Apache Foundation Boosts Three Projects to Top-Level Status

The Apache Software Foundation has elevated three of its projects—Apache HertzBeat, Apache Teaclave, and Apache Training—to Top-Level Project (TLP) status. This decision, announced on March 15, 2024, signifies a major achievement for the foundation and reflects the increasing adoption and maturity of its technologies and educational initiatives.

Achieving TLP status is one of the highest honors within the Apache ecosystem. It indicates that a project has proven its technical stability, established strong community governance, and demonstrated long-term sustainability under the foundation’s merit-based model.

Highlighting Key Projects

Apache HertzBeat is an AI-powered, open-source observability platform. It integrates monitoring, alerting, and notifications into a cohesive system. Operating without agents, HertzBeat collects metrics through standard protocols such as HTTP, JMX, SSH, SNMP, and JDBC. This versatility allows it to monitor a diverse array of environments, including web services, databases, operating systems, middleware, big data platforms, and cloud-native infrastructure.

In addition, Apache Teaclave specializes in secure computing for privacy-sensitive data. Leveraging Trusted Execution Environments such as Intel SGX and Arm TrustZone, this project is designed primarily using memory-safe programming languages, including Rust. It offers open-source software development kits and modular components that facilitate secure storage, remote attestation, and key management. The platform aims to simplify the creation of trusted applications across cloud, edge, and embedded systems.

According to Zhaofeng Chen, chair of the Apache Teaclave Project Management Committee, the promotion to TLP status recognizes years of community-driven efforts to enhance confidential computing. He stated that contributors are dedicated to expanding memory-safe tools and reinforcing the wider secure computing landscape.

Focus on Education and Community

The third project, Apache Training, is dedicated to developing and maintaining high-quality, openly licensed training materials for Apache projects. This initiative seeks to minimize redundancy within the ecosystem by providing shared resources such as slides, workshops, labs, and tutorials, all under the Apache License 2.0. These materials are collaboratively maintained by the community, aiming to support both newcomers and experienced contributors.

Justin Mclean, vice president of Apache Training, emphasized that the project’s graduation underscores the growing significance of community-owned educational resources. He noted that the initiative offers a centralized repository for learning materials that benefit users across the Apache ecosystem.

The Apache Software Foundation oversees hundreds of open-source projects utilized globally in enterprise, government, and academic sectors. The advancement of HertzBeat, Teaclave, and Training highlights the foundation’s ongoing commitment to expanding its reach in observability, confidential computing, and developer education.