Sites, Applications, and Systems that are Powered By Tomcat
This page is a list of some, in all likelihood a very small fraction actually, of the sites out there that use [http://tomcat.apache.org Apache Tomcat] in production. For security and other policy-related reasons, many organizations choose not to disclose the server they use. Tomcat has been downloaded more than 10 million times: assuming even a 1% production adoption rate results in more than 100000 installations. As an aside for the curious, you can see recent Tomcat download statistics on [http://people.apache.org/~vgritsenko/stats/projects/tomcat.html Vadim Gritsenko's page]. Note, however, that these represent downloads from apache.org servers only, and not from mirrors, so they are likely to represent only a small minority of downloads: the total number is much (more than an order of magnitude) greater. Companies that support Tomcat, such as [http://www.covalent.com Covalent] claim more than half of the global Fortune 500 as their clients.
This page is organized by categories: [#pub sites with publications], [#user sites added by users], [#surveys independent surveys], and [#more more]. Anyone can and is encouraged to add to this page: please add your site, application, or system as you see fit. You do need to register with the Apache wiki system to edit this page: simply click the login or user preferences links at the top right of your screen to do so. Don't worry if you don't think it fits here or into any particular category: we would like to see your application listed no matter how big, how small, or how miscategorized 
Some of these applications are simply compatible with, ship with, or run on Tomcat. Others are specifically designed or documented with Tomcat as the container in mind.
Please note that all the corporate logos and names used below are trademarked by their respective organizations. These organizations are not affiliated with this web site or with The Apache Software Foundation, and make no claims regarding The Foundation or its products. Further, in most cases the companies are not aware of their being listed on this site at all.
Sites / Systems / Applications With Associated Publications
This section contains cases that publicly described their Tomcat experience or installation.
AppFuse
http://today.java.net/images/tiles/111-appfuse.gif
Raible Designs' [http://today.java.net/pub/a/today/2004/07/15/thefuse.html AppFuse] runs best on Tomcat. They wrote [http://raibledesigns.com/page/rd?anchor=resin_slower_than_tomcat_fails an interesting post] comparing standards-compliance and performance on Tomcat and other containers.
Bonhams
http://www.bonhams.com/images/BonLogoGrey.jpg
[http://www.bonhams.com/ Bonhams] is an auction house founded in 1793, running Tomcat and other open-source software, as detailed in [http://www.cio.com/archive/071506/open_source.html?action=print this article] from [http://www.cio.com CIO Magazine].
Cardinal Health
http://www.cardinal.com/images/layout/cardinal_logo_small.gif
[http://www.cardinal.com/ CardinalHealth] as documented by Sue Hildreth in [http://www.awprofessional.com/articles/article.asp?p=100600&rl=1 this article].
EdSyndicate
http://www.edsyndicate.com/images/newportal_ed_logo_top.gif
[http://www.edsyndicate.com/ EdSyndicate] - a web-based service for schools and universities, with a story from the [http://screaming-penguin.com/main.php?storyid=2579 Screaming Penguin].
E*Trade
http://www.etrade.com/images/ET_Logo.gif
[http://www.etrade.com/ E*Trade] - a financial services company, with a story from
[http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1916587,00.asp eweek.com]
WalMart
http://www.walmart.com/i/if/logo_always.gif
[http://www.walmart.com WalMart.com], as documented by Eugene Ciurana on [http://www.theserverside.com/articles/article.tss?l=MigratingtoJava5 TheServerSide].
LeadsandDeals
http://www.leadsanddeals.com/mypictures/leadsanddealslogo.gif
[http://www.leadsanddeals.com.com LeadsandDeals.com]
The Weather Channel
http://image.weather.com/web/common/twc/logos/onair_137x102.gif
[http://www.weather.com The Weather Channel] - and a nice [http://www.computerworld.com/developmenttopics/websitemgmt/story/0,10801,92583,00.html article] from Computer World on their shift from proprietary to open source.
Other Known Sites / Systems / Applications
This section contains cases added by users without further external information, or found on the [http://tomcat.apache.org/lists.html Tomcat mailing lists].
Agile Edge
[http://www.agileedge.com Agility Bug Tracker] from The Agile Edge.
Alfresco
http://www.alfresco.org/images/gif/navbar_left_corner.gif
[http://www.alfresco.org/download.html Alfresco] is an open-source enterprise content management system.
Astradyne Systems
http://astradyne.co.uk/astradynelogo.png
[http://www.astradyne.co.uk/ Astradyne Systems] - A front for a crime family?
AstroGrid
http://www.astrogrid.org/image/AGlogo
[http://wiki.astrogrid.org/bin/view/Astrogrid/WebHome The AstroGrid] project uses Tomcat for its web applications, as documented on their [http://wiki.astrogrid.org/bin/view/AG2/WebAppManagement wiki].
BASE
The [http://base.thep.lu.se/base2/index.html BASE system] runs on Tomcat.
[http://base.thep.lu.se/base2/installation.html Installation instructions] are also available.
Become.com
http://www.become.com/images/become_home.gif
[http://Become.com Become.com] - The statistics servers for this massively-scaled shopping web crawler: [http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/WebServices/become/ Read About It]
BlogScope.net
[http://www.blogscope.net/ http://www.blogscope.net/images/blogscope-white-logo.png\
]
[http://www.blogscope.net/ BlogScope] is a search and analysis tool for blogosphere. Developed as research project at U of Toronto, built upon many open source applications including Tomcat. [http://www.blogscope.net/about/ Read more about it].
BreakBIT
[http://www.breakbit.com BreakBIT] Fairwizard - an integrated enterprise management system for Fair and Exhibitions.
Budget-HA
[http://www.budget-ha.com/ Budget-HA] - Technology Articles, Opinion, and Information
Cactus
http://jakarta.apache.org/cactus/images/logocactus.gif
[http://jakarta.apache.org/cactus Jakarta Cactus] - A test framework for unit testing server-side java code.
CampRate
http://camprate.com/images/logo.gif
[http://CampRate.com CampRate.com] - Online Campground Directory and Reviews; Running Tomcat 5 and Struts.
Classifieds.pl
http://www.classifieds.pl/static/images/ic_polzone.gif
[http://www.classifieds.pl Polska Strefa - Ogłoszenia] - Classified ads database. Running on Tomcat 5 and [http://cocoon.apache.org Apache Cocoon]
Cofax
http://www.cofax.org/content/static/cofax/logo2.gif
[http://www.cofax.org Cofax] - Content Object Factory
Colorado HomeFinder
http://img.cohomefinder.com/i/logo.gif
[http://www.cohomefinder.com Colorado HomeFinder] is the most popular real estate website in Colorado, delivering millions of page views each month through a custom high performance Tomcat/Struts solution that allows users to search and browse real estate listings in
[http://www.cohomefinder.com/Denver-listings.htm Denver],
[http://www.cohomefinder.com/Boulder-listings.htm Boulder],
[http://www.cohomefinder.com/Fort-Collins-listings.htm Fort Collins], and all across the Colorado front range.
Common Clan Portal
http://www.cccp-project.org/images/cccp-logo.png
The [http://www.cccp-project.org Common Clan Portal] uses Tomcat, and has a
[http://www.cccp-project.org/Clan-Portal-JSP/tomcat.html configuration guide] as well.
Compiere
http://www.compiere.org/images/logo_org120x60.gif
[http://www.compiere.org/technology/server.html Compiere] is an open-source Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software package.
Confluence
[http://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/ Confluence] is the enterprise-grade wiki offering from [http://www.atlassian.com Atlassian], the makers of the [http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/ JIRA] issue tracking tool. They also have a page with their own [http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Tomcat+Tips Tomcat tips].
Covalent
http://www.covalent.net/promo/images/covalent-logo-small.jpg
[http://www.covalent.com/ Covalent] Enterprise Ready Server™ (ERS) 3.0 is the first comprehensive enterprise solution for Apache server management and the most widely distributed Web infrastructure stack in Fortune 500 enterprises. Includes multiple versions of Apache Tomcat. To download[http://www.covalent.com/resource/downloads.html]
DSpace
http://dspace.org/img/green-white-gray.gif
[http://www.dspace.org/ DSpace] is an open-source repository for research materials. It is installed in numerous places, including [http://dspace.mit.edu MIT] and the [http://www.iue.it/LIB/Cadmus/InstallationNotes.shtml European University Institute]. Detailed [http://www.dspace.org/technology/system-docs/install.html installation instructions] are available.
electricshopping.com
http://www.electricshopping.com/img/logo.gif
[http://www.electricshopping.com/shop/ electricshopping.com] is a UK based internet retailer of home appliances and merchandise. Started in early 2001, it provides a low price guarantee along with free shipping in the UK and aims establish itself as the premier destination for electric home goods in Europe. It currently uses Tomcat for is online store.
Employee Benefits Institute of America
[http://www.ebia.com Employee Benefits Institute of America]
Energized Hosting
http://www.energizedhosting.com/images/logo_3.gif
[http://www.energizedhosting.com Energized Hosting] uses Tomcat for its
[http://www.energizedhosting.com/hosting_jsp.html Servlet/JSP hosting] needs.
Enhydra
http://www.enhydra.org/images/enhydra200_t200.gif
[http://www.enhydra.org/ Enhydra] - Enhydra Server is a leading open source Java/XML application and webservice SOA server with an efficient "super-servlet" approach and is based on Tomcat.
The eSage Group
http://www.esagegroup.com/images/logoAnimation.gif
[http://www.esagegroup.com eSage Group] - A consulting company, most of our projects are built on Tomcat.
F.W.Davison
http://www.fwdco.com/products/Fwd_logo_sm.gif
[http://www.fwdco.com F.W.Davison & Co.] - develops payroll and human resource software, including HRPyramid Web Edition which is an employee and manager web self-services software built on Tomcat.
Fluency
[http://fluency.knownspace.org Fluency] is a dynamic user interface builder that uses Tomcat for its
[http://fluency.knownspace.org/developer/internal/tomcat.html infrastructure].
FotoSmart
http://www.fotosmart.com.ve/fsadmin/images/logo2_top.jpg
[http://www.fotosmart.com.ve FotoSmart] - We are an online album and photo printing/sharing service in Venezuela
WebHosting UK
[http://www.webhosting.uk.com http://www.webhosting.uk.com/web-hosting-uk.gif\
]
[http://www.webhosting.uk.com Web Hosting UK] - Tomcat Hosting Service provider in UK.
Gecko Hosting
[http://www.geckohosting.com.au http://www.geckohosting.com.au/images/logo-medium.jpg\
]
[http://www.geckohosting.com.au Gecko Hosting] use Tomcat to provide their Servlet/JSP virtual hosts.
GetAhead.com
[http://getahead.ltd.uk/home GetAhead.ltd.uk] - A web development consultancy.
General Motors Mexico
http://www.gm.com/images/gm_nav_logo.gif
[http://www.gm.com General Motors] - One of the largest car-makers and financers in the world.
Grasshopper Developer Zone
http://dev.mainsoft.com/Portals/0/powered_by_gh.gif
[http://dev.mainsoft.com/default.aspx?tabid=27&forumid=13&postid=100&view=topic The Grasshopper Developer Zone] web site is an ASP.NET application running on Tomcat using [http://dev.mainsoft.com/Default.aspx?tabid=130 Grasshopper] that ports [http://www.mono-project.com Mono] open source .NET framework to Tomcat.
Gridsphere
http://www.gridsphere.org/gridsphere/html/gridsphere_logo.png
[http://www.gridsphere.org/gridsphere/gridsphere?cid=projects Gridsphere] is an open grid computing environment.
HomeHost
http://www.homehost.com.br/images/logo_peq_homehost.gif
[http://www.homehost.com.br/ HomeHost - Hospedagem de Sites] provides webhosting with support to JSP/Servlets by using Tomcat.
InnoShare
http://webmail.innoshare.com/images/innoshare_logo_small.jpg
[http://www.innoshare.com/ InnoShare] - A full-service [http://www.innoshare.com/content-management/dynamic-website-management-system.html website management], [http://www.innoshare.com/e-mail-newsletters/email-newsletters.html email newsletter], [http://www.innoshare.com/view_1408032.html hosting] and [http://www.innoshare.com/web-design-services/atlanta-web-design.html web design] provider.
Institute for Tourism and Geographic Information Systems
[http://www.itgis.com Institute for Tourism and Geographic Information Systems] - A consulting company; all of our projects are built on Tomcat.
iPoint Portal
http://www.ipointportal.com/iPoint/schemes/c2b2/logo1.gif
[http://www.ipointportal.com The Open Source Collaborative Portal] - iPoint Portal is an Open Source Collaborative Portal which is compatible with JSR168 and runs on Tomcat.
Jakarta Slide
http://jakarta.apache.org/slide/images/Slide.gif
[http://jakarta.apache.org/slide/index.html Slide] is an open-source content repository that can serve as the basis for a content management system.
JavaServletHosting.com
[http://www.javaservlethosting.com JavaServletHosting] - a hosting company.
Tomcat Web Hosting
[http://www.eukhost.com http://www.eukhost.com/logo2.gif\
]
[http://www.eukhost.com Web Hosting Company] - a Tomcat Supporting Web hosting company based in UK. Tomcat supported on all Servers.
Java Architectures Special Interest Group (JA-SIG)
http://www.ja-sig.org/images/jasig-head.gif
[http://www.ja-sig.org/ JA-SIG] also has a
[https://clearinghouse.ja-sig.org/wiki/display/UPC/Production+Setup configuration guide].
JBoss
http://www.jboss.com/themes/jbosstheme/img/logo.gif
[http://www.jboss.com JBoss]
Kenwood Kitchen Store
http://www.kenwoodmajor.com/img/logo.jpg
[http://www.kenwoodmajor.com The Kenwood Kitchen Store] is a specialist store for Kenwood brand products that serves and ships across Europe. Tomcat is the container for its java based store.
KnowLEX
http://www.knowlex.com/media/knowlex_logo.gif
[http://www.knowlex.org KnowLEX DE] - additional services to the contents of Wikipedia (German).
[http://www.knowlex.org KnowLEX EN] - additional services to the contents of Wikipedia (English).
LUXMS
http://www.luxms.com/luxms/jsp/pictures/logo.jpg
[http://www.luxms.com LUXMS: Luxury messaging] - Wide range of wireless messaging services, including email SMS notification and delivery of important information from desktop to your phone.
MetaWerx
http://www.metawerx.net/images/logo/logo256smlspc.gif
[http://www.metawerx.net/default2.htm MetaWerx.net] - Australia's first and largest Java hosting provider
MHDBDB
http://mhdbdb.sbg.ac.at:8000/img/mhdbdb-logo.gif
[http://mhdbdb.sbg.ac.at] Middle-High German Conceptual Database
MIVITEC GmbH (German Internet Service Provider)
http://mivitec.de/mirsky-new/mivitec_web.gif
[http://www.mivitec.de MIVITEC GmbH - ISP from Germany / Munich] - One of the leading business hosting providers in Germany, uses Tomcat and Tomcat clusters for client's sites, CMS systems like OpenCMS and Magnolia etc.
Millennium Pharmaceuticals
http://www.mlnm.com/images/hdr_millennium.gif
[http://www.mlnm.com Millennium Pharmaceuticals] - a leading biopharmaceutical company.
mindthezap.tv
http://www.mindthezap.tv/images/logo.gif
mindthezap - [http://www.mindthezap.tv UK TV Guide] with full text search capabilities and a recommendation system similar to Amazon. Uses Tomcat/Struts/Velocity.
MyServletHosting
http://www.myservlethosting.com/images/logo1.gif
[http://www.myservlethosting.com/jsphosting.html MyServletHosting.com] - An application hosting provider
myWMS
[http://www.mywms.de myWMS] is an open-source Warehouse Management System using a variety of
[http://www.mywms.de/inside/tools.html tools] including Tomcat.
NeuroMice
http://www.neuromice.org/images/banner_neuro_02.gif
[http://www.neuromice.org NeuroMice] has their own nice
[http://www.neuromice.org/poweredBy.sc PoweredBy] page.
OrangePics
[http://www.orangepics.com www.orangepics.com] - Simple, Safe Photo Sharing
OptusNet
http://www.optus.com.au/dafiles/OCA/OptusHome/StaticFiles/Images/optus_logo.gif
[http://optusnet.com.au optusnet.com.au] - An Australian ISP portal with multiple brandings serving over 20 million page impressions per month.
Popcorn Monsters
http://popcornmonsters.com/images/logo_1.jpg
[http://PopcornMonsters.com PopcornMonsters.com] - A free movie information portal that averages 100,000 unique visitors a month.
QuickCreative
http://www.quickcreative.net/images/topBanner/topBanner_r1_c1.gif
[http://quickcreative.net QuickCreative.net] - Advertising Agency offering online ordering of business cards, brochures, logos, postcards and other printed materials.
Sakai
http://www.sakaiproject.org/images/stories/conferenceLogos/logoslate160x89.jpg
[http://www.sakaiproject.org The Sakai Project] - building a collaboration and learning environment for higher education.
SpikeSource
http://www.spikesource.com/images/spikesource2/SpikeSource_logo.gif
[http://www.spikesource.com/sitemgr/developer.php?nav=allComponentsd The SpikeSource Core Stack] includes Tomcat.
Synetek Systems
[http://www.synetek.com http://www.everymail.com.au/images/syn_logo.gif\
] uses Tomcat for their [http://www.leaseeagle.com http://www.leaseeagle.com/images/logo.gif\
] and [http://www.everymail.com.au http://www.everymail.com.au/images/everymail_logo.gif\
] products.
Tixeo
[http://www.tixeo.com http://www.tixeo.com/images/Small_logo_tixeo.gif\
] uses Tomcat for their [http://www.tixeo.com/meeting3DEn.php3 http://www.tixeo.com/images/Logomeeting3D.jpg\
] and [http://www.tixeo.com/WorkSpace3DEn.php3 http://www.tixeo.com/images/WorkSpace3D_Tr.gif\
] products, solutions for [http://www.tixeo.com web conferencing], video conferencing, desktop sharing and realtime collaborative work in 3D.
TeamDev
[http://teamdev.com http://teamdev.com/logo.gif\
] uses Tomcat for own production systems and development services.
TravPro
http://www.thasa.co.za/images/logo_travprobroker.jpg
Thasa Technologies', [http://www.thasa.co.za/products.htm TravPro], a web booking client for tour operators runs on Tomcat.
Trentisa
http://www.trentisa.com/imagenes/cabeceras/trentisaLogo.png
[http://www.trentisa.com/ Trentisa] - a leading consultant and software company specialized in IBM and JAVA solutions.
Ubiquity Linux Hosting
[http://www.ubiquityhosting.com http://www.ubiquityservers.com/images/header_02.jpg\
]
[http://www.ubiquityhosting.com Ubiquity Linux Hosting] - Ubiquity uses Tomcat to power numerous sites subscribing to their [http://www.ubiquityhosting.com/web-hosting/linux.html Linux hosting], as well as parts of their own site.
WebShots
http://p.webshots.com/img/mdocs/webshots_128x37.gif
[http://www.webshots.com WebShots] - A large online photo service site
Wolfram Research
http://documents.wolfram.com/common/images2003/btn_wolfram.gif
[http://www.wolfram.com Wolfram Research], makers of [http://www.wolfram.com/products/mathematica/index.html Mathematica], recommend using Tomcat for webMathematica, and have a
[http://documents.wolfram.com/webmathematica/v2/index_2_1.html configuration guide] available.
XWiki
http://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/skins/default/logo.gif
[http://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/WebHome XWiki] is an open-source Java wiki system.
Surveys and Other Evidence of Usage
JBoss Infrastructure Survey
http://www.jboss.com/themes/jbosstheme/img/logo.gif
[http://www.jboss.com/pdf/JBossAS-EnterpriseInfrastructure.pdf A survey] of infrastructure tools, adoption, mindshare, and more from JBoss finds Tomcat again among the leading products.
O'Reilly On Java
http://www.onjava.com/images/onjava/onjava_logo.jpg
[http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2004/05/19/2004-survey.html Over 86%] of respondents in O'Reilly's On Java 2004 Survey.
TheServerSide.com
http://www.theserverside.com/skin/images/header_logotype.gif
[http://www.theserverside.com/tss?service=direct/0/NewsThread/threadViewer.markNoisy.link&sp=l28395&sp=l136428 Tomcat is among the market leaders] in this survey by [http://www.theserverside.com TheServerSide.com].
Volagratis.it
http://www.volagratis.com/vg1/imgs/wait_logo.png
[http://www.volagratis.com/vg1/home.do?utm_source=VG&utm_medium=TOM&utm_campaign=1 Volagratis.it] is an E-Commerce site.
JavaRanch.com
http://www.javaranch.com/images/JRanchHead2.gif
[http://www.javaranch.com] A friendly place for Java Greenhorns.
Zaidsoft
http://zaidsoft.net/images/logo.jpg
[http://www.zaidsoft.net] Zaidsoft offers JSP hosting using Tomcat. All of [http://www.zaidsoft.com Zaidsoft] web based software applications including [http://www.zaidsoft.com/iMLM/mlm_software.html Zaidsoft iMLM] are powered by Tomcat as JSP/Servlet container.
More Stuff
A [http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=431241&messageID=1927476 JavaForums] thread about using Tomcat in production.
A [http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/19/2042235&tid=108 SlashDot] discussion about using Tomcat in production.
An [http://search400.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid3_gci953013,00.html?bucket=ETA article] from The Value Manager for IT Insights on Tomcat's value.
Dan Hansen wrote [http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-06-2004/jw-0628-build.html an article] for [JavaWorld] in 2004 showing how to use Tomcat to put together a build system in two days.
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