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Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to Glassfish

Glassfish
Payara Server Apache Tomcat Wildfly nginx Apache HTTP Server Mavimax EnduroX ActiveJ appserver.io Traefik Envoy Proxy

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to Glassfish are Payara Server, Apache Tomcat, and Wildfly. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.
  1. Payara Server is a fully supported, developer-friendly, open source application server. Innovative, cloud-native, optimized for production deployments. Jakarta EE & MicroProfile compatible.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    • Freemium
    • Free Trial

    #Containers And Microservices #Web Servers #Web And Application Servers

  2. An open source software implementation of the Java Servlet and JavaServer Pages technologies
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Open Source #Web And Application Servers #Java 17 social mentions

  3. WildFly is a flexible, lightweight application server.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Development Tools #Web Servers #Web And Application Servers 1 social mentions

  4. 4
    A high performance free open source web server powering busiest sites on the Internet.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Web Servers #Load Balancer / Reverse Proxy #Web And Application Servers 60 social mentions

  5. Apache httpd has been the most popular web server on the Internet since April 1996
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Development Tools #Web Servers #Web And Application Servers 64 social mentions

  6. Distributed transactions middleware, application server and Oracle Tuxedo alternative
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    • Freemium
    • €6500.0 / One-off (Single operating system instance)

    #Web Servers #Message Queue #Web And Application Servers

  7. Alternative Java platform built from the ground up. It is minimalistic, boilerplate-free, and lightning-fast. ActiveJ has minimum third-party dependencies, yet features a full stack of technologies with an async programming model and powerful DI.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Marketing Videos #Web Frameworks #Web And Application Servers

  8. appserver.io is a multithreaded application server for php written in php.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Web Servers #Web And Application Servers #Java 1 social mentions

  9. Load Balancer / Reverse Proxy
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Web Servers #Load Balancer / Reverse Proxy #Web And Application Servers 38 social mentions

  10. Envoy is an open source edge and service proxy, designed for cloud-native applications
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Web Servers #Load Balancer / Reverse Proxy #Load Balancers 2 social mentions

  11. An Open Source alternative to Oracle Tuxedo
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    • Free
    • Free Trial

    #Web Servers #HTTP/2 Web Server #Web And Application Servers

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    Zuul is a program that drives continuous integration, delivery, and deployment systems with a focus...
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #API Tools #Web Servers #Web And Application Servers 13 social mentions

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