Vision & Mission
WAF++ is a community-driven, vendor-neutral framework built from real-world experience. Our goal: make architecture quality, governance, and sovereignty in cloud and multi-cloud environments transparently assessable and continuously improvable.
More than “best practices”
Best practices are often context-free. WAF++ focuses on transparent criteria, evidence, and trade-offs — so decisions remain reproducible across teams.
Provider-independent
WAF++ defines principles, reference models, and controls — regardless of whether you run AWS, Azure, GCP, on-premises, or hybrid combinations.
Transparency by design
Decisions are discussed, documented, and versioned publicly (RFCs, reviews, roadmap). This makes the framework auditable and community-ready.
Organizations should be able to evaluate cloud architectures in a multi-cloud reality — clearly, transparently, and independently of marketing narratives. WAF++ provides a shared lens of pillars, criteria, and reference models.
1) A shared assessment model
We develop guiding questions and criteria for architecture quality — including guidance on what evidence (artifacts, policies, ADRs, metrics) makes an answer “robust”.
2) Maturity & scoring (transparent)
Step by step, we build a maturity and scoring model — no black box, but transparent rules that teams can iteratively improve.
3) Reference models & patterns
WAF++ consolidates reusable patterns, anti-patterns, and reference architectures — including trade-offs and operational considerations.
4) Community & governance
Working Groups, Maintainers, and the TSC ensure quality and consistency. Decisions are transparent, documented, and publicly discussed.
WAF++ vs. provider frameworks
Provider frameworks are valuable — but often product-centric. WAF++ complements them with vendor-neutral criteria, governance, and sovereignty considerations.
WAF++ & CNCF alignment
Governance and community structure are inspired by proven open-source models (e.g., CNCF): Working Groups, RFCs, transparency.
WAF++ & audits
WAF++ is audit-friendly: criteria are documented, decisions traceable, and improvements can be versioned.
At project launch, Pillar 2 (Cost Optimization) and Pillar 7 (Sovereign) are the first “active” pillars. In parallel, we are expanding governance, community processes, and roadmap rituals.
Cost Optimization
Make costs visible, increase efficiency, and allocate resources deliberately.
Go to pillar →Sovereign
Digital sovereignty, data control, exit capability, and regulatory alignment.
Go to pillar →Get involved
Working Groups, reviews, use cases, sessions — we build in the open.
How to join →Help shape WAF++
Share use cases, provide feedback, or contribute in Working Groups — WAF++ thrives on real-world practice.
Contribute on GitHub → Conferences →