Apache® Livy, a REST service for Apache Spark™, becomes a Top-Level Project
Wilmington, DE – June 4, 2026 – The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), the global home of open source software the world relies on, today announced that Apachy Livy has become a Top-Level Project (TLP).
Apache Livy is a service that enables easy interaction with an Apache Spark cluster over a REST interface. It enables easy submission of Spark jobs or snippets of Spark code, synchronous or asynchronous result retrieval, as well as Spark Context management, all via a simple REST interface or an RPC client library. Apache Livy also simplifies the interaction between Spark and application servers, thus enabling the use of Spark for interactive web/mobile applications.
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