# Dropwizard

Java framework for building RESTful web services, combining Jetty, Jersey, Jackson, Logback and related libraries into one application package.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/dropwizard/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-26
Listed since: 2026-10-26

## Record

### Links

- home: https://www.dropwizard.io
- repository: https://github.com/dropwizard/dropwizard
- docs: https://www.dropwizard.io/en/stable/
- bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/dropwizard.bsky.social
- mastodon: https://foojay.social/@dropwizard
- forum: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/dropwizard-user

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Dropwizard Team
- maintainerType: community
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2011
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: framework
- hosting: java
- language: java
- runtime: jvm
- runtimeMin: jvm 17
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: unknown
- databases: unknown
- adminUi: unknown
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: freemarker, mustache
- i18n: unknown

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on
- renderingModes: server
- installMethod: maven project, built to a jar

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: Apache-2.0

### Releases

- currentMajor: 5
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-05-31

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 8582
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 345
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://www.dropwizard.io/en/stable/ (read 2026-10-26)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/dropwizard/dropwizard (read 2026-10-26)
- urls: https://www.dropwizard.io/en/stable/ (read 2026-10-26)
- category: https://www.dropwizard.io/en/stable/ (read 2026-10-26)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/dropwizard/dropwizard (read 2026-10-26)
- runtime: https://www.dropwizard.io/en/stable/getting-started.html (read 2026-10-26)
- runtimeMin: https://www.dropwizard.io/en/stable/getting-started.html (read 2026-10-26)
- installMethod: https://www.dropwizard.io/en/stable/getting-started.html (read 2026-10-26)
- installMethod: https://www.dropwizard.io/en/stable/getting-started.html (read 2026-10-26)
- renderingModes: https://www.dropwizard.io/en/stable/getting-started.html (read 2026-10-26)
- runsAs: https://www.dropwizard.io/en/stable/getting-started.html (read 2026-10-26)
- templating: https://www.dropwizard.io/en/stable/manual/views.html (read 2026-10-26)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/dropwizard/dropwizard (read 2026-10-26)
- licenseModel: https://www.dropwizard.io/en/stable/about/faq.html (read 2026-10-26)
- maintainer: https://www.dropwizard.io/en/stable/about/faq.html (read 2026-10-26)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/dropwizard/dropwizard/git/ref/tags/v0.0.1 (read 2026-10-26)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/dropwizard/dropwizard/releases (read 2026-10-26)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/dropwizard/dropwizard/releases (read 2026-10-26)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/dropwizard/dropwizard (read 2026-10-26)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/dropwizard/dropwizard/contributors (read 2026-10-26)

## Notes

Dropwizard is a Java framework for RESTful web services. It bundles Jetty for HTTP, Jersey for REST resources, Jackson for JSON and Logback for logging into one application package. A project is set up with Maven, built into a jar, and started with the server command, which runs the application as an HTTP server. HTML views use FreeMarker or Mustache. The Dropwizard Team maintains it.

## Worth knowing

The current line requires a newer Java than earlier ones, per the getting-started guide. Older lines still receive maintenance releases.

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