The Twelve-Factor Manifesto

This is the repository for the text of the updated version of the twelve-factor manifesto, which will ultimately replace the one hosted at 12factor.net. The text is located in the content directory. As noted in the governance document, changes will occur in the next branch until the maintainers agree that the current round of updates is complete.

Vision

The details of our vision for the update can be found in VISION.md

How to Participate

Information on participating is in CONTRIBUTING.md

Additional Information

• Governance: Read more about the project's governance and decision-making process in GOVERNANCE.md.
• Code of Conduct: We use the Contributor Covenant and expect all contributors to follow it.
• Questions? If you have any questions or need help, feel free to join the discussion on GitHub or reach out to a maintainer.
• Prior Art:
  • https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/beyond-the-twelve-factor/9781492042631/
  • Nginx amendments (deleted from their site, but present in https://slidrio-decks.global.ssl.fastly.net/1020/original.pdf)
  • https://www.cncf.io/blog/2022/04/28/twelve-factor-app-anno-2022/
  • https://lab.abilian.com/Tech/Cloud/The%2012%20Factor%20App/
  • https://www.ibm.com/blog/7-missing-factors-from-12-factor-applications/

Update Frequently Asked Questions

• What is this?
• Why now?
• Why isn't [my favorite software development principle] a factor?
• Who’s helping and why?
• Will there always be twelve factors?
• What’s not changing?
• What is changing?
• Are you just updating the examples?

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