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Apache Struts 2 is an elegant, extensible framework for building enterprise-ready Java web applications. Distributions of Struts 2 are available as a free download under the Apache License.

• For more about the Apache Struts project, visit the project web site.
• For more about Struts Plugins, visit the Struts 2 Plugin Registry.
• For a free copy of "Starting Struts 2", visit InfoQ.
• For more books, articles, and presentations about Struts, visit Other Resources.
• For other community-supported Struts resources, visit the Struts 2 Wiki.

Our tutorials are designed to help you get started with the framework ASAP. We offer an all-purpose "Bootstrap" tutorial as well as specialty tutorials on portlets and database access.

Our in-depth technical guides focus on specific components of the framework, such as the Core framework, Struts Tags, and optional Extensions, as well as migrating from Struts 1 or WebWork 2.

Our FAQs and Cookbook examples provide a wide range of rapid-fire "HOWTOs" in question-and-answer format.

Our security bulletins explain any security issues and their solutions

Books, articles, and presentations about Struts 2.