Eclipse GlassFish 8.x Downloads

Eclipse GlassFish is an application server, implementing Jakarta EE. This release is corresponding with the Jakarta EE 11 specification, which is a major new feature release. Eclipse GlassFish 8 requires JDK 21 or higher.

Eclipse GlassFish 8.0.2

This release focused on dependencies - see release notes for details.

Main Changes

• Improved local host evaluation
• Optimized usage of resources and speed of deployment
• Security improvements

Download

• Eclipse GlassFish 8.0.2, Jakarta EE Platform 11 (zip)
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• Eclipse GlassFish 8.0.2, Jakarta EE Web Profile 11 (zip)
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• Eclipse GlassFish Embedded 8.0.2, Jakarta EE Platform 11 (jar) — run with java -jar glassfish-embedded-all-8.0.2.jar, no installation required
  • Maven coordinates
• Eclipse GlassFish Embedded 8.0.2, Jakarta EE Web Profile 11 (jar) — run with java -jar glassfish-embedded-web-8.0.2.jar, no installation required
  • Maven coordinates

More details:

• Eclipse GlassFish 8.0.2 Release Notes
• Jakarte EE Specifications for more info about Jakarta EE

Eclipse GlassFish 8.0.1

Main Changes

• Refactored glassfish-itest-tools to make testing with JUnit6 easier.
• Optimized usage of resources and speed of deployment

Download

• Eclipse GlassFish 8.0.1, Jakarta EE Platform 11 (zip)
  • Maven coordinates
• Eclipse GlassFish 8.0.1, Jakarta EE Web Profile 11 (zip)
  • Maven coordinates
• Eclipse GlassFish Embedded 8.0.1, Jakarta EE Platform 11 (jar) — run with java -jar glassfish-embedded-all-8.0.1.jar, no installation required
  • Maven coordinates
• Eclipse GlassFish Embedded 8.0.1, Jakarta EE Web Profile 11 (jar) — run with java -jar glassfish-embedded-web-8.0.1.jar, no installation required
  • Maven coordinates

More details:

• Eclipse GlassFish 8.0.1 Release Notes
• Jakarte EE Specifications for more info about Jakarta EE

Eclipse GlassFish 8.0.0

Breaking Changes

• Compliance with Jakarta EE 11
• Minimal supported version is Java 21
• Removed the SecurityManager based authorization

New Features

• Virtual thread support
• Jakarta Data support

Download

• Eclipse GlassFish 8.0.0, Jakarta EE Platform 11 (zip)
  • Maven coordinates
• Eclipse GlassFish 8.0.0, Jakarta EE Web Profile 11 (zip)
  • Maven coordinates
• Eclipse GlassFish Embedded 8.0.0, Jakarta EE Platform 11 (jar) — run with java -jar glassfish-embedded-all-8.0.0.jar, no installation required
  • Maven coordinates
• Eclipse GlassFish Embedded 8.0.0, Jakarta EE Web Profile 11 (jar) — run with java -jar glassfish-embedded-web-8.0.0.jar, no installation required
  • Maven coordinates

More details:

• Eclipse GlassFish 8.0.0 Release Notes
• Jakarte EE Specifications for more info about Jakarta EE