CommunityMonthly Report (January 27 - February 28)We have recently added some new features within Apache APISIX, including the ai-proxy-multi plugin that proxies to multiple LLM targets and _meta.pre_function that executes custom logic before the execution of each phase. For detailed information, please read the monthly report.
CommunityWhy We Are Reinventing API Gateways: The Story Behind Apache APISIXApache APISIX has quickly become a leading API gateway, with over 460 contributors and 15K+ GitHub stars. This article explores its journey from a small project to a widely-used, open-source solution,...
CommunityMonthly Report (January 01 - January 26)We have recently added a new feature within Apache APISIX, which supports anonymous consumers in authentication. For detailed information, please read the monthly report.
CommunityMonthly Report (December 01 - December 31)We have recently made some additions and improvements to specific features within Apache APISIX. The main improvements include the addition of supporting configuring response headers when using the limit-count plugin and supporting "system" ssl_trusted_certificate, among other enhancements. For detailed information, please read the monthly report.
CommunityBi-Monthly Report (October 01 - November 30)We have recently made some additions and improvements to specific features within Apache APISIX. The main improvements include the addition of ai-content-moderation and ai-rag plugins, and a total request panel in the Grafana dashboard among other enhancements. For detailed information, please read the bi-monthly report.
CommunityRelease Apache APISIX 3.11.0We are glad to present Apache APISIX 3.11.0 with exciting new features, bug fixes, and other improvements to user experiences.
CommunityMonthly Report (September 01 - September 30)We have recently made some additions and improvements to specific features within Apache APISIX. The main improvements include the addition of attach-consumer-label, ai-prompt-decorator, and ai-proxy plugins, as well as support for GCP Secret Manager, among other enhancements. For detailed information, please read the monthly report.
CommunityMonthly Report (August 01 - August 31)We have recently made some additions and improvements to specific features within Apache APISIX. The main improvements include adding ai-prompt-template plugin and supporting AWS Secrets Manager. For ...
CommunityRelease Apache APISIX 3.10.0We are glad to present Apache APISIX 3.10.0 with exciting new features, bug fixes, and other improvements to user experiences.
CommunityMonthly Report (July 01 - July 31)We have recently made some additions and improvements to specific features within Apache APISIX. The main improvement is moving the default values from config-default.yaml to a hardcoded Lua file. For detailed information, please read the monthly report.
CommunityMonthly Report (June 01 - June 30)We have recently made some additions and improvements to specific features within Apache APISIX. These include replacing YAML parser tinyyaml with lyaml, and supporting storing certificates and privat...
CommunityMonthly Report (May 01 - May 31)We have recently made some additions and improvements to specific features within Apache APISIX. These include supporting the hcv namespace in HashiCorp Vault and allowing setting headers in introspec...
CommunityMonthly Report (April 01 - April 30)We have recently made some additions and improvements to specific features within Apache APISIX. These include adding discovery k8s dump data interface, adding max req/resp body size attributes (max_resp_body_bytes and max_req_body_bytes) in the kafka-logger plugin, and autogenerating the admin API key if they are not configured in the configuration file. For detailed information, please read the monthly report.
CommunityRelease Apache APISIX 3.8.1We are glad to release Apache APISIX 3.8.1 with a bug fix to improve user experiences.
CommunityRelease Apache APISIX 3.9.1We are glad to release Apache APISIX 3.9.1 with a bug fix to improve user experiences.
CommunityFixing duplicate API requestsThe first rule of distributed systems is "Don’t distribute your system". Designing distributed systems right is infamously hard for multiple reasons.
CommunityMonthly Report (March 01 - March 31)We have recently made some additions and improvements to specific features within Apache APISIX. For detailed information, please read the monthly report.
CommunityRelease Apache APISIX 3.9.0We are glad to present Apache APISIX 3.9.0 with exciting new features, bug fixes, and other improvements to user experiences.
CommunityApache APISIX North America TourOnce in a while, I write non-technical blog posts when I've something worth sharing. Today, I'd like to write about my North America "Tour" across several conferences and user groups.
CommunityMonthly Report (January 29 - February 29)We have recently made some additions and improvements to specific features within Apache APISIX. For detailed information, please read the monthly report.
CommunityBiweekly Report (January 15 - January 28)We have recently added the ocsp-stapling plugin within Apache APISIX. Please read the bi-weekly report for more details.
CommunityBiweekly Report (January 01 - January 14)We have recently made some additions and improvements to specific features within Apache APISIX. The updates include the newly added includereq_body option for some log-related plugins, supporting one-click compilation and installation of apisix and apisix-runtime from source code, the response-rewrite plugin supporting Brotli compression when using the filters.regex option, and supporting the uri_param variable when using the radixtree_uri_with_parameter routing engine. For additional information, please consult the bi-weekly report.
CommunityRelease Apache APISIX 3.8.0We are glad to present Apache APISIX 3.8.0 with exciting new features, bug fixes, and other improvements to user experiences.
CommunityBiweekly Report (December 18 - December 31)We have recently made some additions and improvements to specific features within Apache APISIX. The updates include the limit-count plugin configuration supporting environment variables, the response-rewrite plugin supporting gzip when using the filters.regex option, and upgrading OpenSSL 1.1.1 to OpenSSL 3.0 version. For additional information, please consult the bi-weekly report.
CommunityBiweekly Report (December 04 - December 17)We have recently made some additions and improvements to specific features within Apache APISIX. The updates include adding jwe decrypt and brotli plugins, adding more attributes to openid-connect plugin, allowing CORS plugin to support Timing-Allow-Origin, and using lua-resty-events as the default event mechanism. For additional information, please consult the bi-weekly report.
CommunityBiweekly Report (November 20 - December 03)We have recently made some additions and improvements to specific features within Apache APISIX. The updates include adding a multi-auth plugin, adding the required scopes configuration property to openid-connect plugin, and enhancing the body-transformer plugin. For additional information, please consult the bi-weekly report.
CommunityBiweekly Report (November 06 - November 19)We have recently made some fixes and improvements to specific features within Apache APISIX. The update includes supporting Nacos AK/SK authentication. For additional information, please consult the b...
CommunityRelease Apache APISIX 3.7.0We are glad to present Apache APISIX 3.7.0 with exciting new features, bug fixes, and other improvements to user experiences.
CommunityBiweekly Report (October 23 - November 05)We have recently made some fixes and improvements to specific features within Apache APISIX. These updates include supporting variable export for the zipkin plugin and switching install-dependencies from apisix-base to apisix-runtime. For additional information, please consult the bi-weekly report.
CommunityBiweekly Report (October 09 - October 22)We have recently made some fixes and improvements to specific features within Apache APISIX. These updates include upgrading lua-resty-healthcheck to version 3.2.0, adding support for configuring services in stream route, enhancing authz-keycloak plugin to support encryption using secrets, and updating the openid-connect plugin to support authorization_params. For additional information, please consult the bi-weekly report.
CommunityEmbrace the Lightweight APISIX Ingress Controller Without etcd DependencyThe innovative architecture of the APISIX Ingress Controller eliminates the dependency on a standalone etcd cluster, greatly simplifying maintenance costs and system complexity.
CommunityBiweekly Report (September 25 - October 08)We have recently made some fixes and improvements to specific features within Apache APISIX. These updates include adding support for the specified resolv.conf file in DNS service discovery, enabling the traffic-split plugin to work with HTTPS, and introducing ACL token support for Consul service discovery. For additional information, please consult the bi-weekly report.
CommunityEmbracing GitOps: APISIX's New Feature for Declarative ConfigurationAPISIX strengthens its integration with modern development and operational workflows by introducing the declarative configuration tool, ADC.
CommunityRelease Apache APISIX 3.6.0We are glad to present Apache APISIX 3.6.0 with exciting new features, bug fixes, and other improvements to user experiences.
CommunityBiweekly Report (September 11 - September 24)We have recently made some fixes and improvements to specific features within Apache APISIX. These changes involve utilizing xrpc to support the dubbo protocol, enabling the recording of OpenTelemetry variables in the access_log, and allowing modification of request bodies in external plugins. For additional information, please consult the biweekly report.
CommunityDiscover What's Next: APISIX 3.5 PreviewAPISIX 3.5 introduces a series of exciting new features that will bring users a higher level of security, performance, and scalability, thereby providing users with more choices and making it more con...
CommunityBiweekly Report (August 28 - September 10)We have recently made fixes and improvements to certain features of Apache APISIX and APISIX Ingress Controller. These include providing native JSON data structure input support for the wasm plugin, adding UNIX socket listening support for the chaitin-waf plugin, and introducing the ability to remove the etcd dependency required by APISIX within the APISIX Ingress to reduce architectural complexity. For more details, please refer to the biweekly report.
CommunityRelease Apache APISIX 3.5.0We are pleased to present Apache APISIX 3.5.0 with exciting new features and improvements to user experiences.
CommunityBiweekly Report (August 14 - August 27)We have recently made fixes and improvements to certain features of Apache APISIX and APISIX Ingress Controller. These include adding proxy configuration item for openid-connect plugin, fixing DNS resolution issue for tencent-cloud-cls, adding pass host configuration capability for ApisixUpstream resource, upgrading Go toolchain to v1.20, etc. For more details, please refer to the biweekly report.
CommunityBiweekly Report (July 31 - August 13)We have recently made fixes and improvements to certain features of Apache APISIX. These include supporting the chaitin-waf plugin, configuring TLS handshake protocol for specified SNI, configuring YAML file for rendering environment variables, and ensuring that the limit-count plugin returns the correct X-RateLimit-Reset when rejecting requests. For more details, please refer to the biweekly report.
CommunityBiweekly Report (July 17 - July 30)We have recently fixed or improved some features of Apache APISIX, including fixing lua-resty-jwt security issues, disallowing the simultaneous configuration of allowlist and denylist in ua-restriction, fixing the configuration of the google-cloud-logging plugin, and allowing the sending of headers upstream returned by OPA server. For more details, please read this biweekly report.
CommunityRelease Apache APISIX 3.2.2We are pleased to present Apache APISIX 3.2.2 with a list of fixes and optimizations.
CommunityRelease Apache APISIX 3.4.1We are pleased to present Apache APISIX 3.4.1 with a security patch for JWT.
CommunityBiweekly Report (July 03 - July 16)We have recently fixed and improved some features of Apache APISIX, including updates to the mock plugin which now supports adding headers, resolution of an error in the limit-count plugin when using ...
CommunityAccelerating API Gateway Excellence: Apache APISIX Community Meetup in MalaysiaKuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia, witnessed the success of the 2023 APISIX open-source Community Meetup on July 4th.
CommunityBiweekly Report (June 19 - July 02)We have recently fixed and improved some features of Apache APISIX, including optimizing the use of Prometheus, fixing the body-transformer and log-rotate plugins, and adding an annotation to allow re...
CommunityRelease Apache APISIX 3.4.0We are pleased to present Apache APISIX 3.4.0 with exciting new features and performance improvements.
CommunityBiweekly Report (June 06 - June 18)From 6.06 to 6.18, 21 contributors submitted 32 commits for Apache APISIX. Thank you for your contributions to Apache APISIX.
CommunityBiweekly Report (May 23 - June 5)From 5.23 to 6.05, 20 contributors submitted 37 commits for Apache APISIX. Thank you for your contributions to Apache APISIX.
CommunityRelease Apache APISIX 3.2.1APISIX 3.2.1 version is officially released, fixing many bugs and improving user experience.
CommunityBiweekly Report (May 08 - May 22)From 5.08 to 5.22, 24 contributors submitted 44 commits for Apache APISIX. Thank you for your contributions to Apache APISIX.
CommunityBiweekly Report (Apr 24 - May 07)From 4.24 to 5.07, 20 contributors submitted 28 commits for Apache APISIX. Thank you for your contributions to Apache APISIX.
CommunityRelease Apache APISIX 3.3.0The Apache APISIX 3.3.0 version is officially released. This version provides better performance in multi-domain matching scenarios.
CommunityBiweekly Report (Apr 10 - Apr 23)From 4.10 to 4.23, 30 contributors submitted 51 commits for Apache APISIX. Thank you for your contributions to Apache APISIX.
CommunityBiweekly Report (Mar 27 - Apr 9)From 3.27 to 4.9, 24 contributors submitted 44 commits for Apache APISIX. Thank you for your contributions to Apache APISIX.
CommunityBiweekly Report (Mar 13 - Mar 26)From 3.13 to 3.26, 25 contributors submitted 54 commits for Apache APISIX. Thank you for your contributions to Apache APISIX.
CommunityBiweekly Report (Feb 27 - Mar 12)From 2.27 to 3.12, 29 contributors submitted 74 commits for Apache APISIX. Thank you for your contributions to Apache APISIX.
CommunityRelease Apache APISIX 3.2.0As the first LTS version since the 3.0 version, APISIX 3.2.0 is officially released! This release is a significant milestone for the 3.x era to replace the 2.x era.
CommunityBiweekly Report (Feb 13 - Feb 26)From 2.13 to 2.26, 23 contributors submitted 51 commits for Apache APISIX. Thank you for your contributions to Apache APISIX.
CommunityRelease Apache APISIX 3.1.0Apache APISIX 3.1.0 is officially released! This version brings a lot of functional support on the security level and adds a built-in debugging plugin, to optimize the experience of using APISIX.
CommunityWhy Is Apache APISIX the Best API Gateway?Why is Apache APISIX the best API Gateway? We will compare multiple API gateways (Kong, Tyk, Gloo) in terms of the popularity among developers, their open source licenses, their performances, and the ...
CommunityBiweekly Report (Jul 16 - Jul 31)From Jul 16th to Jul 31th, 28 contributors submitted 93 commits for Apache APISIX. Thank you all for your contributions to Apache APISIX. It is your selfless contribution to make the Apache APISIX pro...
CommunityRelease Apache APISIX Ingress v1.5-rc1Apache APISIX Ingress Controller v1.5-rc1 is officially released. Bring API Version upgrades, Gateway API support, and updates to Ingress resources.
CommunityRelease Apache APISIX 2.15Apache APISIX 2.15 is officially released! You can customize plugin priority and whether the plugin is executed, custom error response, and indicators to support the monitoring of four layers of traff...
CommunityBiweekly Report (Jul 1 - Jul 15)From Jul 1st to Jul 15th, 28 contributors submitted 99 commits for Apache APISIX. Thank you all for your contributions to Apache APISIX. It is your selfless contribution to make the Apache APISIX proj...
CommunityBiweekly Report (Jun 16 - Jun 30)From Jun 16th to Jun 30th, 29 contributors submitted 98 commits for Apache APISIX. Thank you all for your contributions to Apache APISIX. It is your selfless contribution to make the Apache APISIX pro...
CommunityEcosystemGetting Started with APISIX Test CasesThis article introduces the test case of APISIX and how to write the test case, and shows the actual operation effect from the local and GitHub.
CommunityBiweekly Report (Jun 1 - Jun 15)From Jun 1st to Jun 15th, 30 contributors submitted 73 commits for Apache APISIX. Thank you all for your contributions to Apache APISIX!
CommunityBiweekly Report (May 16th - May 31th)From May 16th to May 31th, 33 contributors submitted 96 commits for Apache APISIX. Thank you all for your contributions to Apache APISIX!
CommunityRelease Apache APISIX 2.14.1Exploratory release - Apache APISIX 2.14.1 is officially released. This release supports not only service discovery on the control plane, but also Istio, a WebSocket-based pubsub proxy framework, and ...
CommunityBiweekly Report (May 1 - May 15)From May 1st to May 15th, 35 contributors submitted 77 commits for Apache APISIX. Thank you all for your contributions to Apache APISIX!
CommunityBiweekly Report (Apr 15 - Apr 30)From April 15th to April 30th, 28 contributors submitted 88 commits for Apache APISIX. Thank you all for your contributions to Apache APISIX.
CommunityInterview with JU Zhiyuan: Becoming One of the 918 ASF Members, I Felt Thrilled and ProudJU Zhiyuan, a PPMC member of Apache APISIX, was elected to be one of the 918 ASF Members in March 2022. In this interview, Zhiyuan shared his experience with open source and his self-learning journey ...
CommunityBiweekly Report (Apr 1 - Apr 14)From April 1st to April 14th, 36 contributors submitted 75 commits for Apache APISIX. Thank you all for your contributions to Apache APISIX.
CommunityApache APISIX Summit ASIA 2022 is comingThe Apache APISIX community will organize the Apache APISIX Summit ASIA 2022 on May 20-21, 2022.
CommunityRelease Apache APISIX 2.13.0Apache APISIX community has rolled out a new LTS version, 2.13.0. This version not only delivers more stable performance, but also supports more observability and service discovery plugins, as well as...
CommunityBiweekly Report (Mar 1st - Mar 14th)From March 1st to March 14th, 44 contributors submitted 131 commits for Apache APISIX. Thank you all for your contributions to Apache APISIX. It is your selfless contribution to make the Apache APISI...
CommunityBiweekly Report (Feb 15 - Feb 28)From 2.15 to 2.28, 43 contributors submitted 101 commits for Apache APISIX. Thank you all for your contributions to Apache APISIX. It is your selfless contribution to make the Apache APISIX project be...
CommunityBiweekly Report (Feb 1 - Feb 14)From 2.1 to 2.14, 25 contributors submitted 55 commits for Apache APISIX. Thank you all for your contributions to Apache APISIX. It is your selfless contribution to make the Apache APISIX project bett...
CommunityRelease Apache APISIX 2.12.0Following the release of version 2.11.0, Apache APISIX will also bring you the first version with new features in 2022 during the upcoming Spring Festival.
CommunityWebinar | APISIX in QingCloud! on January 28th,the Apache APISIX community is joining forces with the QingCloud to bring you an online sharing session.
CommunityBiweekly Report (Jan 1 - Jan 16)From 1.1 to 1.16, 29 contributors submitted 81 commits for Apache APISIX. Thank you all for your contributions to Apache APISIX.
CommunityWebinar | From API to DatabaseOn January 15th, the Apache APISIX community is joining forces with the Apache Shardingsphere community to bring you an online sharing session.
CommunityBiweekly Report (Dec 16 - Dec 31)From 12.16 to 12.31, 33 contributors submitted 90 commits for Apache APISIX. Thank you all for your contributions to Apache APISIX.
CommunityBiweekly Report (Dec 1 - Dec 15)From 12.1 to 12.15, 38 contributors submitted 114 commits for Apache APISIX. Thank you all for your contributions to Apache APISIX. It is your selfless contribution to make the Apache APISIX project b...
CommunityWebinar | Apache APISIX × Apache RocketMQ Online MeetupOn December 26th, the Apache APISIX community is joining forces with the Apache RocketMQ community to bring you an online sharing session.
CommunityBiweekly Report (Nov.15 - Nov.30)From 11.15 to 11.30, 37 contributors submitted 87 commits for Apache APISIX. Thank you all for your contributions to Apache APISIX. It is your selfless contribution to make the Apache APISIX project b...
CommunityRelease Apache APISIX 2.11.0Apache APISIX 2.11.0 is officially released, which is the first version with new features after 2.10.0 LTS.
CommunityContributer to Committer journey @Apache APISIXIn this article, Shivam Singh (@1502shivam-singh) gives a brief of his journey from starting out in the Apache APISIX community, from a contributor to an Apache member and APISIX committer. His journey can help other people looking to startup in the Apache APISIX community or Open Source in general.
CommunityWeekly Report (Sep 1 - Sep 14)From 11.1 to 11.14, 28 contributors submitted 114 commits for Apache APISIX. Thank you all for your contributions to Apache APISIX. It is your selfless contribution to make the Apache APISIX project b...
CommunityWeekly Report (Oct.15 - Oct.31)From 10.15 to 10.31, 31 contributors submitted 93 commits for Apache APISIX. Thank you all for your contributions to Apache APISIX. It is your selfless contribution to make the Apache APISIX project b...
EcosystemCommunityHow APISIX Ingress grown from 0 to 1This article describes the growth of APISIX Ingress and the details of the enhancements and community help that APISIX Ingress has received since joining the community.
CommunityWebinar | Apache APISIX × Apache SkyWalking Online MeetupOn October 23rd, the Apache APISIX community is joining forces with the Apache SkyWalking community to bring you an online sharing session.
CommunityBieekly Report (Oct 1 - Oct 14)From 10.1 to 10.14, 27 developers have committed 67 commits to Apache APISIX. Thank you to these folks for making the Apache APISIX project better with your selfless efforts!
CommunityNew milestone for APISIX - over 300 contributors worldwide!The Apache APISIX community has reached a new milestone of 300 contributors worldwide to projects related to Apache APISIX! Only 3 months have passed since the Apache APISIX main repository reached the 200 contributor milestone! Thank you to the community contributors for their outstanding contributions in all aspects of code, documentation, operations, and more.
EcosystemCommunityGet started with Apache APISIX Ingress from concept to practiceJintao Zhang, Apache APISIX Committer, Kubernetes Ingress Nginx Reviewer, and contributor to several cloud-native open source projects.
CommunityApache APISIX community members help openEuler release first innovation versionZexuan Luo and Ming Wen from the Apache APISIX community have done a lot of work in the first community innovation release of openEuler on September 30 (openEuler 21.09), contributed a lot to the OpenResty migration effort, allowing OpenResty to run smoothly and efficiently on the Euler open source OS. The stable operation of OpenResty also means that Apache APISIX can run smoothly on the openEuler system, and the underlying Apache APISIX is based on OpenResty for some development.
CommunityBiweekly Report (Sep 13 - Sep 30)From 9.13 to 9.30, 32 developers have committed 93 commits to Apache APISIX. Thank you to these folks for making the Apache APISIX project better with your selfless efforts!
CommunityBiWeekly Report (Aug 30 - Sep 15)33 developers have committed 130 commits to Apache APISIX in the last two weeks since 8.30. Thank you to the following people for adding to Apache APISIX (in no particular order), your selfless work m...
CommunityHow can I contribute to an open source project without writing code?This article describes many ways to contribute to open source projects without writing code. You can get involved in open source projects by writing articles, making videos, sharing them externally, b...
CommunityWebinar｜ Apache APISIX Ingress Community MeetingWith the release of Apache APISIX Ingress Controller version 1.0, more and more developers have started to pay attention to the Apache APISIX Ingress solution. The Apache APISIX community hopes to establish a more direct communication channel with users and developers in the community to help them understand the development direction and development plans of Apache APISIX Ingress. We hope that every user and developer's voice will be heard. Therefore, the Apache APISIX community has started to organize bi-weekly online community meetings.
CommunityApache APISIX Meetup in ShanghaiEvent review: Apache APISIX Meetup Shanghai topic sharing and video review.
CommunityApacheCon Asia 2021ApacheCon is the official global conference series of the Apache Software Foundation. Since 1998, ApacheCon has been attracting participants at all levels to explore the "technologies of tomorrow" in ...
CommunityApache APISIX Meetup in Shanghai, welcome to register!This Meetup is initiated by api7.ai, and invited partners such as iQiYi and Airwallex to present it. Apache APISIX PMC members, contributors, and community technical experts gathered to discuss Apache APISIX community development, industry practices, and other topics.
CommunityContributors — The Golden Metric of OpenSource ProjectsAccording to GitHub’s statistics in 2020, over 60 million new repositories were added, and more than 56 million developers worked on OpenSource projects. By 2025, the number of developers working on O...
CommunityMy first PR in the Apache APISIX communityThis interview is about Zhengsong Tu's journey from an open source community nerd to an APISIX committer for Apache's top open source project. Zhengsong Tu (GitHub ID: tzssangglass) was elected as an ...
CommunityApacheCon Asia 2021: Apache APISIX Technical TopicsApacheCon is the official global conference series of the Apache Software Foundation. Since 1998, ApacheCon has been attracting participants at all levels to explore the "technologies of tomorrow" acr...
CommunityLive | Apache APISIX x KubernetesOn Friday, July 23rd, 2021 at 00:00 GMT, Apache APISIX committer Jintao Zhang will share the topic "Run Apache APISIX in Kubernetes" at the Data on Kubernetes Community Meetup for developers around th...
CommunityApache APISIX has over 200 contributors in GitHub main repo! Apache APISIX has over 200 contributors in GitHub main repo!
CommunityRelease Apache APISIX 2.7.0Apache APISIX 2.7.0 has been released! Welcome to download and use it.
CommunityAPISIX Ingress Controller 1.0 ReleaseApache APISIX Ingress Controller v1.0 has been released, supporting the use of custom resources including ApisixRoute, ApisixUpstream, and Kubernetes native Ingress resources to control external traffic access to services deployed in Kubernetes. services deployed in Kubernetes.
CommunityFirst Experience with Apache APISIX Shared by Student in OSPP 2020This interview features two students who participated in the Summer 2020 of Open Source Promotion Plan, both of whom are now Apache APISIX committers and OSPP 2021 mentors for APISIX-related projects.
CommunityApache APISIX Release 2.6.0Apache APISIX 2.6.0-Release is officially released! Welcome to download and use.
