# Spring Boot

Java framework for building stand-alone Spring applications with an embedded web server and auto-configuration.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/spring-boot/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-18
Updated: 2026-10-20
Listed since: 2026-10-18

## Record

### Links

- home: https://spring.io/projects/spring-boot
- repository: https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot
- docs: https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/
- x: https://x.com/springboot
- bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/spring.io
- subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/SpringBoot
- youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/SpringSourceDev

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Broadcom Inc.
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2014
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

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

### Content

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

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on
- renderingModes: server
- installMethod: Spring Initializr (start.spring.io), Maven, Gradle, Spring Boot CLI via SDKMAN or Homebrew

### License

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

### Releases

- currentMajor: 4
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-08-20

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 81707
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 1647
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- name: https://spring.io/projects/spring-boot (read 2026-10-18)
- urls: https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot (read 2026-10-18)
- urls: https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot (read 2026-10-18)
- urls: https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/system-requirements.html (read 2026-10-18)
- firstRelease: https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/springframework/boot/spring-boot/1.0.0.RELEASE/ (read 2026-10-18)
- maintainer: https://spring.io/ (read 2026-10-20)
- maintainerType: https://spring.io/ (read 2026-10-18)
- wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q98731994 (read 2026-10-18)
- category: https://spring.io/projects/spring-boot (read 2026-10-18)
- basedOn: https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/system-requirements.html (read 2026-10-18)
- language: https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot (read 2026-10-18)
- runtime: https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/system-requirements.html (read 2026-10-18)
- runtimeMin: https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/system-requirements.html (read 2026-10-18)
- runtimeMin: https://endoflife.date/api/spring-boot.json (read 2026-10-18)
- templating: https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/reference/web/servlet.html (read 2026-10-18)
- i18n: https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/reference/features/internationalization.html (read 2026-10-18)
- renderingModes: https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/reference/web/servlet.html (read 2026-10-18)
- installMethod: https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/installing.html (read 2026-10-18)
- installMethod: https://spring.io/projects/spring-boot (read 2026-10-18)
- license: https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot (read 2026-10-18)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot (read 2026-10-18)
- currentMajor: https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot/releases (read 2026-10-18)
- latestReleaseDate: https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot/releases (read 2026-10-18)
- githubStargazers: https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot (read 2026-10-18)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/spring-projects/spring-boot/contributors?anon=true (read 2026-10-18)
- runsAs: https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/reference/using/running-your-application.html (read 2026-10-19)

## Notes

Spring Boot is a Java framework for building stand-alone Spring applications. It auto-configures the Spring Framework and embeds a web server, so an application runs as one JVM process that listens on port 8080 by default. Applications can also be deployed to a compatible Servlet container, and container images are built with Dockerfiles or Cloud Native Buildpacks rather than an official image. Spring Initializr generates a project that builds with Maven or Gradle.

## Worth knowing

Commercial support comes from a Tanzu Spring subscription. For each release line, open-source support ends before commercial support does.

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