Apache Camel

Developer(s)Apache Software Foundation

Initial releaseJune 27, 2007; 18 years ago (2007-06-27)^[1]

Stable release

4.8.x (LTS)	4.8.5 / 8 March 2025; 4 months ago (2025-03-08)[2]
4.10.x (LTS, latest)	4.10.2 / 9 March 2025; 4 months ago (2025-03-09)[2]

4.8.x (LTS)4.8.5 / 8 March 2025; 4 months ago (2025-03-08)^[2]

Apache Camel
Developer(s)	Apache Software Foundation
Initial release	June 27, 2007; 18 years ago (2007-06-27)[1]
Stable release	4.8.x (LTS) 4.8.5 / 8 March 2025; 4 months ago (2025-03-08)[2] 4.10.x (LTS, latest) 4.10.2 / 9 March 2025; 4 months ago (2025-03-09)[2]
Repository	github.com/apache/camel
Written in	Java, XML
Operating system	Cross-platform
Type	Enterprise Integration Patterns Enterprise Service Bus SOA Message Oriented Middleware
License	Apache License 2.0
Website	camel.apache.org

Apache Camel is an open source framework for message-oriented middleware. It uses a rule-based routing and mediation engine to implement Enterprise Integration Patterns (EIPs). The EIPs are implemented using Java objects. Camel has a application programming interface (or declarative Java domain-specific language) for configuring the routing and mediation rules.^{[clarification needed]}

The domain-specific language means that Apache Camel can support type-safe smart completion of routing rules in an integrated development environment using regular Java code without large amounts of XML configuration files, though XML configuration inside Spring Framework is also supported.

Camel is often used with Apache ServiceMix, Apache ActiveMQ and Apache CXF in service-oriented architecture projects.