README.md
1## Welcome to Apache Tomcat!
2
3### What Is It?
4
5The Apache Tomcat® software is an open source implementation of the Java
6Servlet, JavaServer Pages, Java Expression Language and Java WebSocket
7technologies. The Java Servlet, JavaServer Pages, Java Expression Language and
8Java WebSocket specifications are developed under the
9[Java Community Process](https://jcp.org/en/introduction/overview).
10
11The Apache Tomcat software is developed in an open and participatory
12environment and released under the
13[Apache License version 2](https://www.apache.org/licenses/). The Apache Tomcat
14project is intended to be a collaboration of the best-of-breed developers from
15around the world. We invite you to participate in this open development
16project. To learn more about getting involved,
17[click here](https://tomcat.apache.org/getinvolved.html) or keep reading.
18
19Apache Tomcat software powers numerous large-scale, mission-critical web
20applications across a diverse range of industries and organizations. Some of
21these users and their stories are listed on the
22[PoweredBy wiki page](https://wiki.apache.org/tomcat/PoweredBy).
23
24Apache Tomcat, Tomcat, Apache, the Apache feather, and the Apache Tomcat
25project logo are trademarks of the Apache Software Foundation.
26
27### Get It
28
29For every major Tomcat version there is one download page containing
30links to the latest binary and source code downloads, but also
31links for browsing the download directories and archives:
32- [Tomcat 10](https://tomcat.apache.org/download-10.cgi)
33- [Tomcat 9](https://tomcat.apache.org/download-90.cgi)
34- [Tomcat 8](https://tomcat.apache.org/download-80.cgi)
35- [Tomcat 7](https://tomcat.apache.org/download-70.cgi)
36
37To facilitate choosing the right major Tomcat version one, we have provided a
38[version overview page](https://tomcat.apache.org/whichversion.html).
39
40### Documentation
41
42The documentation available as of the date of this release is
43included in the docs webapp which ships with tomcat. You can access that webapp
44by starting tomcat and visiting <http://localhost:8080/docs/> in your browser.
45The most up-to-date documentation for each version can be found at:
46- [Tomcat 10.1](https://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-10.1-doc/)
47- [Tomcat 10.0](https://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-10.0-doc/)
48- [Tomcat 9](https://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-9.0-doc/)
49- [Tomcat 8](https://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-8.5-doc/)
50
51### Installation
52
53Please see [RUNNING.txt](RUNNING.txt) for more info.
54
55### Licensing
56
57Please see [LICENSE](LICENSE) for more info.
58
59### Support and Mailing List Information
60
61* Free community support is available through the
62[tomcat-users](https://tomcat.apache.org/lists.html#tomcat-users) email list and
63a dedicated [IRC channel](https://tomcat.apache.org/irc.html) (#tomcat on
64Freenode).
65
66* If you want freely available support for running Apache Tomcat, please see the
67resources page [here](https://tomcat.apache.org/findhelp.html).
68
69* If you want to be informed about new code releases, bug fixes,
70security fixes, general news and information about Apache Tomcat, please
71subscribe to the
72[tomcat-announce](https://tomcat.apache.org/lists.html#tomcat-announce) email
73list.
74
75* If you have a concrete bug report for Apache Tomcat, please see the
76instructions for reporting a bug
77[here](https://tomcat.apache.org/bugreport.html).
78
79### Contributing
80
81Please see [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md) for more info.
82