Getting started with the Camel CLI used to mean installing a JDK, then jbang, then finally running jbang camel@apache/camel init for the first time. That friction is gone. install.sh and install.ps1 get the Camel CLI Launcher running on your machine with a single command, no package manager and no separate jbang install required. One-line install On macOS and Linux: curl -fsSL https://camel.apache.org/install.sh | sh On Windows, in PowerShell: irm https://camel.apache.org/install.ps1 | iex Update (2026-07-25): A server configuration issue was briefly returning a 403 for the install.

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Apache Camel and AI AI is a hot topic in the Apache Camel community. When thinking about how to leverage AI in the Apache Camel ecosystem, there are broadly two directions: Incorporating AI services into Apache Camel integrations themselves Utilizing AI services in the development and operation of Apache Camel integrations Direction 1 includes the Apache Camel AI components. Combining the Wanaku MCP router, which has been featured on this blog several times, with Camel also falls into this category.

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Citrus is a powerful integration testing framework that orchestrates end-to-end test scenarios with clean, readable Java code. As a framework Citrus provides several ready-to-use components to connect to messaging systems, cloud services, and protocols such as Http, Kafka, Jms and many more — but when you combine Citrus with the power of Apache Camel, something remarkable happens. Citrus gains the ability to speak every protocol Camel supports, transform test data with Camel’s rich data formats, and even reach into running Camel routes to trigger or verify business logic directly.

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