Trusted community recognized for accelerating Open Source innovation and advancing the future of open development.

Forest Hill, MD —6 June 2016— The Apache® Software Foundation (ASF), the all-volunteer developers, stewards, and incubators of more than 350 Open Source projects and initiatives, announced today the availability of its annual report for its 2015-2016 fiscal year, which ended 30 April 2016. Highlights include:

Open Source Leadership -- 

  • 21st anniversary of the Apache HTTP Server Project
  • 17th anniversary of The Apache Software Foundation
  • 175 committees managing 291 Top-level Projects (TLPs) and dozens of sub-projects
  • Millions of people worldwide access the ASF's two dozen servers and 75 distinct hosts each day
  • Apache featured more than 400 times in Gartner Magic Quadrant reports

Innovation --

  • 20 new Apache Top-level Projects (TLPs)
  • Record 55 podlings undergoing development in the Apache Incubator, plus 39 initiatives in the Apache Labs
  • Apache Hadoop® ecosystem continues to dominate the Big Data marketplace
  • 743 repositories managed
  • 33% increase in signed Individual Contributor License Agreements (CLAs)
  • 3,425 ASF Committers and 5,922 Apache code contributors (21% increase) added nearly 20M lines of code; average 18,000 code commits per month
  • 315,533,038 Lines of code changed (65% increase)

Community --

  • 58 new individual ASF Members elected
  • Apache projects overseen by 2,000+ Project Management Committee (PMC) members
  • Launched new "Help Wanted" application to match volunteers with Apache projects and activities seeking assistance
  • Held hundreds of events globally, including ApacheCon Europe and North America, plus countless conferences, workshops, and regional MeetUps
  • Participated in the Google Summer of Code as a Mentoring Organization for 12 consecutive years

Operations --

  • Apache services running 24x7x365 at near 100% uptime on an annual budget of less than US$5,000 per project
  • Launched new home.apache.org and lists.apache.org services
  • Initiated experiment with Github to automate user management and group permissions for 5,000+ Apache users
  • Launched new ASF brand identity
  • Ongoing trademarks, brand management, and legal support for dozens of existing and new projects
  • Bolstered organizational backing, with 37 ASF Sponsors and 11 Infrastructure partners
  • The ASF exited FY 2015 with revenue at $996K, ahead of projected budget

The full report is available online at https://s.apache.org/Ccml

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