Codehaus Cargo

What is Codehaus Cargo?

Cargo is a thin wrapper that allows you to manipulate various type of application containers (J2EE, Java EE, Jakarta EE and others) in a standard way. The portion Codehaus is a reference to the open source community which used to host Cargo when it was first created - We meanwhile moved to Github as Codehaus has shut down.

Cargo provides the following APIs and tools:

A Java API to start/stop/configure any of the supported containers.

A Java API to (remotely or locally) deploy modules into these containers, be it a server alone, a farm or a cluster.

A Java API to parse/create/merge J2EE, Java EE or Jakarta EE modules.

Ant tasks wrapping the Java API for configuring, starting, stopping and deploying applications to all supported containers.

A Web interface that wraps the Java API that can be used to configure, start and stop all containers supported by Cargo remotely and at any time.

A Maven 3 Plugin wrapping the Java API for configuring, starting, stopping and deploying applications to all supported containers and the Cargo Daemon as well as parsing, creating and merging J2EE, Java EE or Jakarta EE modules.

These tools and APIs can be used in a standalone fashion or via various IDEs.

Usage

Cargo is often used to deploy applications to containers from test APIs (such as JUnit), Ant or Maven builds. Cargo can install the container and dependencies needed for your deployment as well. Please find below the links to our Quick Start guides:

Development Status

Current Versions

You can click on the version number to access the Downloads page and in the status column to get release notes:

Version

Status

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1.10.27

Released on 3 April 2026

Container Support

The below list shows the supported containers and extensions that are implemented for each container, as well as the the version of the associated Codehaus Cargo module where the feature was first made available.

Click on a container's name to see a detailed list of features it supports.

Container	Java API (version)	Ant tasks (version)	Maven 3 plugin (version)
Geronimo 1.x	0.8	0.8	1.9.0
Geronimo 2.x	1.0.4	1.0.4	1.9.0
Geronimo 3.x	1.2.4	1.2.4	1.9.0
GlassFish 2.x	1.0.1	1.0.1	1.9.0
GlassFish 3.x	1.0.1	1.0.1	1.9.0
GlassFish 4.x	1.4.0	1.4.0	1.9.0
GlassFish 5.x	1.6.6	1.6.6	1.9.0
GlassFish 6.x	1.8.3	1.8.3	1.9.0
GlassFish 7.x	1.9.14	1.9.14	1.9.14
GlassFish 8.x	1.10.12	1.10.12	1.10.12
GlassFish 9.x	1.10.27	1.10.27	1.10.27
JBoss 3.x	0.7	0.7	1.9.0
JBoss 4.x	0.7	0.7	1.9.0
JBoss 4.2.x	1.0	1.0	1.9.0
JBoss 5.x	1.0	1.0	1.9.0
JBoss 5.1.x	1.0.1	1.0.1	1.9.0
JBoss 6.x	1.0.1	1.0.1	1.9.0
JBoss 6.1.x	1.1.3	1.1.3	1.9.0
JBoss 7.x	1.1.2	1.1.2	1.9.0
JBoss 7.1.x	1.1.4	1.1.4	1.9.0
JBoss 7.2.x	1.4.3	1.4.3	1.9.0
JBoss 7.3.x	1.4.6	1.4.6	1.9.0
JBoss 7.4.x	1.4.9	1.4.9	1.9.0
JBoss 7.5.x	1.4.17	1.4.17	1.9.0
Jetty 5.x	0.8	1.0	1.9.0
Jetty 6.x	0.8	1.0	1.9.0
Jetty 7.x	1.0.1	1.0.1	1.9.0
Jetty 8.x	1.1.3	1.1.3	1.9.0
Jetty 9.x	1.3.0	1.3.0	1.9.0
Jetty 10.x	1.8.3	1.8.3	1.9.0
Jetty 11.x	1.8.3	1.8.3	1.9.0
Jetty 12.x	1.10.9	1.10.9	1.10.9
jo! 1.x	0.5	0.5	1.9.0
JOnAS 4.x	1.0	1.0	1.9.0
JOnAS 5.x	1.0	1.0	1.9.0
JRun 4.x	1.0	1.0	1.9.0
OC4J 9.x	0.3	0.3	1.9.0
OC4J 10.x	1.0	1.0	1.9.0
Payara	1.7.8	1.7.8	1.9.0
Resin 3.x	0.1	0.1	1.9.0
Resin 3.1.x	1.2.0	1.2.0	1.9.0
Resin 4.x	1.4.0	1.4.0	1.9.0
Tomcat 4.x	0.1	0.1	1.9.0
Tomcat 5.x	0.1	0.1	1.9.0
Tomcat 6.x	1.0	1.0	1.9.0
Tomcat 7.x	1.0.2	1.0.2	1.9.0
Tomcat 8.x	1.4.4	1.4.4	1.9.0
Tomcat 9.x	1.5.1	1.5.1	1.9.0
Tomcat 10.x	1.7.12	1.7.12	1.9.0
Tomcat 11.x	1.10.6	1.10.6	1.10.6
TomEE 1.x	1.4.11	1.4.11	1.9.0
TomEE 7.x	1.6.0	1.6.0	1.9.0
TomEE 8.x	1.7.1	1.7.1	1.9.0
TomEE 9.x	1.8.0	1.8.0	1.9.0
TomEE 10.x	1.10.14	1.10.14	1.10.14
WebLogic 8.x	0.3	0.3	1.9.0
WebLogic 9.x	1.0	1.0	1.9.0
WebLogic 10.x	1.0	1.0	1.9.0
WebLogic 10.3.x	1.0	1.0	1.9.0
WebLogic 12.x	1.2.4	1.2.4	1.9.0
WebLogic 12.1.x	1.4.6	1.4.6	1.9.0
WebLogic 12.2.x	1.4.18	1.4.18	1.9.0
WebLogic 14.x	1.7.12	1.7.12	1.9.0
WebLogic 15.x	1.10.26	1.10.26	1.10.26
WebSphere 8.5.x	1.3.0	1.3.0	1.9.0
WebSphere 9.x	1.6.4	1.6.4	1.9.0
WebSphere Liberty	1.5.0	1.5.0	1.9.0
WildFly 8.x	1.4.2	1.4.2	1.9.0
WildFly 9.x	1.4.15	1.4.15	1.9.0
WildFly 10.x	1.4.18	1.4.18	1.9.0
WildFly 11.x	1.6.3	1.6.3	1.9.0
WildFly 12.x	1.6.7	1.6.7	1.9.0
WildFly 13.x	1.6.9	1.6.9	1.9.0
WildFly 14.x	1.6.11	1.6.11	1.9.0
WildFly 15.x	1.7.2	1.7.2	1.9.0
WildFly 16.x	1.7.3	1.7.3	1.9.0
WildFly 17.x	1.7.7	1.7.7	1.9.0
WildFly 18.x	1.7.8	1.7.8	1.9.0
WildFly 19.x	1.7.11	1.7.11	1.9.0
WildFly 20.x	1.7.14	1.7.14	1.9.0
WildFly 21.x	1.8.3	1.8.3	1.9.0
WildFly 22.x	1.8.3	1.8.3	1.9.0
WildFly 23.x	1.9.3	1.9.3	1.9.3
WildFly 24.x	1.9.6	1.9.6	1.9.6
WildFly 25.x	1.9.8	1.9.8	1.9.8
WildFly 26.x	1.9.9	1.9.9	1.9.9
WildFly 27.x	1.9.14	1.9.14	1.9.14
WildFly 28.x	1.10.7	1.10.7	1.10.7
WildFly 29.x	1.10.9	1.10.9	1.10.9
WildFly 30.x	1.10.10	1.10.10	1.10.10
WildFly 31.x	1.10.12	1.10.12	1.10.12
WildFly 32.x	1.10.13	1.10.13	1.10.13
WildFly 33.x	1.10.15	1.10.15	1.10.15
WildFly 34.x	1.10.16	1.10.16	1.10.16
WildFly 35.x	1.10.16	1.10.16	1.10.16
WildFly 36.x	1.10.19	1.10.19	1.10.19
WildFly 37.x	1.10.21	1.10.21	1.10.21
WildFly 38.x	1.10.23	1.10.23	1.10.23
WildFly 39.x	1.10.27	1.10.27	1.10.27
WildFly Swarm	1.6.5	1.6.5	1.9.0

Some containers are automatically tested by the Continous Integration system every time there is a code change. For these the containers, the associated page also shows which version is used for these automated tests.

News

Happy Easter, and Happy Codehaus Cargo 1.10.27!

S. Ali Tokmen posted on Apr 04, 2026

Dear Codehaus Cargo enthusiasts As many are into their long weekend break for Easter, Codehaus Cargo has its version 1.10.27 ready. It comes with the below new features and improvements: Core [CARGO-1655 https://codehaus-cargo.atlassian.net/browse/CARGO-1655] Ability to specify (module/application) name for EJB deployables Containers - GlassFish [CARGO-1657 https://codehaus-cargo.atlassian.net/browse/CARGO-1657] Add support for GlassFish 9.0.0-M1 https://codehaus-cargo.github.…

Happy 2026, and Happy Codehaus Cargo 1.10.26!

S. Ali Tokmen posted on Jan 02, 2026

Dear Codehaus Cargo enthusiasts We are hoping you had a smooth start to 2026 and wish you a happy, healthy and peaceful New Year with a lot of togetherness, joy and success. We are also pleased to announce a new version of Codehaus Cargo that (co-incidentally ) nicely rhymes with 2026, version 1.10.26, with library and container (sub)version upgrades, Continous Integration alignments (with over 6'400 tests across over 100 container major and minor versions),…

Give a warm welcome to Codehaus Cargo 1.10.25!

S. Ali Tokmen posted on Nov 10, 2025

Dear Codehaus Cargo enthusiasts A month passed by since our last release, and we are happy to announce Codehaus Cargo 1.10.25, which features the below improvements: Containers - Jetty 12.x https://codehaus-cargo.github.io/cargo/Jetty+12.x.html (and onwards, the day it comes) [CARGO-1651 https://codehaus-cargo.atlassian.net/browse/CARGO-1651] Set EE version of default modules in JettyPropertySet.MODULES based on JettyPropertySet.…

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