Cloud Foundry

Spec sheet

What it does

Cloud Foundry is an open-source application platform for building, testing, deploying, and scaling cloud-native apps across a choice of clouds, frameworks, and languages.Read 3 Oct 2026 · cloudfoundry.org

Purpose

Cloud Foundry is an open-source platform for building, testing, deploying, and scaling apps across a choice of cloud, framework, and language.Read 2 Oct 2026 · cloudfoundry.org

Intended users

The Foundation describes Cloud Foundry as serving developers, operators, and providers, and says its community targets companies of all sizes.Read 3 Oct 2026 · cloudfoundry.org

Audience

The Foundation describes Cloud Foundry as serving developers, operators, providers, end users, software vendors, and systems integrators.Read 2 Oct 2026 · cloudfoundry.org

Deployment

Developers can deploy apps with a single `cf push` command.Read 2 Oct 2026 · cloudfoundry.org

Trial

SAP BTP offers a free 90-day trial that includes access to its Cloud Foundry runtime.Read 2 Oct 2026 · cloudfoundry.org

Security

Cloud Foundry documents API security using UAA and SSL, role-based access control, encrypted app configuration storage, and secure app containers.Read 2 Oct 2026 · docs.cloudfoundry.org

Support

The Cloud Foundry site links users to technical documentation, training, and technical support resources.Read 2 Oct 2026 · cloudfoundry.org

Headquarters

San Francisco, California, United StatesRead 28 Sep 2026 · cloudfoundry.org

Founded

2009Read 28 Sep 2026 · cloudfoundry.org

Company

The Cloud Foundry Foundation is a directed fund of the Linux Foundation that supports development, promotion, and adoption of Cloud Foundry.Read 2 Oct 2026 · cloudfoundry.org

Authentication

Cloud Foundry UAA supports OAuth, OpenID Connect, SAML, LDAP, and SCIM, with single sign-on and user and group management features.Read 2 Oct 2026 · docs.cloudfoundry.org

Buildpacks

Cloud Foundry supports developer frameworks out of the box and can be extended with community buildpacks.Read 2 Oct 2026 · cloudfoundry.org

CLI operating systems

The cf CLI installation documentation covers Windows, macOS, and Linux.Read 3 Oct 2026 · docs.cloudfoundry.org

Deployment workflow

The site says developers can push code to a running app with a single `cf push` command.Read 3 Oct 2026 · cloudfoundry.org

Development tools

Cloud Foundry says it integrates with developer environments and tools, including CI/CD and IDEs.Read 3 Oct 2026 · cloudfoundry.org

Identity

UAA provides OAuth2-based identity and access, and supports external LDAP and SAML user stores.Read 3 Oct 2026 · docs.cloudfoundry.org

Kubernetes

Cloud Foundry is described as supporting applications on Kubernetes clusters, and Korifi can install a Cloud Foundry instance on Kubernetes.Read 3 Oct 2026 · cloudfoundry.org

Language support

The homepage lists Java, Node, Go, Python, PHP, Ruby, and .NET, and says the platform can be extended through community buildpacks.Read 3 Oct 2026 · cloudfoundry.org

Languages

The site lists Java, Node, Go, Python, PHP, Ruby, and .NET as supported languages.Read 2 Oct 2026 · cloudfoundry.org

Provider options

The official provider page lists hosted offerings from anynines, STACKIT, SAP BTP, and Cloud.gov, plus a local Kubernetes option through Korifi.Read 3 Oct 2026 · cloudfoundry.org

Providers

The Foundation lists anynines, STACKIT, SAP BTP, and Cloud.gov among Cloud Foundry provider options.Read 2 Oct 2026 · cloudfoundry.org

Security controls

Documented protections include container isolation, encrypted connections, role-based access controls, and measures against resource-starvation denial-of-service attacks.Read 3 Oct 2026 · docs.cloudfoundry.org

Security limitation

Cloud Foundry documentation says BOSH does not encrypt data stored on BOSH virtual machines; the underlying infrastructure provider might encrypt it.Read 3 Oct 2026 · docs.cloudfoundry.org

Security reporting

The Cloud Foundry Foundation Security Team accepts private reports of vulnerabilities in open-source Cloud Foundry codebases and coordinates investigation.Read 2 Oct 2026 · cloudfoundry.org

Service integrations

Services integrate through the Service Broker API, which lets brokers advertise service offerings and plans and handle provisioning and binding.Read 3 Oct 2026 · docs.cloudfoundry.org

Support and learning

Cloud Foundry links to technical support, documentation, free tutorials, and a free online course.Read 3 Oct 2026 · cloudfoundry.org

Trial availability

The provider page states that SAP BTP offers a free 90-day trial of its Cloud Foundry runtime.Read 3 Oct 2026 · cloudfoundry.org

Where Specifiction places it

• Platform As A Service Paas Software#4 of 278.4
• Cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS) Software#5 of 318.3
• PaaS tools#5 of 318.3