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This list compares the features and functionality of [[application server]]s, grouped by the hosting environment that is offered by that particular application server.

== C ==
* [[Enduro/X]] {{En dash}} A middleware platform for distributed transaction processing, based on XATMI and XA standards, open source, C API

== C++ ==
* [[Tuxedo (software)|Tuxedo]] {{En dash}} Based on the ATMI standard, is one of the original application servers.
* [[Wt (web toolkit)|Wt]] {{En dash}} A web toolkit similar to [[Qt (software)|Qt]] permitting GUI-application-like web development with built-in [[Ajax (programming)|Ajax]] abilities.
* [[POCO C++ Libraries]] {{En dash}} A set of open source class libraries including Poco.Net.HTTPServer.html
* [[CppCMS]]
* [[Enduro/X]] {{En dash}} A middleware platform for distributed transaction processing, based on XATMI and XA standards, open source

== Go ==
* [[Enduro/X]] ASG {{En dash}} Application server for [[Go (programming language)|Go]]. This provides XATMI and XA facilities for Golang. Go application can be built by normal Go executable files which in turn provides stateless services, which can be load balanced, clustered and reloaded on the fly without service interruption by means of administrative work only. Framework provides distributed transaction processing facility for Go.

== Java ==
{{main|Web container}}

{| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: center; width: auto;"
|-
! Product
! Vendor
! Edition
! Last release
! [[Jakarta EE]]<br />compatibility<ref>{{cite web |url=https://jakarta.ee/compatibility/ |title=Jakarta EE Compatible Products |work=Jakarta EE |access-date=2025-03-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javaee/overview/compatibility-jsp-136984.html |title=Java EE Compatibility |work=www.oracle.com |access-date=2025-03-20}}</ref>
! [[Servlet]]
! [[Jakarta Server Pages|JSP]]
! [[HTTP/2]]
! License
|-
| [[ColdFusion]]
| [[Adobe Systems]]
| 2016.0.1
| 2016-05-01
| {{partial|7 partial platform}}
| 3.1
| 2.3
| {{no}}
| {{proprietary}}, [[Commercial software|commercial]]
|-
| [[Borland Enterprise Server|Enterprise Server]]
| [[Borland]]
| 6.7
| 2007-01
| {{yes|1.4}}
| 2.4
| 2.0
| {{no}}
| {{proprietary}}, [[Commercial software|commercial]]
|-
| [[Apache Geronimo|Geronimo]]
| [[Apache Software Foundation|ASF]]
| 3.0.1
| 2013-05-28
| {{yes|6 full platform}}
| 3.0
| 2.2
| {{no}}
| {{free}}, [[Apache License|Apache]]
|-
| [[GlassFish]]
| [[Eclipse Foundation]]
|7.0.19<ref>{{cite web |url=https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/ee4j.glassfish/releases/7.0.19 |title=<nowiki>7.0.19 | projects.eclipse.org</nowiki> |website=projects.eclipse.org |access-date=2024-11-19}}</ref>
| 2024-11-01
| {{yes|10 full platform}}
| 6.0
| 3.1
| {{yes}}
| {{free}}, [[Eclipse Public License|EPL]], [[GNU General Public License|GPL]] + [[classpath exception]]
|-
| [[JBoss Enterprise Application Platform]]
| [[Red Hat]]
| 8.0<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.redhat.com/en/about/press-releases/red-hat-extends-java-support-cloud-jboss-enterprise-application-platform-8|title=Red Hat Extends Java Support in the Cloud with JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8|website=www.redhat.com|date=6 February 2024 }}</ref>
| 2024-02-05
| {{yes|10 full platform}}
| 6.0
| 3.1
| {{yes}}
| {{free}}, [[GNU Lesser General Public License|LGPL]]
|-
| [[Jetty (web server)|Jetty]]
| [[Eclipse Foundation]]
| 12.0.8
| 2024-04-03
| {{yes|10 full platform}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eclipse.dev/jetty/|title=The Eclipse Jetty Project|website=eclipse.dev}}</ref>
| 6.0
| 3.1
| {{yes}}
| {{free}}, [[Apache License|Apache]] 2.0, [[Eclipse Public License|EPL]]
|-
| [[JEUS]]
| [[TmaxSoft]]
| 8
| 2013-08
| {{yes|7 full platform}}
| 3.0
| 2.2
| {{no}}
| {{proprietary}}, [[Commercial software|commercial]]
|-
|[[Lucee]] (Formerly [[Railo]])
|Lucee Association Switzerland
|5.3.2.77
| 2017-12-22 | 2019-05-27
| {{partial|7 partial platform}}
| 3.1
| 2.3
| {{no}}
| {{free}}, [[Common Development and Distribution License|CDDL]], [[GNU General Public License|GPL]] + [[classpath exception]]
|-
| [[SAP NetWeaver Application Server|NetWeaver Application Server]]
| [[SAP AG]]
| 7.4
| 2013-01-11
| {{yes|5}}
| 2.5
| 2.1
| {{no}}
| {{proprietary}}, [[Commercial software|commercial]]
|-
| [[OC4J|Oracle Containers for J2EE]]
| [[Oracle Corporation]]
| 10.1.3.5.0
| 2009-08
| {{yes|1.4}}
| 2.4
| 2.0
| {{no}}
| {{proprietary}}, [[Commercial software|commercial]]
|-
| [[Orion Application Server]]
| IronFlare
| 2.0.7
| 2006-03-09
| {{yes|1.3}}
| 2.3
| 1.2
| {{no}}
| {{proprietary}}, [[Commercial software|commercial]]
|-
| [[GlassFish#Payara_Server|Payara Server]]
| Payara Services
| 6.2025.1
| 2025-01-01
| {{yes|10 full platform}}
| 6.0
| 3.1
| {{yes}}
| {{free}}, [[Common Development and Distribution License|CDDL]], [[GNU General Public License|GPL]] + [[classpath exception]]
|-
| [[Resin (software)|Resin Servlet Container (open source)]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Caucho Technology]]
| rowspan="2" | 4.0.62
| rowspan="2" | 2019-05-23
| {{yes|6 Web Profile}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.infoq.com/news/2011/06/resin-web-profile|title=Caucho Resin is Officially Certified Against the Java EE 6 Web Profile|website=InfoQ}}</ref>
| 3.0
| 2.2
| {{no}}
| {{free}}, [[GNU General Public License|GPL]]
|-
| [[Resin (software)|Resin Professional Application Server]]
| {{yes|6 Web Profile}}
| 3.0
| 2.2
| {{no}}
| {{proprietary}}, [[Commercial software|commercial]]
|-
| [[Apache Tomcat|Tomcat]]
| [[Apache Software Foundation|ASF]]
| 10.1.10
| 2023-06-23
| {{partial|9 partial platform}}
| 6.0
| 3.1
| {{yes}}
| {{free}}, [[Apache License|Apache]] v2
|-
| [[Apache TomEE|TomEE]]
| [[Apache Software Foundation|ASF]]
| 8.0.15
| 2023-05-08
| {{yes|8 Web Profile}}
| 4.0
| 2.3
| {{yes}}
| {{free}}, [[Apache License|Apache]] v2
|-
| [[Oracle WebLogic Server|WebLogic Server]]
| [[Oracle Corporation]]
(formerly [[BEA Systems]])
| 14.1.1.0.0
| 2020-03-30 <ref>{{cite web|url=https://docs.oracle.com/en/middleware/standalone/weblogic-server/14.1.1.0/notes/whatsnew.html#GUID-DF8CFD1C-9DD1-423E-ACA6-9717D5738385|title=WebLogic Server 14.1.1.0.0 is Available|last=Lyons|first=Will|date=2020-06-27|website=The WebLogic Server Blog}}</ref>
| {{yes|8 full platform}}
| 4.0
| 2.3
| {{yes}}
| {{proprietary}}, [[Commercial software|commercial]]
|-
| [[IBM WebSphere Application Server]]
| [[IBM]]
| 24.0.0.5
| 2024-05-21<ref>{{Cite web |title=What is new in this release of Liberty |url=https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/was-liberty/nd?topic=liberty-what-is-new-in-this-release |access-date=2024-07-26 |website=www.ibm.com |language=en-us}}</ref>
| {{yes|10 full platform}},<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/was-liberty/nd?topic=architecture-jakarta-ee-10-programming-model-support | title=Jakarta EE 10 programming model support | website=[[IBM]] }}</ref>
| 6.0<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jakarta Servlet 6.0 |url=https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/was-liberty/nd?topic=features-jakarta-servlet-60 |access-date=2024-07-26 |website=www.ibm.com}}</ref>
| 3.1<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jakarta Server Pages 3.1 |url=https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/was-liberty/nd?topic=features-jakarta-server-pages-31 |access-date=2024-07-26 |website=www.ibm.com}}</ref>
| {{yes}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/was-liberty/nd?topic=40-http2-support-liberty|title=HTTP/2 support for Liberty|website=www.ibm.com}}</ref>
| {{proprietary}}, [[Commercial software|commercial]]
|-
| [[IBM WebSphere Application Server Community Edition|WebSphere AS Community Edition]]
| [[IBM]]
| 3.0.0.4
| 2013-06-21
| {{yes|6 full platform}}
| 3.0
| 2.2
| {{no}}
| {{proprietary}}, [[Commercial software|commercial]]
|-
| [[WildFly]]
(formerly JBoss AS)
| [[Red Hat]]
(formerly [[JBoss (company)|JBoss]])
| 36.0.1.Final<ref>{{cite web|title=WildFly 36.0.1 is released!|url=https://www.wildfly.org/news/2025/05/15/WildFly3601-Released/|website=Wildfly Official website}}</ref>
| 2025-05-15
| {{yes|10 full platform}}
| 6.0
| 3.1
| {{yes}}
| {{free}}, [[Apache License|Apache]] v2
|}

* [[Apache MINA]] {{En dash}} an abstract event-driven asynchronous API over various transports such as TCP/IP and UDP/IP via Java NIO
* [[Netty (software)|Netty]] {{En dash}} a non-blocking I/O client-server framework for the development of Java network applications similar in spirit to Node.js

== JavaScript ==
* [[Broadvision]] {{En dash}} Server-side [[JavaScript]] AS. One of the early entrants in the market during the [[eCommerce]] [[dot-com bubble]], they have vertical solution packages catering to the eCommerce industry.
* [[Node.js]] {{En dash}} implements Google's V8 engine as a standalone (outside the browser) asynchronous Javascript interpreter. A vigorous open-source developer community on GitHub has implemented many supporting products, notably npm for package management and Connect and Express app server layers.
* [[Deno (software)|Deno]] {{En dash}} community developed [[Rust (programming language)|Rust]] project, spearheaded by [[Ryan Dahl]] who also created Node.js, it directly targets [[TypeScript]] but also supports JavaScript and [[WebAssembly]] via [[V8 (JavaScript engine)|V8]]; employs asynchronous, event-based I/O model via [[promise (programming)|promise]]-based APIs and [[Tokio (software)|Tokio]] scheduler, uses an API security model via [[FlatBuffers]] and implements package management via [[ES2015]] modules.
* [[Phusion Passenger]]

== LPC ==
* [[Dworkin's Game Driver]] (DGD)

== Lua ==
* [[OpenResty]]
* [[Tarantool]]

== .NET ==

=== Microsoft ===
Microsoft positions their middle-tier applications and services infrastructure in the [[Windows Server]] operating system and the [[.NET Framework]] technologies in the role of an application server:
* [[Internet Information Services]] web server
* [[.NET Framework]] ([[Windows Communication Foundation]], [[Web Services]], [[.NET Remoting]], [[Microsoft Message Queuing]] (MSMQ), [[ASP.NET]], [[ADO.NET]])
* [[Microsoft Transaction Server|Distributed Transactions]], [[COM+]]
* [[AD LDS|Active Directory Lightweight Directory Service]] (ADLDS), [[Active Directory Federation Services]] (ADFS), Authorization Manager

=== Third-party ===
* [[Mono (software)|Mono]] {{En dash}} Developed by [[Xamarin]], licensed under MIT

== Objective-C ==
* [[GNUstepWeb]] - WebObjects 4.5 compatible, licensed under LGPL

== PHP ==
* Appserver.io, an open-source PHP application server.
* [[RoadRunner (application server)|RoadRunner]], built by Spiral Scout is high-performance PHP application server, load-balancer and process manager written in Golang.

== Python ==
* [[uWSGI]]
* [[Gunicorn]]
* [[CherryPy]]
* [[Google App Engine]]
* [[mod_python]]
* [[mod_wsgi]]
* [[Phusion Passenger]]
* [[Python Paste|Paste]]
* [[Tornado (web server)|Tornado]]
* [[Twisted (software)|Twisted]]
* [[Web2py]]
* [[Zope]] {{En dash}} By Zope, Inc.

== Ruby ==
* [[Mongrel (web server)|Mongrel]]
* [[Phusion Passenger|Passenger]]
* [[Puma (web server)|Puma]]
* [[Unicorn (web server)|Unicorn]]

== Smalltalk ==
* [[Seaside (software)|Seaside]] {{En dash}} A continuations based web application server

== Tcl ==
* [[AOLserver]] {{En dash}} Forked from NaviServer after developer was bought by AOL in 1995
* [[NaviServer]] {{En dash}} Resumed independent development after AOL dropped AOLserver support.

== Container Based ==
Container based application servers run each application in a container. The application can be written in any programming language.

* [https://github.com/claceio/clace Clace] - Application server implemented in Go, which builds and runs web applications in a container.

== See also ==
* [[Content management systems]]
* [[Web framework]]
* [[Comparison of server-side web frameworks]]
* [[Comparison of server-side JavaScript solutions]]
* [[Comparison of web server software]]

== References ==
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