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Apache Software Foundation — Contributor → committer → PMC membership (merit-based)

Open-source programmes · Apache Software Foundation

The record at a glance. Every line is drawn from the programme's own pages.
TypeOpen-source programmes
OrganisationApache Software Foundation
Open toGlobal
CostFree to apply. No fee appears on the programme's own pages; this is an absence of a fee rather than a quoted statement.
CycleRolling
DeadlineContinuous
SelectionNot stated
EvidenceChecked against the programme's own pages on 17 September 2026, which resolved and stated no fee. No capture is held for this record.

What this is

Apache Software Foundation — Contributor → committer → PMC membership (merit-based) is a open-source programmes run by Apache Software Foundation. Open to global. Free to apply. No fee appears on the programme's own pages; this is an absence of a fee rather than a quoted statement.

Eligibility

Sustained contribution to any Apache project; election by peers

How you apply

Contributor → committer → PMC membership (merit-based)

When it closes

Rolling: applications are accepted continuously, or per event, rather than in one window.

Potential profile relevance

The activity type each pathway's published criteria name, and nothing more than that. This is a description of an activity, not an assessment of eligibility, and it is not legal advice — see the disclosures.

Activity type, matched to the criteria that name it.
PathwayActivity typeWhy it is listed
O-1AOriginal contribution
EB-1AOriginal contribution
EB-2 NIWOriginal contribution

Official source

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Dates, criteria and eligibility change. Everything on this page was read from the programme's own pages, and the page you open is the authority, not this one.

Checked against the programme's own pages on 17 September 2026, which resolved and stated no fee. No capture is held for this record.