The Java EE 6 platform significantly improves developer productivity, introduces the lightweight Web Profile for Web-centric applications, and includes the latest versions of technologies such as such as JAX-RS 1.1, JavaServer Faces(JSF) 2.0, Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) 3.1, Java Persistence (JPA) 2.0, Context and Dependency Injection (CDI) 1.0 and more. GlassFish is a Java EE open source application server.

New to GlassFish? Learn how to download and install GlassFish, view some screencasts, or try out some samples in the tutorial.

Download and Run

You can chose from various stable GlassFish artifacts.
Not sure which version to use? Try the simple ZIP archive
Unzip and go!

Check out a Screencast

Start your GlassFish experience by watching a movie.

• Installing GlassFish 3 (Dec. 2009) - YouTube
• GlassFish Update Center (Dec. 2009) - YouTube
• GlassFish 3 developer features (Dec. 2009) - YouTube
• Admin (web and CLI) for GlassFish 3 (Dec. 2009) - YouTube
• Developing with NetBeans and GlassFish 3 (Dec. 2009) - YouTube
• RESTful admin for GlassFish 3 (Dec. 2009) - YouTube
• You can also checkout further screencasts on the GlassFish YouTube Channel.

Check out the Tutorials

Learn about Java EE technologies and write simple samples and deploy on GlassFish.
The latest Java EE 6 tutorial is a great place to get started (you can also find the Java EE 5 Tutorial )

Contact the GlassFish Community

We value and encourage your participation in this project

• Feel free to share your feedback when you get your Java EE application running on GlassFish
  
• Join a discussion on the forums with other GlassFish users