The OSGi framework is a standardized module system and service platform for the Java programming language. The OSGi standards are defined in the OSGi Specification Project at Eclipse and published in OSGi specification documents such as the Core and Compendium specifications. These specifications contain chapters each of which describe a specific OSGi standard. This article contains a list of available implementations of OSGi standards, both commercial and open source implementations are included.
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Implementations realize specification chapter(s) from the OSGi specification documents.
Core Specification
Latest Specification Release: R8 Specification chapters: 2-10, 50-60, 101, 701 Specifications implemented by OSGi core frameworks. A compliant OSGi Framework must at least implement chapters 3-10 and 53-58.
Compendium Specification
Latest Specification Release: R8 Specification chapters: 100-117, 119-123, 125-128, 130, 132-138, 140, 147, 148, 150-155, 157-159, 702, 705-707
Enterprise Specification
Latest Specification Release: R7 Specification chapters: 100-102, 104-105, 107, 110, 112-113, 122-130, 132-135, 137, 138, 140, 147, 148, 150, 151, 152, 702, 705, 706, 707. The Enterprise Specification contains an enterprise-focused subset of the OSGi specifications. Certain Specification chapters are not yet in the Compendium Specification document because it was released before the Enterprise Specification.
Residential Specification
Latest Specification Release: R6 Specification chapters: Res2, Res3, 101-105, 107, 110-113, 117, 131, 135, 139, 141-146, 702, 705
The first release of the OSGi Residential Specification resolved the requirements of inter-operation with existing management systems and protocols, the need to remotely manage user applications life cycle as well as the need for large-scale deployments and adequate security. With this second release of the OSGi Residential Specification we introduce new specifications for abstracting devices, sensors, actuators, etc. from their corresponding communication protocols and facilitate the development of new innovative application and services. This release also contains specifications that address device connectivity via the EnOcean wireless protocol, USB and serial port. With the Resource Monitoring Specification, resources consumed by bundles can be monitored in order to fairly share resources and preserve the overall quality of service. The Network Interface Information Service Specification enables dynamic discovery of changes in the network interface.OSGi Alliance, OSGi Residential Specification Release 6, July 2015
Mobile Specification
Latest Specification Release: 4.0.1 Specification chapters: 101, 104-105, 109, 112-120, 701-702
Implementations
The following sections list implementations of OSGi specifications organized by chapter. The Version column indicates the OSGi specification version supported, not the project version. The Certification column indicates whether an implementation participates in the OSGi Certification Program. The exact version of certified implementations can be obtained from the relevant implementation projects. Note that the order in which projects appear in the tables below is alphabetically.
2: Security Latest Specification Version: 1.8 Implementation Specification Version Link Certification Apache Felix1.7 http://felix.apache.org|| Participates Eclipse Equinox 1.8 http://eclipse.org/equinox Participates Knopflerfish 1.7 http://www.knopflerfish.org|| Participates ProSyst 1.5 http://www.prosyst.com|| Participates
3 - 60: Core Framework Chapters 3-60 in the Core Release 8 specification.
The Core Release 8 specification comprises the following APIs, which every framework implementation must implement: Chapter 3: Module Layer, version 1.10 Chapter 4: Life Cycle Layer, version 1.10 Chapter 5: Service Layer, version 1.10 Chapter 6: Resource API Specification, version 1.0 Chapter 7: Bundle Wiring API Specification, version 1.2 Chapter 8: Framework Namespaces Specification, version 1.2 Chapter 9: Start Level API Specification, version 1.0 Chapter 10: Framework API Specification, which contains the following packages org.osgi.framework version 1.10 org.osgi.framework.launch version 1.2 org.osgi.resource version 1.0 org.osgi.framework.wiring version 1.2 org.osgi.framework.startlevel version 1.0 org.osgi.framework.namespace version 1.2 org.osgi.annotation.versioning version 1.1 org.osgi.annotation.bundle version 1.1 Chapter 53: Resolver Hook Service Specification, version 1.0 Chapter 54: Bundle Hook Service Specification, version 1.1 Chapter 55: Service Hook Service Specification, version 1.1 Chapter 56: Weaving Hook Service Specification, version 1.1 Chapter 57: Data Transfer Objects Specification, version 1.1 Chapter 58: Resolver Service Specification version 1.1 (was chapter 136 in Enterprise/Compendium R6 specs) Chapter 59: Condition Service Specification, version 1.0 Chapter 60: Connect Specification, version 1.0
Implementation Core Framework Release Link Certification Apache Felix 8 http://felix.apache.org|| Participates Concierge 5 https://www.eclipse.org/concierge Eclipse Equinox 8 http://eclipse.org/equinox Participates JBoss 4.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20110308161235/http://www.jboss.org/jbossas/osgi Hitachi 4.x http://www.hitachi-solutions.com/superj/sp/sjf/ Knopflerfish 6 http://www.knopflerfish.org|| Participates ProSyst 4.2 http://www.prosyst.com|| Participates
7: Package Admin Service (OSGi Core Release 4.2 spec) Latest Specification Version: 1.2
The Package Admin Service has been replaced by the Bundle Wiring API.
Implementation Specification Version Link Certification Apache Felix1.2 http://felix.apache.org|| Participates Eclipse Equinox 1.2 http://eclipse.org/equinox Participates JBoss 1.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20110308161235/http://www.jboss.org/jbossas/osgi Knopflerfish 1.2 http://www.knopflerfish.org|| Participates ProSyst1.2 http://www.prosyst.com|| Participates
8: Start Level Service (OSGi Core Release 4.2 spec) Latest Specification Version: 1.1
The Start Level Service has been replaced by the Start Level API.
Implementation Specification Version Link Certification Apache Felix 1.1 http://felix.apache.org|| Participates Eclipse Equinox 1.1 http://eclipse.org/equinox Participates JBoss 1.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20110308161235/http://www.jboss.org/jbossas/osgi Knopflerfish 1.1 http://www.knopflerfish.org|| Participates ProSyst 1.1 http://www.prosyst.com|| Participates
50: Conditional Permission Admin Service Chapter 9 in the Core 4.2 specification.
Latest Specification Version: 1.1 Implementation Specification Version Link Certification Apache Felix 1.1 http://felix.apache.org|| Participates Eclipse Equinox 1.1 http://eclipse.org/equinox Participates Knopflerfish 1.1 http://www.knopflerfish.org|| Participates ProSyst 1.1 http://www.prosyst.com|| Participates
51: Permission Admin Service Chapter 10 in the Core 4.2 specification.
Latest Specification Version: 1.2 Implementation Specification Version Link Certification Apache Felix 1.2 http://felix.apache.org|| Participates Eclipse Equinox 1.2 http://eclipse.org/equinox Participates Knopflerfish 1.2 http://www.knopflerfish.org|| Participates ProSyst 1.2 http://www.prosyst.com|| Participates
52: URL Handler Service Chapter 11 in the Core 4.2 specification.
Latest Specification Version: 1.0 Implementation Specification Version Link Certification Apache Felix 1.0 http://felix.apache.org|| Participates Eclipse Equinox 1.0 http://eclipse.org/equinox Participates JBoss 1.0 https://web.archive.org/web/20110308161235/http://www.jboss.org/jbossas/osgi Knopflerfish 1.0 http://www.knopflerfish.org|| Participates ProSyst 1.0 http://www.prosyst.com|| Participates
53-60 Chapters 53 to 60 are part of the mandatory set of specifications implemented by every OSGi Core Framework.
100: Remote Services Chapter 13 in the Compendium 4.2 and Enterprise 4.2 specifications. Chapter 6 in the Core 4.3 specification.
Latest Specification Version: 1.1 Implementation Specification Version Link Certification Apache Aries 1.1 http://aries.apache.org/modules/rsa.html Apache CXF 1.0 http://cxf.apache.org/distributed-osgi.html Apache Karaf Cellar 1.0 http://karaf.apache.org Amdatu Remote Services 1.1 http://bitbucket.org/amdatu/amdatu-remoteservices Eclipse Communication Framework (ECF) 1.1 http://eclipse.org/ecf|| Paremus Service Fabric 1.0 https://paremus.com/products/|| SVC Delivery 1.0 https://code.google.com/p/osgi-remote-services|| AIOLOS Remote Services1.0http://aiolos.intec.ugent.be/|| Fabric8 1.0http://fabric8.io/||
101: Log Service Latest Specification Version: 1.4 Implementation Specification Version Link Certification Apache Felix 1.3 http://felix.apache.org|| Participates Eclipse Equinox 1.3 http://eclipse.org/equinox Participates Knopflerfish 1.3 http://www.knopflerfish.org|| Participates ProSyst 1.3 http://www.prosyst.com|| Participates Pax Logging 1.3 http://ops4j1.jira.com/wiki/display/paxlogging/Pax+Logging
102: HTTP Service Latest Specification Version: 1.2 Implementation Specification Version Link Certification Apache Felix 1.2 http://felix.apache.org|| Participates Eclipse Equinox 1.2 http://eclipse.org/equinox Participates Knopflerfish 1.2 http://www.knopflerfish.org|| Participates Pax Web 1.2 http://ops4j1.jira.com/wiki/display/paxweb/Pax+Web ProSyst 1.2 http://www.prosyst.com|| Participates GlassFish 1.2 https://wikis.oracle.com/display/GlassFish/OSGi|| JBoss 1.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20110308161235/http://www.jboss.org/jbossas/osgi
103: Device Access Service Latest Specification Version: 1.1 Implementation Specification Version Link Certification Eclipse Equinox 1.1 http://eclipse.org/equinox Participates Knopflerfish 1.1 http://www.knopflerfish.org|| Participates ProSyst 1.1 http://www.prosyst.com|| Participates
104: Configuration Admin Service Latest Specification Version: 1.6 Implementation Specification Version Link Certification Apache Felix 1.6 http://felix.apache.org|| Participates Eclipse Equinox 1.3 http://eclipse.org/equinox Participates JBoss 1.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20110308161235/http://www.jboss.org/jbossas/osgi Knopflerfish 1.5 http://www.knopflerfish.org|| Participates ProSyst 1.3 http://www.prosyst.com|| Participates
105: Metatype Service Latest Specification Version: 1.4 Implementation Specification Version Link Certification Apache Felix 1.3 http://felix.apache.org|| Participates Eclipse Equinox 1.2 http://eclipse.org/equinox Participates Knopflerfish 1.2 http://www.knopflerfish.org|| Participates ProSyst 1.1 http://www.prosyst.com|| Participates
106: Preference Service Latest Specification Version: 1.1 Implementation Specification Version Link Certification Apache Felix 1.1 http://felix.apache.org|| Participates Eclipse Equinox 1.1 http://eclipse.org/equinox Participates Knopflerfish 1.1 http://www.knopflerfish.org|| Participates ProSyst 1.1 http://www.prosyst.com|| Participates
107: User Admin Service Latest Specification Version: 1.1 Implementation Specification Version Link Certification Eclipse Equinox 1.1 http://eclipse.org/equinox Participates Knopflerfish 1.1 http://www.knopflerfish.org|| Participates ProSyst 1.1 http://www.prosyst.com|| Participates
108: Wire Admin Service Latest Specification Version: 1.0 Implementation Specification Version Link Certification Eclipse Equinox 1.0 http://eclipse.org/equinox Participates Knopflerfish Pro 1.0 http://www.makewave.com|| Participates ProSyst 1.0 http://www.prosyst.com|| Participates
109: IO Connector Service Latest Specification Version: 1.3 Implementation Specification Version Link Certification Eclipse Equinox 1.3 http://eclipse.org/equinox Participates Knopflerfish 1.3 http://www.knopflerfish.org|| Participates ProSyst 1.3 http://www.prosyst.com|| Participates