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Downloading Jetty
The following provides quick start installation instructions for Jetty. You can follow the link to Eclipse to download the latest Jetty core components, or you can download older Jetty versions directly from here. This page also provides Jetty packaged for Linux distributions and Hightide.
Jetty Releases from Eclipse
Jetty 7 and later core components have moved to Eclipse. Jetty 6 remains the latest stable version of Jetty, but we recommend that you use Jetty 7 for development starting from now.
An example of versioning for jetty-server-7.0.0.X in the org.eclipse.jetty packages, there could be several matching releases of the jetty-maven-plugin-7.0.0.y jetty-maven-plugin-7.0.0.y+1 from the org.mortbay packages etc.
- http://www.eclipse.org/jetty/downloads.php Eclipse Downloads.
- http://dist.codehaus.org/jetty/ Codehaus Downloads.
Jetty Releases from Codehaus
Jetty is distributed as a platform independent zip file containing source, javadocs and binaries:
- http://dist.codehaus.org/jetty/ Codehaus Downloads.
- http://ftp.mortbay.org/pub OLD FTP download site
Maven Repositories
- http://repository.codehaus.org/ public maven 2 releases (groups org.mortbay & org.eclipse.jetty)
- http://oss.sonatype.org/content/groups/jetty/ public snapshots (groups org.mortbay & org.eclipse.jetty)
- http://snapshots.repository.codehaus.org OLD repository (groups org.mortbay)
Linux Distributions
Hightide releases
Hightide is a release of Jetty bundled with JNDI, JTA, JMS, and other EE technologies.
- http://www.webtide.com/resources/downloads.jsp Download for Jetty Hightide releases.
Other
- http://www.webtide.com/eclipse Jetty Eclipse plugin download site.
Versions
Versions are describe in the Jetty 6 Changelog and Jetty 7 Changelog.
Version |
Java |
HTTP |
Servlet |
JSP |
Status |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jetty-7.0 |
1.5- |
HTTP/1.1 RFC2616 |
3.0 |
2.1 |
Experimental |
Standardized async |
Jetty-6.1 |
1.4-1.6 |
HTTP/1.1 RFC2616 |
2.5 |
2.1 or 2.0 |
Stable |
Async SSL, AJP, cometd, testing |
Jetty-6 |
1.4-1.5 |
HTTP/1.1 RFC2616 |
2.5 |
2.1 or 2.0 |
Deprecated |
Continuations, IOC, NIO, dynamic buffers, smaller, faster, better |
Jetty-5.1 |
1.2-1.5 |
HTTP/1.1 RFC2616 |
2.4 |
2.0 |
Stable |
J2EE 1.4 Compliance tested, optimizations, geronimo integration. |
Jetty-5.0 |
1.2-1.4 |
HTTP/1.1 RFC2616 |
2.4 |
2.0 |
Deprecated |
Schema, JettyPlus |
Jetty-4.2 |
1.2-1.4 |
HTTP/1.1 RFC2616 |
2.3+ |
1.2 |
Mature |
JettyPlus |
Jetty-4.1 |
1.2-1.4 |
HTTP/1.1 RFC2616 |
2.3 |
1.2 |
Deprecated |
JAXP1.1, AJP13(mod_jk) |
Jetty-4.0 |
1.2 |
HTTP/1.1 RFC2616 |
2.3 |
1.2 |
Deprecated |
|
Jetty-3.1 |
1.2 |
HTTP/1.1 RFC2068 |
2.2 |
1.1 |
Ancient |
JMX |
Jetty-3.0 |
1.2 |
HTTP/1.1 RFC2068 |
2.2 |
1.1 |
Fossilized |
|
Jetty-2.4 |
1.1 |
HTTP/1.0 RFC1945 |
2.1 |
1.0 |
Legendary |
|
Jetty-1.0 |
1.0 |
HTTP/1.0 RFC1945 |
- |
- |
Mythical |
|
Jetty 6 is distributed under the Apache 2.0 license with details listed in the NOTICE file.
Jetty 7 is distributed under the Apache 2.0 license with details listed in the NOTICE file.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I unpack and install Jetty?
To get started quickly:
- Download from Codehaus
- Install Jetty-6 or Jetty-7
- Run Jetty-6 or Jetty-7