Apache Karaf

Upgrade to the Enterprise class platform.

Karaf provides dual polymorphic container and application bootstrapping paradigms to the Enterprise.
Focus on your business code and application, Karaf deals with the rest

Modern Container

Karaf can run as a standalone container, supporting a wide range of applications and technologies.

Enterprise Ready

Karaf provides enterprise ready features: shell console, remote access, hot deployment, dynamic configuration and many more. karaf projects provide additional features like clustering, complete monitoring and alerting, application repository.

Turnkey embedded mode

Run anywhere (on any machine with Java, cloud, docker images) using custom container, scripts or docker images.
Apache & OpenSource
Karaf is your project ! Karaf is an Apache Software Foundation project, available under the Apache v2 license.
It's a complete open community, always listening proposals and comments.
Sources, mailing lists, issue tracker: it's fully open, you can access directly.
We also love contributions: don't hesitate to contribute.
Be Involved In The Community | How To Contribute
Projects
Karaf provides projects, answering the enterprise needs:

Documentation
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