Eclipse GlassFish
Open-source Jakarta EE application server, distributed as a server package and as an embedded executable JAR.
Eclipse GlassFish is an open-source application server that implements Jakarta EE. It comes as a zip distribution whose default domain, started from the command line, keeps a server process running, and as an embedded executable JAR that needs no installation. The server includes an administration console. Docker images and Maven artifacts are published for it as well. The Eclipse Foundation maintains the project.
Because the server domain is a long-running process, a host has to allow processes that keep running; static file hosting does not fit.
Worth knowing
The server runs on a Java virtual machine and needs JDK 21 or higher on the host for the current release line. The project is offered under the Eclipse Public License 2.0 or the GNU General Public License 2.0 with the Classpath exception, and a user may choose either.
Identity
- Status
- Active
- Maintainer
- Eclipse Foundation AISBL4
- Maintained by
- Foundation1
- First release
- 20125
Rendering and deploy
Releases
Adoption
Sources
- 2026-10-29: name, Maintained by, Categories, Admin interface
glassfish.org/ - 2026-10-29: links, GitHub stars
api.github.com/repos/eclipse-ee4j/glassfish - 2026-10-29: links
glassfish.org/documentation - 2026-10-29: Maintainer
www.eclipse.org/legal/ - 2026-10-29: First release
search.maven.org/solrsearch/select?q=g:org.glassfish.main.distributions+AND+a:glassfish&core=gav&rows=200&wt=json - 2026-10-29: Written in
api.github.com/repos/eclipse-ee4j/glassfish/languages - 2026-10-29: License, License model
raw.githubusercontent.com/eclipse-ee4j/glassfish/main/NOTICE.md - 2026-10-29: Current major version, Last release
api.github.com/repos/eclipse-ee4j/glassfish/releases - 2026-10-29: Contributors
api.github.com/repos/eclipse-ee4j/glassfish/contributors - 2026-10-29: Install with, Minimum runtime
glassfish.org/download - 2026-10-29: Install with, Runtime
glassfish.org/docs/latest/embedded-server-guide.html - 2026-10-29: Install with
github.com/eclipse-ee4j/glassfish.docker/wiki - 2026-10-29: Runs as
glassfish.org/docs/latest/quick-start-guide.html