| # Eclipse GlassFish |
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| ## About |
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| Eclipse GlassFish is a [Jakarta EE compatible implementation](compatibility) |
| sponsored by the Eclipse Foundation. |
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| ## Latest News |
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| ## December 31, 2020 -- Eclipse GlassFish 6 Stable Release |
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| We are pleased to announce the stable release of Eclipse GlassFish 6.0. This release provides implementations |
| of the Jakarta EE 9 Platform and Web Profile specifications. Download links are available from the [GlassFish Download page](https://eclipse-ee4j.github.io/glassfish/download). Eclipse GlassFish 6 implements the Jakarta EE 9 specification ([Jakarta EE 9 Platform](https://jakarta.ee/specifications/platform/9/), [Jakarta EE 9 Web Profile](https://jakarta.ee/specifications/webprofile/9/)). |
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| ### October 24, 2020 -- Eclipse GLassFish 6.0 Release Candidate 1 is released |
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| This is the first release candidate of Eclipse GlassFish 6.0 and is available for [download](https://eclipse-ee4j.github.io/glassfish/download). |
| This first Release Candidate is functionally complete and is the first version to pass the in progress Jakarta EE 9 Platform CTS and standalone TCKs for both Full Platform and Web Platform. Further development will be carried out before final release but no major functinal changes will be made. |
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| ### June 23, 2020 -- Eclipse GlassFish 6.0 Milestone 1 is released |
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| This release contains new Jakarta EE 9 compatible APIs. This is an early alpha release of Eclipse GlassFish 6. See the download page to get your copy. |
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| ### September 10, 2019 -- Eclipse GlassFish 5.1 is certified compatible with Eclipse Jakarta EE 8 |
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| Eclipse GlassFish 5.1 was certified as part of the release of the Jakarta EE 8 specification. This certification was completed without requiring any changes to Eclipse GlassFish 5.1, released in January of this same year. Eclipse GlassFish 5.1 is compatible with both Jakarta EE 8 and also Java EE 8. |
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| ### January 28, 2019 -- Eclipse GlassFish 5.1 is released |
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| See the |
| [press release](https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2019/01/29/1706637/0/en/Java-EE-8-Compatible-Eclipse-GlassFish-5-1-Released.html) |
| and related blog posts |
| ([here](https://dmitrykornilov.net/2019/01/29/eclipse-glassfish-5-1-is-released/) |
| and [here](https://blog.payara.fish/glassfish-5.1-release-marks-major-milestone-for-java-ee-transfer)). |
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| ### September 28, 2017 - Introducing Eclipse Enterprise for Java |
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| See the [Jakarta EE home-page](https://jakarta.ee/). |
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| ## How To Contribute |
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| The Eclipse GlassFish Project is open for contributions and your help is |
| greatly appreciated. |
| The easiest way to contribute to the Eclipse GlassFish documentation is by |
| opening an [issue](https://github.com/eclipse-ee4j/glassfish/issues) |
| that contains feedback and review comments. |
| Contributions to the source code are also welcome. |
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| Please review the following links: |
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| * [Contribute](CONTRIBUTING) |
| * [Pull Request Acceptance Workflow](pr_workflow) |
| * [License](LICENSE) |
