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[[what-jetty-version]]
=== What Version Do I Use?

Jetty 9 is the most recent version of Jetty and has a great many improvements over previous versions.
This documentation which focuses on Jetty 9.
While many people continue to use older versions of Jetty, we generally recommend using Jetty 9 as it represents the version of Jetty that we will actively maintain and improve over the next few years.

.Jetty Versions
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|Version |Year |Home |JVM |Protocols |Servlet |JSP |Status
|9.4 |2016 |Eclipse |1.8 |HTTP/1.1 (RFC 7230), HTTP/2 (RFC 7540), WebSocket (RFC 6455, JSR 356), FastCGI |3.1 |2.3 |Stable
|9.3 |2015 |Eclipse |1.8 |HTTP/1.1 (RFC 7230), HTTP/2 (RFC 7540), WebSocket (RFC 6455, JSR 356), FastCGI |3.1 |2.3 |Stable
|9.2 |2014 |Eclipse |1.7 |HTTP/1.1 RFC2616, javax.websocket, SPDY v3 |3.1 |2.3 |Stable
|8 |2009-2014 |Eclipse/Codehaus |1.6 |HTTP/1.1 RFC2616, WebSocket RFC 6455, SPDY v3 |3.0 |2.2 |Deprecated
|7 |2008-2014 |Eclipse/Codehaus |1.5 |HTTP/1.1 RFC2616, WebSocket RFC 6455, SPDY v3 |2.5 |2.1 |Deprecated
|6 |2006-2010 |Codehaus |1.4-1.5 |HTTP/1.1 RFC2616 |2.5 |2.0 |Deprecated
|5 |2003-2009 |Sourceforge |1.2-1.5 |HTTP/1.1 RFC2616 |2.4 |2.0 |Deprecated
|4 |2001-2006 |Sourceforge |1.2, J2ME |HTTP/1.1 RFC2616 |2.3 |1.2 |Ancient
|3 |1999-2002 |Sourceforge |1.2 |HTTP/1.1 RFC2068 |2.2 |1.1 |Fossilized
|2 |1998-2000 |Mortbay |1.1 |HTTP/1.0 RFC1945 |2.1 |1.0 |Legendary
|1 |1995-1998 |Mortbay |1.0 |HTTP/1.0 RFC1945 |- |- |Mythical
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