Trust by Default
Apache Camel has been running in production since 2007. Some of the largest organizations in the world — banks, airlines, hospitals, government agencies, and Fortune 10 companies — route business-critical traffic through Camel every second of every day.
That kind of reliance has to be earned, and it cannot be claimed with a logo or a badge. We earn it the same way on every release: in the open, on a predictable schedule, with security handled transparently, and as a community that answers to no single vendor. Everything below is a matter of public record — you do not have to take our word for any of it. That is what trust by default means for Apache Camel.
A predictable release cadence
Camel ships a new release almost every month, so fixes and improvements reach you in weeks rather than years. Designated Long Term Support (LTS) releases receive bug and security fixes for up to a year, giving you a stable target you can plan around. We treat backward compatibility as a feature: the rare breaking change is always documented in the Migration and Upgrade guide, so an upgrade never holds a surprise.
Security handled in the open
Every reported vulnerability is handled through the Apache Software Foundation’s coordinated disclosure process and published as a full, PGP-signed advisory — an unbroken public track record that goes back to 2013. A canonical Security Model documents exactly where the trust boundaries sit and what is in or out of scope, fixes are delivered across every supported LTS line, and we proactively review and harden the framework rather than wait for someone else to find the problem.
A vendor-neutral community
Camel is an Apache Software Foundation project, governed by a meritocratic community under the ASF’s open and vendor-neutral model. No single company controls its roadmap, and no one can take it away from you. Development happens entirely in the open on public mailing lists and chat, and anyone is free to read the code, propose a change, review a release, or verify a fix for themselves.
Proven in production
More than 100 known organizations run Apache Camel in production — UPS processing tens of billions of messages a day, CERN, SAP’s Integration Suite, alongside banks, airlines, healthcare providers, and national governments across six continents. Commercial platforms from Red Hat, SAP, and others are built directly on Camel.
Trust is not a feeling — it is a record. Camel’s is public and unbroken: every release, every advisory, and every line of code is out in the open for you to check.