PoweredBy - Tomcat Wiki

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 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 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 Covalent claim more than half of the global Fortune 500 as their clients.

This page is organized by categories: sites with publications, sites added by users, independent surveys, and 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
Other Known Sites / Systems / Applications
Surveys and Other Evidence of Usage
More Stuff

1. Sites / Systems / Applications With Associated Publications

This section contains cases that publicly described their Tomcat experience or installation.

1.0.0.1. AppFuse

111-appfuse Raible Designs' AppFuse runs best on Tomcat. They wrote an interesting post comparing standards-compliance and performance on Tomcat and other containers.

1.0.0.2. Bonhams

BonLogoGrey Bonhams is an auction house founded in 1793, running Tomcat and other open-source software, as detailed in this article from CIO Magazine.

1.0.0.3. Bodhost.com

Dedicated Hosting - Proud to be Apache Tomcat Hosting Provider

1.0.0.4. Cardinal Health

cardinal_logo_small CardinalHealth as documented by Sue Hildreth in this article.

1.0.0.5. EdSyndicate

newportal_ed_logo_top EdSyndicate - a web-based service for schools and universities, with a story from the Screaming Penguin.

1.0.0.6. EMC / Documentum

EMC / Documentum's web-based frontend for content management ( Webtop) runs in Apache Tomcat WebtopTechnicalSpecifications. Also, a primary Documentum developer website cites Tomcat as well dm_developer

1.0.0.7. E*Trade

ET_Logo E*Trade - a financial services company, with a story from eweek.com

1.0.0.8. WalMart

logo_always WalMart.com, as documented by Eugene Ciurana on TheServerSide.

1.0.0.9. LeadsandDeals

leadsanddealslogo LeadsandDeals.com

1.0.0.10. The Weather Channel

onair_137x102 The Weather Channel - and a nice article from Computer World on their shift from proprietary to open source.

2. Other Known Sites / Systems / Applications

This section contains cases added by users without further external information, or found on the Tomcat mailing lists.

2.0.0.1. STUDIO SERVER

Hospedagem de Sites STUDIOSERVER provides webhosting with support to JSP/Servlets by using Tomcat.

2.0.0.2. Agile Edge

Agility Bug Tracker from The Agile Edge.

2.0.0.3. Alfresco

navbar_left_corner Alfresco is an open-source enterprise content management system.

2.0.0.4. Astradyne Systems

astradynelogo Astradyne Systems - A front for a crime family?

2.0.0.5. AstroGrid

http://www.astrogrid.org/image/AGlogo The AstroGrid project uses Tomcat for its web applications, as documented on their wiki.

2.0.0.6. Automated HomeFinder

ahf_logo_mid Colorado real estate company -- Automated Homefinder used Tomcat/JBoss for their production website for years, allowing millions of home buyers to search a robust database for Denver real estate, Boulder real estate, and other real estate listings around Colorado.

2.0.0.7. BASE

The BASE system runs on Tomcat. Installation instructions are also available.

2.0.0.8. Become.com

become_home Become.com - The statistics servers for this massively-scaled shopping web crawler: Read About It

2.0.0.9. 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. Read more about it.

2.0.0.10. BreakBIT

BreakBIT Fairwizard - an integrated enterprise management system for Fair and Exhibitions.

2.0.0.11. Cactus

logocactus Jakarta Cactus - A test framework for unit testing server-side java code.

2.0.0.12. CampRate

CampRate.com - Online Campground Directory and Reviews; Running Tomcat 5 and Struts.

2.0.0.13. CarGurus

logo_final_small_r CarGurus.com - Next-generation automotive social network: where autmotive knowledge is shared!

2.0.0.14. Classifieds.pl

ic_polzone Polska Strefa - Ogłoszenia - Classified ads database. Running on Tomcat 5 and Apache Cocoon

2.0.0.15. CodeCollaborator

CodeCollaborator is a popular peer code review tool from Smart Bear Software.

2.0.0.16. Cofax

logo2 Cofax - Content Object Factory

2.0.0.17. Colorado HomeFinder

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 Denver, Boulder, Fort Collins, and all across the Colorado front range.

2.0.0.18. Colorado Home Helper

LargeWebQuality Colorado Home Helper is a Premier Colorado Real estate site run out of Boulder and Broomfield. The site runs a complex property database and mapping system using Tomcat and other open source programs.

2.0.0.19. Common Clan Portal

The Common Clan Portal uses Tomcat, and has a configuration guide as well.

2.0.0.20. Compiere

logo_org120x60 Compiere is an open-source Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software package.

2.0.0.21. Confluence

Confluence is the enterprise-grade wiki offering from Atlassian, the makers of the JIRA issue tracking tool. They also have a page with their own Tomcat tips.

2.0.0.22. Covalent

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

2.0.0.23. Delta Virtual Airlines

DeltaBanner Delta Virtual Airlines is the world's largest virtual airline, with over 2,200 members. This is a group of flight simulation enthusiasts using Microsoft Flight Simulator to fly the current and historic routes of Delta Air Lines.

2.0.0.24. Derecho.com

derecho_dot_com_logo Derecho.com Spanish law page, the biggest ebook publisher, Law content provider and eLaw firm in Spain.

2.0.0.25. DSpace

green-white-gray DSpace is an open-source repository for research materials. It is installed in numerous places, including MIT and the European University Institute. Detailed installation instructions are available.

2.0.0.26. electricshopping.com

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.

2.0.0.27. Employee Benefits Institute of America

Employee Benefits Institute of America

2.0.0.28. En Buenos Aires

En Buenos Aires - Apartments / Real Estate - is a free property publications web site based in Buenos Aires Argentina, we're running Apache, Tomcat on Debian Linux doing around 120K visitors / month / 1.5 million page views / month and Tomcat is working very well, keep it up!

2.0.0.29. Energized Hosting

logo_3 Energized Hosting uses Tomcat for its Servlet/JSP hosting needs.

2.0.0.30. Enhydra

enhydra200_t200 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.

2.0.0.31. The eSage Group

logoAnimation eSage Group - A consulting company, most of our projects are built on Tomcat.

2.0.0.32. eTools.ch

eTools.ch is a fast and transparent metasearch engine that simultaneously queries major search engines.

2.0.0.33. Farmer Guy Hams and Gammons

Farmer Guy Hams and Gammons - is a small web site offering home made hams and gammons for the christmas season, we only have a small jsp order form on tomcat but it works really well. Many thanks to the Tomcat team.

2.0.0.34. F.W.Davison

Fwd_logo_sm 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.

2.0.0.35. Fluency

Fluency is a dynamic user interface builder that uses Tomcat for its infrastructure.

2.0.0.36. FotoSmart

logo2_top FotoSmart - We are an online album and photo printing/sharing service in Venezuela

2.0.0.37. WebHosting UK

Web Hosting UK - Tomcat Hosting Service provider in UK.

2.0.0.38. Gecko 26

Gecko 26 use Tomcat to provide Servlet/JSP virtual hosting.

2.0.0.39. GetAhead.com

GetAhead.ltd.uk - A web development consultancy.

2.0.0.40. General Motors Mexico

gm_nav_logo General Motors - One of the largest car-makers and financers in the world.

2.0.0.41. Grasshopper Developer Zone

powered_by_gh The Grasshopper Developer Zone web site is an ASP.NET application running on Tomcat using Grasshopper that ports Mono open source .NET framework to Tomcat.

2.0.0.42. Gridsphere

gridsphere_logo Gridsphere is an open grid computing environment.

2.0.0.43. Homegevity

Homegevity is a National Real Estate and Rental site. The site runs a complex property database system using Tomcat.

2.0.0.44. HomeHost

logo_peq_homehost HomeHost - Hospedagem de Sites provides webhosting with support to JSP/Servlets by using Tomcat.

2.0.0.45. IMS Neptune

IMS Neptune is a powerful Java-based content management system built on Tomcat and PostgreSQL.

2.0.0.46. InnoShare

innoshare_logo_small InnoShare - A full-service website management, email newsletter, hosting and web design provider.

2.0.0.47. Institute for Tourism and Geographic Information Systems

Institute for Tourism and Geographic Information Systems - A consulting company; all of our projects are built on Tomcat.

2.0.0.48. iPoint Portal

logo1 The Open Source Collaborative Portal - iPoint Portal is an Open Source Collaborative Portal which is compatible with JSR168 and runs on Tomcat.

2.0.0.49. Jakarta Slide

Slide Slide is an open-source content repository that can serve as the basis for a content management system.

2.0.0.50. JavaServletHosting.com

JavaServletHosting - a hosting company.

2.0.0.51. Java Architectures Special Interest Group (JA-SIG)

jasig-head JA-SIG also has a configuration guide.

2.0.0.52. JBoss

JBoss

2.0.0.53. jobbank.com

jbank jobbank.com is an employment site for job searches, posting jobs, posting resumes, and career tools. This MVC site uses Struts and Velocity on Tomcat to render its view.

2.0.0.54. Kenwood Kitchen Store

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.

2.0.0.55. KingHost

logo_kinghost_painel KingHost - Hospedagem de Sites provides webhosting with JSP/Servlets support using Tomcat 5.0, 5.5 and 6.0.

2.0.0.56. KnowLEX

knowlex_logo KnowLEX DE - additional services to the contents of Wikipedia (German). KnowLEX EN - additional services to the contents of Wikipedia (English).

2.0.0.57. KonaKart eCommerce / Shopping Cart Software

konakart_logo KonaKart is a free java based online shopping cart application that provides everything that store owners need to sell their products over the Internet. It runs on Tomcat and includes a Java API and SOAP Web Service interface.

2.0.0.58. LocaData

logomarca LocaData - Hospedagem de Sites provides webhosting with JSP/Servlets support using Tomcat 5.0, 5.5 and 6.0.

2.0.0.59. LVM Systems

LVM Systems - develops and markets software and related Internet products exclusively in the healthcare call center industry including WebLink, which is designed to run on Tomcat.

2.0.0.60. LUXMS

LUXMS: Luxury messaging - Wide range of wireless messaging services, including email SMS notification and delivery of important information from desktop to your phone.

2.0.0.61. Maxager

[ http://www.maxager.com/home.htm ] Maxager's patented enterprise profit optimization (EPO) solutions help leading companies increase cash and profit worth 3-5% of revenue.

2.0.0.62. MetaWerx

MetaWerx.net - Australia's first and largest Java hosting provider

2.0.0.63. MHDBDB

http://mhdbdb.sbg.ac.at Middle-High German Conceptual Database

2.0.0.64. MIVITEC GmbH (German Internet Service Provider)

mivitec_web 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.

2.0.0.65. Millennium Pharmaceuticals

hdr_millennium Millennium Pharmaceuticals - a leading biopharmaceutical company.

2.0.0.66. mindthezap.tv

mindthezap - UK TV Guide with full text search capabilities and a recommendation system similar to Amazon. Uses Tomcat/Struts/Velocity.

2.0.0.67. MyServletHosting

logo1 MyServletHosting.com - An application hosting provider

2.0.0.68. Oxxus.net

oxxuslogo2 Oxxus.net Tomcat Hosting - Offers latest Tomcat 6 hosting services on private JVM.

2.0.0.69. myWMS

myWMS is an open-source Warehouse Management System using a variety of tools including Tomcat.

2.0.0.70. NeuroMice

banner_neuro_02 NeuroMice has their own nice PoweredBy page.

2.0.0.71. NEXCESS.NET

nexcess_468x60_1 NEXCESS.NET is now supporting JSP/Servlets using Tomcat.

2.0.0.72. OrangePics

www.orangepics.com - Simple, Safe Photo Sharing

2.0.0.73. OptusNet

optus_logo optusnet.com.au - An Australian ISP portal with multiple brandings serving over 20 million page impressions per month.

2.0.0.74. Popcorn Monsters

logo_1 PopcornMonsters.com - A free movie information portal that averages 100,000 unique visitors a month.

2.0.0.75. QuickCreative

topBanner_r1_c1 QuickCreative.net - Advertising Agency offering online ordering of business cards, brochures, logos, postcards and other printed materials.

2.0.0.76. ResCarta Foundation

rcweblogo The ResCarta Foundation - Community Standards through Collaborative Efforts.

2.0.0.77. Sakai

logoslate160x89 The Sakai Project - building a collaboration and learning environment for higher education.

2.0.0.78. Shopformat

Shopformat eCommerce - Flexible hosted eCommerce solutions for retailers and web designers.

2.0.0.79. Sparus Software

EveryWAN Mobility Manager, Windows Mobile device management and security solution, includes Tomcat.

2.0.0.80. SpikeSource

SpikeSource_logo The SpikeSource Core Stack includes Tomcat.

2.0.0.81. Specto Design

work_logo Specto Design, Inc. delivers all ecommerce solutions and financial applications on Tomcat.

2.0.0.82. Synetek Systems

http://www.synetek.com uses Tomcat for their and products.

2.0.0.83. Tixeo

uses Tomcat for their and products, solutions for web conferencing, video conferencing, desktop sharing and realtime collaborative work in 3D.

2.0.0.84. TeamDev

uses Tomcat for own production systems and development services.

2.0.0.85. TravPro

logo_travprobroker Thasa Technologies', TravPro, a web booking client for tour operators runs on Tomcat.

2.0.0.86. Trentisa

trentisaLogo Trentisa - a leading consultant and software company specialized in IBM and JAVA solutions.

2.0.0.87. Ubiquity Linux Hosting

Ubiquity Linux Hosting - Ubiquity uses Tomcat to power numerous sites subscribing to their Linux hosting, as well as parts of their own site.

2.0.0.88. WebShots

webshots_128x37 WebShots - A large online photo service site

2.0.0.89. Wolfram Research

btn_wolfram Wolfram Research, makers of Mathematica, recommend using Tomcat for webMathematica, and have a configuration guide available.

2.0.0.90. XWiki

XWiki is an open-source Java wiki system.

2.0.0.91. WasHeilt

WasHeilt platform for experiences with alternative medicine (German)

3. Surveys and Other Evidence of Usage

3.0.0.1. JBoss Infrastructure Survey

A survey of infrastructure tools, adoption, mindshare, and more from JBoss finds Tomcat again among the leading products.

3.0.0.2. O'Reilly On Java

onjava_logo Over 86% of respondents in O'Reilly's On Java 2004 Survey.

3.0.0.3. TheServerSide.com

header_logotype Tomcat is among the market leaders in this survey by TheServerSide.com.

3.0.0.4. Volagratis.it

wait_logo Volagratis.it is an E-Commerce site.

3.0.0.5. JavaRanch.com

JRanchHead2 http://www.javaranch.com A friendly place for Java Greenhorns.

3.0.0.6. Zaidsoft

http://www.zaidsoft.net Zaidsoft offers JSP hosting using Tomcat. All of Zaidsoft web based software applications including Zaidsoft iMLM are powered by Tomcat as JSP/Servlet container.

4. More Stuff

A JavaForums thread about using Tomcat in production.
A SlashDot discussion about using Tomcat in production.
A Knowledgebase Blog providing complete information on Apache Tomcat.
An article from The Value Manager for IT Insights on Tomcat's value.
Dan Hansen wrote an article for JavaWorld in 2004 showing how to use Tomcat to put together a build system in two days.
Get Reviews for the Hosts offering Tomcat Hosting on Shared Servers -- Web Hosting Reviews