Cloud Foundry is an open source Platform as a Service (PaaS) that was developed and published by VMware in 2011 and is now part of Pivotal. It is fully open source and uses an open contribution process. It supports various programming languages and frameworks out of the box like Java, Node.js, and Ruby on Rails. It also allows custom runtimes through buildpacks. Cloud Foundry integrates with various third party services and tools are provided for developers through the command line, Eclipse, Maven, and a web dashboard. It can also be used to operate your own Cloud Foundry installation through the BOSH system.