JavaServer Pages - Apache Tomcat

Print-friendly Version

JAVASERVER PAGES

Tomcat is a free, open-source implementation of Java Servlet and JavaServer Pages technologies developed under the Jakarta project at the Apache Software Foundation. Tomcat is available for commercial use under the ASF license from the Apache web site in both binary and source versions.

Sun adapts and integrates the Tomcat code base into the J2EE SDK and owns and evolves the JavaServer Pages and Java Servlets specifications under the Java Community Process.

Involvement: Anyone can participate...

Apache, Sun and a variety of other companies and individuals are contributing to Tomcat. This implementation is available to any company or developer to be used in web servers, development tools, and to create dynamic, interactive web sites. If you would like to participate in the evolution of the JSP and Servlets source code, the Tomcat Web site describes how to get involved.

Status

Tomcat is available at the Jakarta binary downloads page.

Tomcat 3 supports the Servlet 2.2 and JSP 1.1 specifications.

Tomcat 4 supports the Servlet 2.3 and JSP 1.2 specifications.

Tomcat 5 supports the Servlet 2.4 and JSP 2.0 specifications.

Frequently Asked Questions

For more information, check out the Tomcat FAQ