Apache Tomcat

Also known as Tomcat Server, Tomcat, Jakarta Tomcat

an implementation of the Java Servlet, JavaServer Pages, Java Expression Language and Java WebSocket technologies

Key facts

Original author: James Duncan Davidson
Developer: The Apache Software Foundation
Initial release: 1999 ; 27 years ago ( 1999 )
Stable release: 11.0.22 / 5 May 2026
Written in: Java
Type: Servlet container , HTTP web server
License: Apache-2.0
Website: tomcat .apache .org
Repository: Tomcat Repository

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Apache Tomcat (called "Tomcat" for short) is a free and open-source implementation of the Jakarta EE Servlet, Pages, Expression Language, WebSocket, Annotations and Authentication technologies. It provides a "pure Java" HTTP web server environment in which Java code can also run. Thus it is a Java web application server, although not a full Jakarta EE application server.

Tomcat is developed and maintained by an open community of developers under the auspices of the Apache Software Foundation, released under the Apache License 2.0 license.