre-built integrations with other platforms and tools.
Cloud Platforms
Apache projects integrate with AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud for cloud-native deployments and managed service offerings.
Kubernetes
Many ASF projects support Kubernetes deployments via Helm charts and Kubernetes operators for containerized workloads.
Java Ecosystem
Deep integration with the Java ecosystem including Maven, Gradle, and major JVM frameworks and runtime environments.
Python Ecosystem
Apache projects like Airflow, Arrow, and Superset provide first-class Python support and PyPI packages.
Resources
Every other property we hold for Apache Software Foundation — documentation, portals, status pages, policies, and corporate surface — grouped by the job it does, following the integrator's arc from getting started to running in production.
Get Started 1
Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call
Documentation 1
Reference material describing how the API behaves
Build 1
SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with
Access & Security 2
Authentication, authorization, and security posture
Operate 1
Status, limits, changes, and where to get help
Commercial 1
Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use
Company 3
The organization behind the API
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