Apache Camel

# Apache Camel > Apache Camel is an open source integration framework with 350+ connectors for databases, APIs, message brokers, and cloud services. Write routes in Java, YAML, or XML. Develop with instant hot-reload, live message tracing, and a terminal dashboard — no IDE or Java knowledge required. Deploy on Spring Boot, Quarkus, or standalone. In production since 2007, used by thousands of companies worldwide. 100,000+ commits, 1,500+ contributors, median 1–2 day bug fix time. Apache License 2.0 — zero license fees. All Apache Camel documentation pages are available in LLM-friendly Markdown format by replacing `.html` with `.md` in any URL. For example: - HTML: `https://camel.apache.org/components/next/languages/simple-language.html` - Markdown: `https://camel.apache.org/components/next/languages/simple-language.md` ## Offline documentation bundles For agents or environments with no or restricted internet access, versioned offline documentation bundles are available as zip archives of all Markdown files: - [Camel 4.18](https://github.com/apache/camel-website/releases/download/docs-4.18/camel-docs-4.18.zip) (does not include the canonical YAML DSL JSON Schema — use the [online schema](https://github.com/apache/camel/blob/camel-4.18.x/dsl/camel-yaml-dsl/camel-yaml-dsl/src/generated/resources/schema/camelYamlDsl.json) instead) Download the zip matching your Camel version, unzip it locally, and read the files from there. Each bundle contains: ``` components/<version>/ […truncated]