
Product
Open Source Business Decision Management System: product and components.
WhatsNew:
JSR-331 is now a standard
JSR-331 "Constraint Programming API" has been approved by the JCP Executive Committee - read more.
OpenRules 6.2.0 is available
The release 6.2.0 adds a new inferential rule engine (see Rule Solver) and enhances executable decision models with new functionality required by real-world applications.
March 5, 2012
WhatTheySay:
Forrester Research, Inc.
"OpenRules have the most-aggressive approaches to business-expert authoring
and typically requires less developer support than IBM ILOG, FICO Blaze Advisor,
and JBoss BRMS."
Market Overview: Business Rules Platforms 2011
July 5, 2011
Events
Recent Events

RuleML 2011, The 5th International Symposium on Rules, November 3-5, 2011, Fort Lauderdale, FL.
Business Rules Forum 2011, October 30 - November 3, 2011, Fort Lauderdale, FL.
Rules Fest 2011, October 24-27, 2011, Burlingame, CA
Upcoming Events
AREIS 2012: July 1, UK
ISMP 2012: Aug. 1-24, Germany
CP 2012: Oct, 8-12, Canada
BBC 2012: Oct. 28 - Nov.2, USA
OpenRules® is an Open Source Business Decision Management System (BDMS). It utilizes commonly used tools such as MS Excel, Eclipse IDE, and Google Docs. OpenRules, Inc. provides a suite of open source components for Rules-based Application Development:
- Rule Engine - Efficient execution of business rules
- Rules Repository - Business rules organization and management
- Rule Editors - Rules creation and editing with MS Excel, OpenOffice, and Google Spreadsheets
- Rule Templates - powerful templatization mechanism
- Rule Validator - Rules validation and error diagnostic
- Rule Testing - Rules testing with use cases implemented using Excel-based data
- Eclipse Plugin - Rules project management with Eclipse IDE
- Rule Forms - Web application development with dynamic rules-based interaction
- Rule Deployment - Java APIs, Web Services, JSP Applications
- Rule Learner - Business rules discovery
- Rule Solver - Optimal decision search.
OpenRules® also offers add-on components such as:
OpenRules relies only on Open Source tools/libraries created and maintained by different Open Source contributors. The product can be downloaded from here. The downloadable Open Source software includes copies of all related freely distributed 3rd party products in accordance with their Open Source licenses.
OpenRules® relies on proven open source tools/libraries created and maintained by different open source contributors. The downloadable OpenRules® software includes copies of related freely distributed 3rd party products in accordance with their open source licenses. OpenRules, Inc. backs all included tools with the best in Technical Support and related Consulting Services.






