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Ideal for experienced Java developers or architects willing to innovate and build upon a lower level integration framework.</p> <p>The <a href="../manual/">User Manual</a> is a comprehensive guide meant to help you with the key concepts of Apache Camel and software integration. For instance, you can find information such as how to <a href="../manual/getting-started.html">get started</a> with Apache Camel, how to <a href="../manual/camel-4x-upgrade-guide.html">upgrade to Camel 4.x</a>, information about Apache Camel <a href="../manual/architecture.html">architecture</a>, <a href="../components/latest/eips/enterprise-integration-patterns.html">integration patterns</a> and more.</p> <p> <a class="button dark" href="../camel-core/">Documentation</a> <a class="button light" href="../manual/">Old Documentation</a> <a class="button light" href="https://github.com/apache/camel/">Source</a> <a class="button light" href="https://github.com/apache/camel-examples">Examples</a> </p> <p>Camel is comes with several hundred components that can be used to access databases, message queues, and APIs. The <a href="../components/latest/">Component reference</a> provides you information about the functionality and configuration of each component.</p> <p> <a class="button dark" href="../components/latest/">Component Reference</a> <a class="button light" href="https://www.javadoc.io/doc/org.apache.camel/camel-api/latest/index.html">API Documentation</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="box right"> <div class="content"> <h2 id="camel-k">Camel K</h2> <p>Apache Camel K is a lightweight integration framework built on Apache Camel that runs natively on <a href="https://kubernetes.io/" rel="noopener nofollow noreferrer">Kubernetes</a> and is specifically designed for serverless and microservice architectures. It allows you to run integration code written in Camel DSL on your cloud.</p> <p> <a class="button dark" href="../camel-k/latest/">Documentation</a> <a class="button light" href="https://github.com/apache/camel-k/">Source</a> <a class="button light" href="https://github.com/apache/camel-k-examples">Examples</a> </p> </div> <p><a href="../camel-k/latest/" class="icon" title="Camel-K Manual "><img src="../_/img/logo-d-a567cee6fa.svg" alt="Apache Camel logo"><img src="../_/img/kubernetes-07ba46aaa2.svg" alt="Kubernetes logo"> </a></p> </div> <div class="box left"> <p><a href="../camel-kafka-connector/latest/" class="icon" title="Camel Kafka Connector Manual "><img src="../_/img/logo-d-a567cee6fa.svg" alt="Apache Camel logo"><img src="../_/img/apache-kafka-88809b7472.svg" alt="Apache Kafka logo"> </a></p> <div class="content"> <h2 id="camel-kafka-connector">Camel Kafka Connector</h2> <p>Camel Kafka Connector allows you to use all <a href="../components/latest/">Camel components</a> as <a href="http://kafka.apache.org/documentation/#connect" rel="noopener nofollow noreferrer">Kafka Connect</a> connectors, which, as a result, expands Kafka Connect compatibility by allowing Camel components to be used in the Kafka ecosystem.</p> <p> <a class="button dark" href="../camel-kafka-connector/latest/">Documentation</a> <a class="button light" href="https://github.com/apache/camel-kafka-connector/">Source</a> <a class="button light" href="https://github.com/apache/camel-kafka-connector-examples/">Examples</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="box right"> <div class="content"> <h2 id="camel-quarkus">Camel Quarkus</h2> <p>This project hosts the efforts to port and package most of the Camel components as Quarkus extensions. <a href="https://quarkus.io/" rel="noopener nofollow noreferrer">Quarkus</a> is a Java platform offering fast boot times and low memory footprint. 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Including autoconfiguration of the Camel context by auto-detecting Camel routes available in the Spring context and registers the key Camel utilities as beans. It also provides starters for the Camel components.</p> <p> <a class="button dark" href="../camel-spring-boot/latest/">Documentation</a> <a class="button light" href="https://github.com/apache/camel-spring-boot">Source</a> <a class="button light" href="https://github.com/apache/camel-spring-boot-examples">Examples</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="box right"> <div class="content"> <h2 id="camel-karaf">Camel Karaf</h2> <p><a href="https://karaf.apache.org/" rel="noopener nofollow noreferrer">Apache Karaf</a> makes running Apache Camel in the Karaf <a href="https://www.osgi.org/" rel="noopener nofollow noreferrer">OSGi</a> container.</p> <p> <a class="button dark" href="../camel-karaf/latest/">Documentation</a> <a class="button light" href="https://github.com/apache/camel-karaf">Source</a> <a class="button light" href="https://github.com/apache/camel-karaf-examples">Examples</a> </p> </div> <p><a href="../camel-karaf/latest/" class="icon" title="Camel Karaf Manual "><img src="../_/img/logo-d-a567cee6fa.svg" alt="Apache Camel logo"><img src="../_/img/apache-karaf-7bdb5ce2e3.svg" alt="Apache Karaf logo"> </a></p> </div> <div class="box left"> <p><a class="icon" title="Camel Karavan latest documentation"><img src="../_/img/logo-d-a567cee6fa.svg" alt="Apache Camel logo"><img src="../_/img/karavan-8621354711.svg" alt="Karavan logo"> </a></p> <div class="content"> <h2 id="camel-karavan">Camel Karavan</h2> <p>An Integration Toolkit aimed to increase developer performance through a graphical user interface to design and configure routes (EIP and REST) using Kamelets and Components, integration with runtimes and package, image build and deploy to Kubernetes out-of-the-box.</p> <p>Being deployed in Kubernetes, Karavan helps to manage projects, design and monitor integrations, Tekton pipeline to build and deploy integrations.</p> <p><a href="https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=camel-karavan.karavan" rel="noopener nofollow noreferrer">Karavan VS Code Extension</a> is integrated with <a href="../manual/camel-jbang.html">Camel Jbang</a> runtime for fast local development cycles.</p> <p>  <a class="button light" href="https://github.com/apache/camel-karavan">Source</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="box right"> <div class="content"> <h2 id="camel-jbang">Camel JBang</h2> <p>A Camel CLI (Command Line Interface) to easily install and get started with Apache Camel, in only a few minutes. 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