Sites, Applications, and Systems that are Powered By Tomcat
This page is a list of some, in all likelihood a very small fraction actually, of the sites out there that use [http://tomcat.apache.org Apache Tomcat] in production. For security and other policy-related reasons, many organizations choose not to disclose the server they use. Tomcat has been downloaded more than 1 million times: assuming even a 1% production adoption rate results in more than 10000 installations. Companies that support Tomcat, such as [http://www.covalent.com Covalent] claim more than half of the global Fortune 500 as their clients.
This page is organized by categories: [#pub sites with publications], [#user sites added by users], [#surveys independent surveys], and [#more more]. Please add your site, application, or system as you see fit. Don't worry if you don't think it fits here or into any particular category: we would like to see your application listed no matter how big, how small, or how miscategorized Some of these applications are simply compatible with, ship with, or run on Tomcat. Others are specifically designed or documented with Tomcat as the container in mind.
Please note that all the corporate logos and names used below are trademarked by their respective organizations. These organizations are not affiliated with this web site or with The Apache Software Foundation, and make no claims regarding The Foundation or its products. Further, in most cases the companies are not aware of their being listed on this site at all.
Sites / Systems / Applications With Associated Publications
This section contains cases that publicly described their Tomcat experience or installation.
Cardinal Health
http://www.cardinal.com/images/layout/cardinal_logo_small.gif
[http://www.cardinal.com/ CardinalHealth] as documented by Sue Hildreth in [http://www.awprofessional.com/articles/article.asp?p=100600&rl=1 this article].
EdSyndicate
http://www.edsyndicate.com/images/newportal_ed_logo_top.gif
[http://www.edsyndicate.com/ EdSyndicate] - a web-based service for schools and universities, with a story from the [http://screaming-penguin.com/main.php?storyid=2579 Screaming Penguin].
WalMart
http://www.walmart.com/i/if/logo_always.gif
[http://www.walmart.com WalMart.com], as documented by Eugene Ciurana on [http://www.theserverside.com/articles/article.tss?l=MigratingtoJava5 TheServerSide].
The Weather Channel
http://image.weather.com/web/common/twc/logos/onair_137x102.gif
[http://www.weather.com The Weather Channel] - and a nice [http://www.computerworld.com/developmenttopics/websitemgmt/story/0,10801,92583,00.html article] from Computer World on their shift from proprietary to open source.
Other Known Sites / Systems / Applications
This section contains cases added by users without further external information, or found on the [http://tomcat.apache.org/lists.html Tomcat mailing lists].
Agile Edge
[http://www.agileedge.com Agility Bug Tracker] from The Agile Edge.
Astradyne Systems
http://astradyne.co.uk/astradynelogo.png
[http://www.astradyne.co.uk/ Astradyne Systems] - A front for a crime family?
Become.com
http://www.become.com/images/become_home.gif
[http://Become.com Become.com] - The statistics servers for this massively-scaled shopping web crawler: [http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/WebServices/become/ Read About It]
Budget-HA
[http://www.budget-ha.com/ Budget-HA] - Technology Articles, Opinion, and Information
Cactus
http://jakarta.apache.org/cactus/images/logocactus.gif
[http://jakarta.apache.org/cactus Jakarta Cactus] - A test framework for unit testing server-side java code.
CampRate
http://camprate.com/images/logo.gif
[http://CampRate.com CampRate.com] - Online Campground Directory and Reviews; Running Tomcat 5 and Struts.
Cofax
http://www.cofax.org/content/static/cofax/logo2.gif
[http://www.cofax.org Cofax] - Content Object Factory
Employee Benefits Institute of America
[http://www.ebia.com Employee Benefits Institute of America]
The eSage Group
http://www.esagegroup.com/images/logoAnimation.gif
[http://www.esagegroup.com eSage Group] - A consulting company, most of our projects are built on Tomcat.
GetAhead.com
[http://getahead.ltd.uk/home GetAhead.ltd.uk] - A web development consultancy.
General Motors Mexico
http://www.gm.com/images/gm_nav_logo.gif
[http://www.gm.com General Motors] - One of the largest car-makers and financers in the world.
Institute for Tourism and Geographic Information Systems
[http://www.itgis.com Institute for Tourism and Geographic Information Systems] - A consulting company; all of our projects are built on Tomcat.
JavaServletHosting.com
[http://www.javaservlethosting.com JavaServletHosting] - a hosting company.
Java Architectures Special Interest Group (JA-SIG)
http://www.ja-sig.org/images/jasig-head.gif
[http://www.ja-sig.org/ JA-SIG] also has a
[https://clearinghouse.ja-sig.org/wiki/display/UPC/Production+Setup configuration guide].
JBoss
http://www.jboss.com/themes/jbosstheme/img/logo.gif
[http://www.jboss.com JBoss]
KnowLEX
http://www.knowlex.com/media/knowlex_logo.gif
[http://www.knowlex.org KnowLEX DE] - additional services to the contents of Wikipedia (German).
[http://www.knowlex.org KnowLEX EN] - additional services to the contents of Wikipedia (English).
Millennium Pharmaceuticals
http://www.mlnm.com/images/hdr_millennium.gif
[http://www.mlnm.com Millennium Pharmaceuticals] - a leading biopharmaceutical company.
MyServletHosting
http://www.myservlethosting.com/images/logo1.gif
[http://www.myservlethosting.com/jsphosting.html MyServletHosting.com] - An application hosting provider
OptusNet
http://www.optus.com.au/dafiles/OCA/OptusHome/StaticFiles/Images/optus_logo.gif
[http://optusnet.com.au optusnet.com.au] - An Australian ISP portal with multiple brandings serving over 20 million page impressions per month.
Popcorn Monsters
http://popcornmonsters.com/images/logo_1.jpg
[http://PopcornMonsters.com PopcornMonsters.com] - A free movie information portal that averages 100,000 unique visitors a month.
Sakai
http://www.sakaiproject.org/images/stories/conferenceLogos/logoslate160x89.jpg
[http://www.sakaiproject.org The Sakai Project] - building a collaboration and learning environment for higher education.
WebShots
http://p.webshots.com/img/mdocs/webshots_128x37.gif
[http://www.webshots.com WebShots] - A large online photo service site
Surveys and Other Evidence of Usage
JBoss Infrastructure Survey
http://www.jboss.com/themes/jbosstheme/img/logo.gif
[http://www.jboss.com/pdf/JBossAS-EnterpriseInfrastructure.pdf A survey] of infrastructure tools, adoption, mindshare, and more from JBoss finds Tomcat again among the leading products.
O'Reilly On Java
http://www.onjava.com/images/onjava/onjava_logo.jpg
[http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2004/05/19/2004-survey.html Over 86%] of respondents in O'Reilly's On Java 2004 Survey.
TheServerSide.com
http://www.theserverside.com/skin/images/header_logotype.gif
[http://www.theserverside.com/tss?service=direct/0/NewsThread/threadViewer.markNoisy.link&sp=l28395&sp=l136428 Tomcat is among the market leaders] in this survey by [http://www.theserverside.com TheServerSide.com].
More Stuff
A [http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=431241&messageID=1927476 JavaForums] thread about using Tomcat in production.
A [http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/08/19/2042235&tid=108 SlashDot] discussion about using Tomcat in production.
An [http://search400.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid3_gci953013,00.html?bucket=ETA article] from The Value Manager for IT Insights on Tomcat's value.