Glassfish Alternatives

Glassfish is described as 'GlassFish v3, built by the GlassFish community, is the first compatible implementation of the Java EE 6 platform specification. Many of the Java EE 6 themes carry over to Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server v3 - flexibility, extensibility, and developer ease of use' and is an app. There are seven alternatives to Glassfish for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Java Mobile and Self-Hosted apps. The best Glassfish alternative is JBoss, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Glassfish are appserver.io, Payara Server, WebSphere Application Server and Apache Geronimo.

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JBoss
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Free • Open Source
Mac
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Linux
15 JBoss alternatives
JBoss is Red Hats Java EE 5-compliant (soon Java EE 6-compliant) application server. It is, as with Red Hat itself, dual-licensed either as open source (community edition) or commercially (enterprise edition).
- - JBoss is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Glassfish.
- - JBoss is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Glassfish.
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appserver.io
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Free • Open Source
Mac
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Self-Hosted
PHP
7 appserver.io alternatives
appserver.io is a multithreaded application server for php written in php. Our technology allows real multi-threading in PHP and different useful services for developers enabling more efficiency and security. And best of all – it is completely open source!
- - appserver.io is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Glassfish.
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Support for Multiple threads
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Payara Server
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Free • Open Source
Web Server
Mac
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Java
9 Payara Server alternatives
Payara Server is an open source, cloud-native middleware platform supporting reliable and secure deployments of Java EE (Jakarta EE) applications on premise, in the cloud or hybrid environments.
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MicroProfile compatible
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Comments about Payara Server as a Alternative to Glassfish
Almost everyone thinks Payara Server is a great Glassfish alternative.
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Payara Server was derived from GlassFish, so they share a lot of the same features. However, Payara Server continues to receive frequent updates, full support, bug fixes, etc for community users and support customers.
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Payara Server has everything that GlassFish has plus some more modern features. They share a lot of common code so they mostly work in the same way, meaning you can switch between them without needing to learn new things first.
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Payara Server was originally derived from GlassFish when Oracle dropped support.
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WebSphere Application Server
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Paid • Proprietary
Windows
Linux
Java Mobile
8 WebSphere Application Server alternatives
WebSphere Application Server provides the availability and security your business depends on while optimizing cost.
- - WebSphere Application Server is the most popular commercial alternative to Glassfish.
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Apache Geronimo
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Free • Open Source
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Linux
7 Apache Geronimo alternatives
A Java EE 5-certified application server for web and enterprise applications based on Suns Java EE platform specification. The goal of the Geronimo project is to produce a server runtime framework that pulls together the best Open Source alternatives to create runtimes that...
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JOnAS
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Free • Open Source
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Linux
7 JOnAS alternatives
JOnAS is a leading edge Java EE 5 certified Open Source OSGi Enterprise Server by OW2. The License used by JOnAS is the LGPL. The OW2 development community includes many academic institutes (Grenoble University, INRIA, LIFL, Peking University, UPM, ...
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Mako Server
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Free Personal • Proprietary
Mac
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Linux
13 Mako Server alternatives
The Mako Server is an application server with an API that loosely resembles the Java Servlet API, but where server side web applications are designed in the Lua scripting language. The Mako Server is capable of delivering dynamically generated content faster than Apache can...
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1. PortableMako Server can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.