JBoss was started in March 1999. Now reaching the 3.0 series, JBoss is a mature appserver. It has grown way beyond its original scope. While JBoss started as, and still is, an EJB container, today JBoss does the full J2EE stack.

The 3.x series are fully based on J2EE and, in one easy-to install and easy-to-use package, you will find all of the J2EE stacks and more. From a full fledged HTTP 1.1 web server up to the latest Java Connector Architecture, one of the most ground breaking micro kernel approaches to appserver technology based on Java Management Extensions and an advanced Container Managed Persistence 2.0 framework, JBoss has all the features you want in an application server.