Apache Geronimo

Apache Geronimo is an open source application server developed by the Apache Software Foundation and distributed under the Apache license. Geronimo 3, the current version, is compatible with the Java Enterprise Edition (Java EE) 6 specification and therefore supports technologies such as JMS,…

Key facts

First appeared: 2006
Category: technology
Problem solved: Apache Geronimo was created to address the lack of a fully compliant, open-source, modular, and lightweight Java EE application server. At the time, commercial Java EE servers were often monolithic and expensive, while existing open-source options like Tomcat were primarily servlet containers, not full Java EE implementations. Geronimo aimed to provide a comprehensive, cost-effective, and flexible alternative for enterprise Java development.
Platforms: unix, web, macos, linux, java_virtual_machine, windows

Related technologies

JMS
Maven
EJB
JPA
JSP
JDBC
JAX-WS
Java
Servlets
Eclipse IDE
NetBeans IDE

Notable users

IBM (for WebSphere Application Server Community Edition)