Friends of Apache NetBeans is a Foundation based in the Netherlands and is founded according to Dutch law as a "Stichting zonder winstoogmerk". ( A not for profit foundation).
Friends of Apache NetBeans is founded on the initiative of Geertjan Wielenga. He invited Timon Veenstra and Pieter van den Hombergh to this joint effort. The Stichting Friends of Apache NetBeans was founded on 2024-11-06 in Groningen, the Netherlands and is based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The main goal of this foundation is to be able to funnel financial support from sponsors to developers that contribute to all parts of the NetBeans project.
Currently the stichting is headed by:
Pieter van den Hombergh, chair of the board,
Geertjan Wielenga, treasurer of the board, and
Timon Veenstra, secretary of the board.
We provide platform specific installers for Microsoft Windows, Apple macOS and debian en rpm based Linux. The same as Apache NetBeans itself, the installers are also open source, and are published at https://installers.friendsofapachenetbeans.org. Each installer bundles NetBeans with an up to date Java JDK. he latest published version is Apache NetBeans 28, bundled with Azul JDK 25.
name: Stichting Friends of Apache NetBeans
Bank account: NL 72 INGB 0114 9777 71
RSIN (fiscal) number: 867140902
KvK (commerce) number: 95463119
DUNS (DUN and Bradstreet) number: 965710966
Post address:
Street: Rapenburg 58-2.
Postcode: 1011TZ,
City: Amsterdam