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 SpringSource 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 (wink) 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.

  1. AppFuse : Raible Designs' AppFuse runs best on Tomcat. They wrote an interesting post comparing standards-compliance and performance on Tomcat and other containers.
  2. Bonhams: Bonhams is an auction house founded in 1793, running Tomcat and other open-source software as detailed in this article from CIO Magazine.
  3. CardinalHealth: CardinalHealth as documented by Sue Hildreth in this article.
  4. WalMart.com: as documented by Eugene Ciurana on TheServerSide.
  5. The Weather Channel: and a nice article from Computer World on their shift from proprietary to open source.
  6. E*Trade : - a financial services company,

Other Known Sites / Systems / Applications

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

  1. AS-ComTec IT Service : Tomcat Hosting , Telefonanlagen & DSL Zugänge Server Solution and more in Germany Frankfurt - Offenbach - Darmstadt
  2. 3ware: is a software house specialized in web based application. g.PRO is our framework based on pure HTML5/CSS3 standards for the client side and on Java/J2EE for the server side, proudly running on Tomcat application server.
  3. AccesStream: is an open-source Identity and Access Management suite.
  4. Agendize: is a platform that offers conversion & communication tools such as Click to Call, Live Chat and Online Appointment Booking that can easily be added to any website. Agendize has powered over 20,000,000 customer interactions and the application runs on Tomcat.
  5. agileBase: is an open source, commercially hosted/supported platform for building lean, agile business software.
  6. Agility Bug Tracker: from The Agile Edge.
  7. Alfresco: is an open-source enterprise content management system.
  8. AndroidPIT.de: is the largest German-speaking Android community and secondary Android App Store and AndroidPIT.com one of the largest worldwide with about 1.5 million page views per day handled by Tomcat 6.0.
  9. Astradyne Systems: A front for a crime family? (wink)
  10. The AstroGrid: project uses Tomcat for its web applications, as documented on their wiki.
  11. Automated HomeFinder: A Colorado real estate company, 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.
  12. Become.com: The statistics servers for this massively-scaled shopping web crawler: Read About It
  13. Bergen Jersey Foreclosures: The most popular site for free NJ foreclosure listings has been powered by Tomcat for years since it was first deployed.
  14. Bildergalerie: is a German site providing free hosting of Picture Galleries, developed by two students. It uses Apache Tomcat 7.
  15. Borneosoft: Easy-to-use Web-based CRM with Form Builder and Admin Tools.
  16. BreakBIT: Fairwizard - an integrated enterprise management system for Fair and Exhibitions.
  17. Jakarta Cactus: A test framework for unit testing server-side java code.
  18. CampRate.com: Online Campground Directory and Reviews; Running Tomcat 5 and Struts.
  19. CarGurus.com: Next-generation automotive social network: where autmotive knowledge is shared!
  20. CHADIS: is a web-based screening, diagnostic and management system that administers and analyzes pre-visit, online questionnaires completed by parents, teens or teachers and provides Clinicians with instant access to valuable clinical data and resources.
  21. Chambres d'Hotes .org: Chambres D'Hotes .org runs Tomcat for it's proprietary Online Reservations and Availabilities system.
  22. CiteSeerX: Scientific Literature Digital Library and Search Engine uses Tomcat among other Open Source tools. Read more about CiteSeerX
  23. Polska Strefa - Ogloszenia: Classified ads database. Running on Tomcat 5 and Apache Cocoon
  24. CodeCollaborator: is a popular peer code review tool from Smart Bear Software.
  25. Cofax: Content Object Factory
  26. 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.
  27. 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.
  28. 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.
  29. Demeures: runs Tomcat for it's classified ads system.
  30. Derecho.com: Spanish law page, the biggest ebook publisher, Law content provider and eLaw firm in Spain.
  31. Diecast: Stockists of all major diecast brands.
  32. DSpace is an open-source repository for research materials. It is installed in numerous places, including MIT and the European University Institute.
  33. DURAMENTAL Glutathion: runs on Tomcat and is realized with JSP-Pages. The Backend is a client solution based on swing - a complete Java-App! It was implemented by the TYPO3- and Magento-Agency "björn hahnefeld IT"
  34. 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.
  35. Employee Benefits Institute of America: -
  36. 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!
  37. eSage Group: A consulting company, most of our projects are built on Tomcat.
  38. Temizlik: uses Tomcat for own production systems and development services.
  39. eTools.ch: is a fast and transparent metasearch engine that simultaneously queries major search engines.
  40. FarmDirectory.org: Connects producers of agricultural goods with consumers.
  41. 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.
  42. Fichedepersonnalite.com: use Tomcat for the database process of result.
  43. Fluency is a dynamic user interface builder that uses Tomcat for its infrastructure.
  44. Frankfurt IT-Service: offers on site support & IT services.
  45. 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.
  46. 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.
  47. General Motors: One of the largest car-makers and financiers in the world.
  48. Hotels and Accommodation: is an Australian accommodation site. The website utilizes a hotel database system using Tomcat.
  49. Homegevity is a National Real Estate and Rental site. The site runs a complex property database system using Tomcat.
  50. HubSpot: is an inbound marketing system to help your small or medium sized business get found on the Internet by the right prospects and convert more of them into leads and customers for maximum marketing ROI.
  51. Ihre-Apotheke.in: is a pharmacy finder aimed to the central european market.
  52. IMS Neptune: is a powerful Java-based content management system built on Tomcat and PostgreSQL.
  53. IPHOTEL Hospedagem de Sites: Brazilian Webhosting Company.
  54. iPoint Portal: iPoint Portal is an Open Source Collaborative Portal which is compatible with JSR168 and runs on Tomcat.
  55. itanum: delivers all Content Management solutions and Web business applications on Tomcat.
  56. Jakarta Slide: is an open-source content repository that can serve as the basis for a content management system.
  57. Jasig uPortal: also has a configuration guide.
  58. Javaranch.com: A friendly place for Java Greenhorns.
  59. JBoss: -
  60. 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.
  61. 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.
  62. LeadsAndDeals.com: facilitates a common international business-to-business (B2B) trade platform by connecting global buyers with suppliers. It uses tomcat in several day to day IT operations.
  63. LUXMS: Luxury messaging: Wide range of wireless messaging services, including email SMS notification and delivery of important information from desktop to your phone.
  64. Lagerverkauf-Finden: German Searchsite for factory outlet stores. Based on a custom developed lucene based nosql database and running on tomcat.
  65. Handytarife-Finden: This ist a very fast search site for mobile phones and bundles. It works with an lucene based nosql database and running on an System consisting of nginx and tomcat.
  66. Mhdbdb: Middle-High German Conceptual Database
  67. Millennium Pharmaceuticals: a leading biopharmaceutical company.
  68. Webdesign: delivers all Content Management solutions and Web business applications on Tomcat.
  69. ngasi.com: is home to NGASI AppServer Manager. NGASI AppServer Manager automates the installation and management of Tomcat across multiple systems. It also creates and manages Load-Balanced farms of Tomcat instances.
  70. MyOtherDrive: an Online Backup and File Sharing provider, runs on Apache Tomcat.
  71. myWMS: is an open-source Warehouse Management System using a variety of tools including Tomcat.
  72. n0r1sk.com: some nice open source projects! (SMS Gateway / PDF Split / ...)
  73. Optusnet.com.au: An Australian ISP portal with multiple brandings serving over 20 million page impressions per month.
  74. Orangepics.com: Simple, Safe Photo Sharing
  75. Pcgesund.de: PC Gesund is the leading remote support computer helpdesk in Germany.
  76. PopcornMonsters.com: A free movie information portal that averages 100,000 unique visitors a month.
  77. Qcadoo.com: qcadoo MES - easy to use, extensible and open source manufacturing management system for small and medium companies. qcadoo Framework - an open source framework for rapid development of data intensive and modular business web applications
  78. QuickCreative.net: Advertising Agency offering online ordering of business cards, brochures, logos, postcards and other printed materials.
  79. Razuna: is the Open Source alternative to Digital Asset Management. The standalone server download comes bundled with Tomcat 6.x, also their Virtual Server Image comes preinstalled with Tomcat 6.x. Their Razuna Hosted Platform offering, a hosted Digital Asset Management solution, runs on Tomcat as well.
  80. RecipeLand.com: One of the oldest and largest recipe web sites.
  81. RedEndo BMX: Online Opt-in advertising BMX Journal
  82. The ResCarta Foundation: Community Standards through Collaborative Efforts.
  83. The Sakai Project: building a collaboration and learning environment for higher education.
  84. Service-Repository: Registry of public SOAP Web Services and dynamic client UI
  85. Shoppingkaiser: Global Searchsite for currently expiring eBay Auctions. Based on a nosql lucene database.
  86. Specto Design, Inc. : delivers all ecommerce solutions and financial applications on Tomcat.
  87. springsource : Enterprise Ready Server™ (ERS) is the most comprehensive and widely distributed solution for Apache Web and Tomcat Application Server management. ERS provides better performance and security and improves service quality, reliability and scalability by uniquely enhancing Apache and Tomcat for enterprise use while reducing the costs and complexity of sophisticated Web infrastructures. Includes multiple versions of Apache Tomcat. To download go to http://www.springsource.com/products/ers/apachedownloads.
  88. STRABAG SE - BRVZ Gmbh IT: BRVZ Gmbh IT is the IT service provider of the Strabag Societas Europea building company. A lot of internal services are running on 150+ Tomcat instances.
  89. Synetek.com: uses Tomcat for their LeaseEagle product.
  90. Tixeo: uses Tomcat for their WorkSpace3D products, solutions for web conferencing, video conferencing, desktop sharing and realtime collaborative work in 3D.
  91. Teamdev.com: uses Tomcat for own production systems and development services.
  92. The Stocks Profit: uses Tomcat for own back bone production system.
  93. TravPro: a web booking client for tour operators runs on Tomcat.
  94. Trentisa: a leading consultant and software company specialized in IBM and JAVA solutions.
  95. TrycksaksTorget: webbased print solutions.
  96. VirtualPairProgrammers - power their E-Commerce operation on Tomcat.
  97. Voicent Communications: Voicent uses Tomcat to Power: Call Center Software, IVR, and Auto dialer, as well as many other titles.
  98. Volagratis.it: is an E-Commerce site.
  99. WebShots: A large online photo service site
  100. Wolfram Research: makers of Mathematica, recommend using Tomcat for webMathematica, and have a configuration guide available.
  101. XWiki: is an open-source Java wiki system.

Hosting providers

  1. 2020Media.com: Longest established UK Tomcat host. Over a decade of Tomcat hosting expertise. Plans on shared, private and dedicated Tomcat servers. Customer has full control over tomcat, SSH access and Tomcat version choice.
  2. A2 Hosting: Tomcat Hosting is available on CentOS, Debian, Fedora or Ubuntu VPS Hosting packages. Install Tomcat in moments with A2 Hosting's exclusive Quickinstaller tool.
  3. AcuGIS: Tomcat hosting solutions with emphasis on GIS (GeoServer and PostGIS). Tomcat 6 and 7 options with private JVM. High performance hosting with SAS 15k disks and 1 Gb public/private network on all hosting plans.
  4. Axon Datacenters: Axon Datacenters is datacenter offering virtual hosting, dedicated servers and cloud services powered by Tomcat and other open-source software via their servers page at Axon Servers.
  5. Bestinweb: Bestinweb is a little hosting provider that provides, hosting apart, many other services like: Web Design, Sviluppo siti internet and Posizionamento siti.
  6. Bjorn hahnefeld IT: björn hahnefeld IT runs on Tomcat. Hosting-Plans can be booked under Tomcat Co-Location and Serverhousing.
  7. BODHost: Proud to be Apache Tomcat Hosting Provider
  8. DailyRazor: DailyRazor is the leading provider of Tomcat and Java hosting solutions with fantastic support for MySQL and PostgreSQL database. Tomcat 5, 6, and 7 all supported. All plans feature Private JDK on a Private JVM.
  9. Eapps.com: eApps Hosting has provided hosting for Java applications using Tomcat since 2000 and now offers Tomcat hosting in a reliable, economical VPS container with 24/7 support by in-house staff.
  10. Enciva Solutions Ltd.: Enciva Solutions Ltd. offers premium U.S. and U.K based Tomcat hosting solutions. MySQL, Oracle, and PostgreSQL database options. Tomcat 5, 6, and 7. All plans feature private JVM and 1Gbps network speed. VPS and dedicated solutions also available.
  11. Energized Hosting: Energized Hosting uses Tomcat for its Servlet/JSP hosting needs.
  12. FutureHosting.com: A U.S./U.K./Australian managed hosting provider that operates Tomcat and JBOSS VZ-based virtual containers.
  13. goJava.net - Java / Tomcat Hosting: goJava.net - Java / Tomcat Hosting, Dedicated JAVA / Tomcat hosting company. Private Tomcat instances, versions 5.5 / 6.0 / 7.0 supported, Linux CentOS 6.x 64bit servers, minimum 2 x Quad Core CPUs and 24-48 GB RAM. Only Private Tomcat plans. Private Tomcat Lite $7.99/pm (128 MB heap size), Pro $14.99 (256 MB heap size), extra 128 MB heap size for $5. 14 days Trial available!
  14. Great JSP Hosting: Great JSP Hosting was created to allow for quick and painless deployment of Java applications. GreatJSPhosting offers java hosting based on Apache Tomcat 7 and JDK 1.7, and Java Xen VPS with pre-installed Tomcat version 7 and full support for Apache Tomcat servlet container. Dedicated Tomcat and Java Hosting company!
  15. HomeHost - Hospedagem de Sites: HomeHost - Hospedagem de Sites provides webhosting with support to JSP/Servlets by using Tomcat.
  16. HostingInCanada.com: HostingInCanada.com has been providing Java Hosting services based on Apache Tomcat since 1999. At that time only a few companies offered JSP and Java Hosting services. HiC offer: Shared Java Hosting (based on Apache Tomcat), Private Tomcat Hosting (dedicated Tomcat instance) and JBoss. 14 days trial available (only for Shared and Private Tomcat packages).
  17. Planet-hosting.net: Hosting Planet Limited is hosting company offering Java hosting using private JVM. All hosting plans including Tomcat as JSP/Servlet container.
  18. Hyve Managed Hosting: Hyve Managed Hosting A Mission Critical UK based hosting company specialising in Java and Tomcat hosting in the cloud. Dedicated servers and private instances available.
  19. InnoShare: InnoShare - A full-service web design, email newsletter, web hosting and search engine optimization provider.
  20. Infrenion Networks: Infrenion Networks - Cheap UK and US Web Hosting service provider with FFMPEG and TOMCAT v6
  21. Java Hosting: WebApplication hosting company. We created Java Panel with Tomcat 6.
  22. JavaServletHosting: You'll find professional-grade Java Hosting at very affordable prices. For more than 15 years, they've been a leader in commercial web hosting and n-tier application development. They are one of the original three hosting providers featured on this page back in 2005.
  23. Java Hoster: Hosting provider fully dedicated to Java/J2EE hosting located in France with support to Tomcat 6.0.
  24. Affordable, Automated and Rock-solid Java Hosting: Cheap Java and JSP hosting company with its own JVM and application server control panel JVMCP. All versions of Tomcat and all versions of JDK supported.
  25. KingHost - Hospedagem de Sites: KingHost - Hospedagem de Sites provides webhosting with JSP/Servlets support using Tomcat 5.0, 5.5 and 6.0.
  26. LocaData - Hospedagem de Sites provides webhosting with JSP/Servlets support using Tomcat 5.0, 5.5 and 6.0.
  27. MetaWerx.net: MetaWerx.net - Australia's first and largest Java hosting provider
  28. Hospedagem de Sites: Hospedagem de Sites provides webhosting with JSP/Servlets support using Tomcat 5.0, 5.5 and 6.0.
  29. MIVITEC GmbH - ISP from Germany / Munich: 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.
  30. NetHosted Ltd: NetHosted Ltd Providers of high quality Tomcat hosting on our UK VPS hosting and UK Dedicated Server solutions.
  31. NEXCESS.NET: NEXCESS.NET is now supporting JSP/Servlets using Tomcat.
  32. olvius.com: olvius.com CMS Website Builder with HTML/CSS editors provides user-maintained hosting using Tomcat 6 / CentOS 5.
  33. Opticalhost - Solucoes para o seu site: Opticalhost - Soluçoes para o seu site provides webhosting with JSP/Servlets support using Tomcat.
  34. Oxxus.net Tomcat Hosting: Oxxus.net Tomcat Hosting - Offers latest Tomcat 6 hosting services on private JVM.
  35. Merkaweb: Merkaweb - Spanish based web hosting company supporting Tomcat in all cPanel web hosting plans.
  36. Apache Tomcat Hosting: Apache Tomcat Hosting - India based web hosting company supporting Tomcat in all cPanel web hosting plans.
  37. Pickaweb: Pickaweb - Supporting Tomcat in all of our web hosting plans. 24x7 Support via chat, phone & email.
  38. Revion.com Oracle and Tomcat Web Hosting: Revion.com Oracle and Tomcat Web Hosting - Revion.com is a premier provider of Oracle hosting, Tomcat, Jboss, website, database, and application hosting
  39. RimuHosting.com VPS with Tomcat Web Hosting: RimuHosting.com VPS with Tomcat Web Hosting - provides a VPS and support for you to host your Tomcat the way you want.
  40. Rosehosting.com: RoseHosting.com - specializes in high quality managed Tomcat Hosting. RoseHosting.com has been in service since 2001 providing reliable Tomcat Linux VPS hosting solutions to individuals and businesses.
  41. RSHosting.co.uk UK Tomcat Web Hosting: RSHosting.co.uk UK Tomcat Web Hosting - provides Tomcat Web Hosting on our Linux and Windows servers in UK.
  42. RSHosting.com US based Tomcat Web Hosting: RSHosting.com US based Tomcat Web Hosting - provides Tomcat Web Hosting on our Linux and Windows servers in US datacenter.
  43. Starhost - Hospedagem de Sites: Starhost - Hospedagem de Sites Brazilian webhost provides JSP/Servlets support using Tomcat 5.0, 5.5 and 6.0.
  44. Hospedagem de Sites STUDIOSERVER: Hospedagem de Sites STUDIOSERVER provides webhosting with support to JSP/Servlets by using Tomcat.
  45. hospedagem de sites: hospedagem de sites Hospedagem de sites - TeHospedo.
  46. WebAppCabaret: WebAppCabaret is the oldest JAVA Web hosting provider. Features include one-click installation of many versions of Tomcat.
  47. WebHostUK LTD: "UK Web Hosting" WebHostUK LTD - Proud to be Apache Tomcat UK Web Hosting provider.
  48. Web Hosting US: "US Web Hosting" Web Hosting US - Proud to be one of the best Apache Tomcat US Web Hosting provider.
  49. Webhostinguk.com: Web Hosting UK - Tomcat Hosting offers on reliable & fast servers at WebhostingUK Limited.
  50. 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.

Surveys and Other Evidence of Usage

  1. JBoss Infrastructure Survey: A survey of infrastructure tools, adoption, mindshare, and more from JBoss finds Tomcat again among the leading products.
  2. O'Reilly On Java: Over 86% of respondents in O'Reilly's On Java 2004 Survey.
  3. TheServerSide.com: Tomcat is among the market leaders in this survey by TheServerSide.com.

More Stuff

  • A SlashDot discussion about using Tomcat in production.
  • 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
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