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BifroMQ is a Java-based, high-performance, distributed MQTT broker with native multi-tenancy support, designed for large-scale connections and message delivery. BifroMQ has been incubating since 2025-04-22. ### Three most important unfinished issues to address before graduating: 1. Continue growing the contributor base outside the original team. 2. Encourage more user questions, feedback, and technical discussions to happen on the public dev mailing list. 3. Continue regular Apache releases and share release management work across more contributors. ### Are there any issues that the IPMC or ASF Board need to be aware of? No. ### How has the community developed since the last report? Community activity continued on GitHub and the dev mailing list. We are in the process of adding liaodongnian (GitHub: @liaodn) as a committer and PPMC member. He has been using BifroMQ in real deployments and has contributed issues, proposals, and patches. The community also started public design discussions for Tenon, a BifroMQ satellite project intended to provide data flow and data integration capabilities around BifroMQ. ### How has the project developed since the last report? Development continued steadily on the main repository. A new satellite repository, incubator-bifromq-tenon, has been added. ### How would you assess the podling's maturity? Please feel free to add your own commentary. - [ ] Initial setup - [ ] Working towards first release - [X] Community building - [ ] Nearing graduation - [ ] Other: ### Date of last release: 2026-01-28 ### When were the last committers or PPMC members elected? None so far. The vote to add liaodongnian (GitHub: @liaodn) as a committer and PPMC member has passed. The follow-up invitation and onboarding work is still in progress. ### Have your mentors been helpful and responsive? Our mentors have been helpful and responsive. ### Is the PPMC managing the podling's brand / trademarks? BifroMQ trademark has been transferred to ASF. We are not aware of any third-party misuse of the BifroMQ name or brand. ### Signed-off-by: - [ ] (bifromq) Christofer Dutz Comments: - [ ] (bifromq) Xiangdong Huang Comments: - [X] (bifromq) Calvin Kirs Comments: Great to see new PPMC member! - [X] (bifromq) Penghui Li Comments: Great to see the project keep moving forward - [ ] (bifromq) Sheng Wu Comments: ### IPMC/Shepherd notes:
BifroMQ is a Java-based, high-performance, distributed MQTT broker with
native multi-tenancy support, designed for large-scale connections and
message delivery.
BifroMQ has been incubating since 2025-04-22.
### Three most important unfinished issues to address before graduating:
1. Increase public exposure to expand the community user base and improve
project visibility.
2. Continue delivering regular releases, streamline the release
management process, and rotate the Release Manager role among key
contributors.
3. Grow community participation beyond the original contributors,
including attracting new reviewers and contributors.
### Are there any issues that the IPMC or ASF Board need to be aware of?
We understand that the trademark transfer has been completed based on
publicly available trademark ownership information (e.g. via
https://aiqicha.baidu.com/mark/s?q=BIFROMQ&t=7).
However, we would appreciate receiving an official confirmation from ASF (a
scanned copy of the signed transfer agreement would be sufficient) so that
our company can properly archive the transfer documentation for internal
compliance purposes.
### How has the community developed since the last report?
We have observed increasing activity on GitHub and the dev@ mailing list.
Our mentor (Chris) helped initiate a valuable discussion with the Apache
IoTDB community, which may lead to potential collaboration between the two
projects.
We have set up a WeChat Account (“BifroMQ”) to publish Chinese translations
of release announcements. All published content is derived from or links
back to the official Apache BifroMQ website, and the account is not used
for community discussions.
### How has the project developed since the last report?
We completed our first incubating release after 3 RC votes.
### How would you assess the podling's maturity?
Please feel free to add your own commentary.
- [ ] Initial setup
- [ ] Working towards first release
- [X] Community building
- [ ] Nearing graduation
- [ ] Other:
### Date of last release:
2026-01-28
### When were the last committers or PPMC members elected?
None so far
### Have your mentors been helpful and responsive?
Are things falling through the cracks? If so, please list any
open issues that need to be addressed.
Our mentors have been helpful and responsive.
### Is the PPMC managing the podling's brand / trademarks?
Are 3rd parties respecting and correctly using the podlings
name and brand? If not what actions has the PPMC taken to
correct this? Has the VP, Brand approved the project name?
We attempted to rename our WeChat account by adding the “Apache” prefix,
based on PPMC consensus reached on the private mailing list. However, the
request was rejected by the WeChat platform due to tightened naming
policies, which now require an official authorization document from ASF to
use “Apache” as an account prefix.
We would appreciate guidance on whether there is a formal ASF process to
request such an authorization letter for external platform compliance
purposes.
### Signed-off-by:
- [ ] (bifromq) Christofer Dutz
Comments:
- [ ] (bifromq) Xiangdong Huang
Comments:
- [X] (bifromq) Calvin Kirs
Comments:
- [ ] (bifromq) Penghui Li
Comments:
- [ ] (bifromq) Sheng Wu
Comments:
### IPMC/Shepherd notes:
BifroMQ is a Java-based, high-performance, distributed MQTT broker with native multi-tenancy support, designed for large-scale connections and message delivery. BifroMQ has been incubating since 2025-04-22. ### Three most important unfinished issues to address before graduating: 1. Complete the first Apache Incubator release and establish a regular release cadence. 2. Increase public communication on dev@ and ensure all project decisions and planning are captured on the mailing list. 3. Grow community participation beyond the original contributors, including attracting new reviewers and contributors. ### Are there any issues that the IPMC or ASF Board need to be aware of? The primary concern is low traffic on the dev@ list and limited visibility of development discussions. Recent mentor feedback highlighted the need to move architectural decisions, release planning, and prioritization discussions onto dev@ to comply with ASF governance expectations. In addition, regarding the “BifroMQ” trademark transfer in China: in response to a time-limited office action from the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA), Baidu submitted the requested supplemental materials before the deadline. We are now waiting for an update from ASF on the status and next steps. ### How has the community developed since the last report? Community activity on GitHub remains steady, but public communication has been low. Following mentor feedback, the PPMC began improving transparency by starting public discussion threads, including a DISCUSS thread for the first release. We also launched the “BifroMQ” WeChat Official Account to support outreach to the Chinese-speaking community. The account name currently uses “BifroMQ” (without the “Apache” prefix) because the platform requires formal authorization to use “Apache” in the account name. The account description clearly identifies the project as “Apache BifroMQ (Incubating)”. Official project discussions and decisions continue to happen on the mailing list. ### How has the project developed since the last report? Work toward the first incubator release has been completed, including architectural refactoring, API stabilization, and Apache compliance work (LICENSE/NOTICE, headers, package renaming, distribution scripts). A DISCUSS thread(https://github.com/apache/bifromq/discussions/192) for the 4.0.0-incubating release has been opened to gather community feedback before preparing RC1. A significant amount of work came from supporting an early enterprise adopter running BifroMQ in production, resulting in important optimizations and bug fixes now included in the upcoming release. ### How would you assess the podling's maturity? Please feel free to add your own commentary. - [ ] Initial setup - [X] Working towards first release - [ ] Community building - [ ] Nearing graduation - [ ] Other: ### Date of last release: 2025-02-25 ### When were the last committers or PPMC members elected? No new committers or PPMC members have been added since incubation started. ### Have your mentors been helpful and responsive? Yes, our mentors are very helpful. ### Is the PPMC managing the podling's brand / trademarks? Yes. The podling name “BifroMQ” has been reviewed by the VP, Brand. We are not aware of any misuse by third parties. For outreach to the Chinese-speaking community, we have created a WeChat Official Account currently named “BifroMQ”. The platform requires an authorization document to use “Apache” in the account name, so we are temporarily using “BifroMQ” as the account name while clearly stating “Apache BifroMQ (Incubating)” in the description. We would appreciate guidance from ASF (Incubator and Brand) on the proper process to obtain authorization for using the full “Apache BifroMQ” name for this account, so that we can align fully with the Incubator publicity policy. ### Signed-off-by: - [X] (bifromq) Christofer Dutz Comments: The "last release" was a pre-Apache release. Since I last brought up the issue of the lack of public discussions, more discsussions are showing up. I hope the project will continue doing that and not only for trivial things. - [ ] (bifromq) Xiangdong Huang Comments: - [ ] (bifromq) Calvin Kirs Comments: - [X] (bifromq) Penghui Li Comments: LGTM - [ ] (bifromq) Sheng Wu Comments: ### IPMC/Shepherd notes:
BifroMQ is a Java-based, high-performance, distributed MQTT broker with native multi-tenancy support, designed for large-scale connections and message delivery. BifroMQ has been incubating since 2025-04-22. ### Three most important unfinished issues to address before graduating: 1. Complete the first incubator release. 2. Gain more public exposure and user base. 3. Attract more contributors. ### Are there any issues that the IPMC or ASF Board need to be aware of? We received confirmation from Mark that the paperwork for the trademark transfer has been submitted. The process is expected to take around six months to complete. ### How has the community developed since the last report? 1. One contributor joined the community. 2. A press release was published via a company media channel to promote Apache BifroMQ. 3. One of the largest smart home appliance companies adopted Apache BifroMQ. ### How has the project developed since the last report? 1. Working toward a code freeze for the first incubator release (9 PRs merged). 2. Fixed multiple issues identified in real production usage. ### How would you assess the podling's maturity? Please feel free to add your own commentary. - [ ] Initial setup - [X] Working towards first release - [ ] Community building - [ ] Nearing graduation - [ ] Other: ### Date of last release: 2025-02-25 ### When were the last committers or PPMC members elected? None since entering the incubator. ### Have your mentors been helpful and responsive? Yes, we have received helpful guidance. ### Is the PPMC managing the podling's brand / trademarks? The transfer of BifroMQ’s trademark is in progress. ### Signed-off-by: - [ ] (bifromq) Christofer Dutz Comments: - [ ] (bifromq) Xiangdong Huang Comments: - [X] (bifromq) Calvin Kirs Comments: - [X] (bifromq) Penghui Li Comments: Good progress on stabilizing the project and preparing for the first release. Encouraging to see ongoing community growth. - [ ] (bifromq) Sheng Wu Comments: ### IPMC/Shepherd notes:
BifroMQ is a Java-based, high-performance, distributed MQTT broker with native multi-tenancy support, designed for large-scale connections and message delivery. BifroMQ has been incubating since 2025-04-22. ### Three most important unfinished issues to address before graduating: 1. Complete the first incubator release 2. Gain more public exposure and grow the community ### Are there any issues that the IPMC or ASF Board need to be aware of? The signed documents for transferring the trademark have been accepted. We are waiting for the process to be completed and for a copy of the ASF-stamped agreement, so we can complete the donation contract workflow. ### How has the community developed since the last report? I attended Apache Community Over Code Asia and spoke at the Incubator Track, making connections with potential users and adopters. ### How has the project developed since the last report? * We are working toward a code freeze for the first incubator release * Updated the website with a detailed contribution guide in the community section ### How would you assess the podling's maturity? Please feel free to add your own commentary. - [X] Initial setup - [X] Working towards first release - [ ] Community building - [ ] Nearing graduation - [ ] Other: ### Date of last release: 2025-02-25 ### When were the last committers or PPMC members elected? None since entering the incubator ### Have your mentors been helpful and responsive? Yes, we get helpful and timely guidance from the mentors ### Is the PPMC managing the podling's brand / trademarks? The transfer of BifroMQ’s trademark is in progress. ### Signed-off-by: - [ ] (bifromq) Christofer Dutz Comments: - [ ] (bifromq) Xiangdong Huang Comments: - [X] (bifromq) Calvin Kirs Comments: - [ ] (bifromq) Penghui Li Comments: - [ ] (bifromq) Sheng Wu Comments: ### IPMC/Shepherd notes:
BifroMQ is a Java-based, high-performance, distributed MQTT broker with native multi-tenancy support, designed for large-scale connections and message delivery. BifroMQ has been incubating since 2025-04-22. ### Three most important unfinished issues to address before graduating: 1. The first incubator release 2. Community growth ### Are there any issues that the IPMC or ASF Board need to be aware of? None at this time. ### How has the community developed since the last report? * Migrated the official website to ASF infrastructure and updated the contents to comply with ASF requirements. * Published roadmap on the website to address common concerns from potential contributors. ### How has the project developed since the last report? We are still working on the first incubator release, but have completed the following tasks: * Added license headers to all source files and set up a corresponding CI action for checking * Updated LICENSE and NOTICE files with third-party dependency information for both source and binary distributions * Renamed all Java packages to `org.apache.bifromq.*` ### How would you assess the podling's maturity? Please feel free to add your own commentary. - [X] Initial setup - [X] Working towards first release - [ ] Community building - [ ] Nearing graduation - [ ] Other: ### Date of last release: 2025-02-25 ### When were the last committers or PPMC members elected? None since joining the incubator ### Have your mentors been helpful and responsive? Yes, we get helpful and timely guidance from the mentors ### Is the PPMC managing the podling's brand / trademarks? The transfer of BifroMQ’s trademark is in progress. ### Signed-off-by: - [X] (bifromq) Christofer Dutz Comments: So far not much discussion has been happening on any of the mailing-lists. - [ ] (bifromq) Xiangdong Huang Comments: - [X] (bifromq) Calvin Kirs Comments: Things are going well, The new website looks great. - [ ] (bifromq) Penghui Li Comments: - [ ] (bifromq) Sheng Wu Comments: ### IPMC/Shepherd notes:
BifroMQ is a Java-based, high-performance, distributed MQTT broker with native multi-tenancy support, designed for large-scale connections and message delivery. BifroMQ has been incubating since 2025-04-22. ### Three most important unfinished issues to address before graduating: 1. Successful repository migration and completion of the first release process 2. Website building and grow the community 3. Complete the Trademark Assignment process ### Are there any issues that the IPMC or ASF Board need to be aware of? Baidu manages the SGA, CCLA, and Trademark Assignment as a unified "Corporate Contract" workflow. The SGA and CCLA documents have been successfully submitted to the ASF. We are eager to advance the Trademark Assignment process to finalize the Corporate Contract workflow, rather than delaying it until graduation from the incubator. ### How has the community developed since the last report? - Added 2 contributors since incubation began ### How has the project developed since the last report? - Two repositories have been transferred to the Apache GitHub organization (apache/bifromq, apache/bifromq-sites). ### How would you assess the podling's maturity? Please feel free to add your own commentary. - [X] Initial setup - [ ] Working towards first release - [ ] Community building - [ ] Nearing graduation - [ ] Other: ### Date of last release: 2025-02-25 ### When were the last committers or PPMC members elected? None since joining the incubator ### Have your mentors been helpful and responsive? Yes, we get helpful and timely guidance from the mentors ### Is the PPMC managing the podling's brand / trademarks? Yes, The name 'BifroMQ' has passed the name search: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PODLINGNAMESEARCH-237 ### Signed-off-by: - [ ] (bifromq) Christofer Dutz Comments: - [ ] (bifromq) Xiangdong Huang Comments: - [X] (bifromq) Calvin Kirs Comments: Progress is going well. - [ ] (bifromq) Penghui Li Comments: - [ ] (bifromq) Sheng Wu Comments: ### IPMC/Shepherd notes: