7x release

_config.yml

@@ -2,12 +2,35 @@ javalinThreeVersion: 3.13.13
 javalinFourVersion: 4.6.7
 javalinFiveVersion: 5.6.4
 javalinSixVersion: 6.7.0
-javalinversion: 6.7.0
+javalinversion: 7.0.0
 slf4jversion: 2.0.17
 repourl: https://github.com/javalin/website
 description: Javalin - A lightweight Java and Kotlin web framework. Create REST APIs in Java or Kotlin easily.
+url: "https://javalin.io"
 baseurl: "" # the subpath of your site, e.g. /blog
 
+defaults:
+  - scope:
+      path: "_posts/news/pre-3.0"
+    values:
+      noindex: true
+      sitemap: false
+  - scope:
+      path: "_posts/news/pre-4.0"
+    values:
+      noindex: true
+      sitemap: false
+  - scope:
+      path: "_posts/news/pre-5.0"
+    values:
+      noindex: true
+      sitemap: false
+  - scope:
+      path: "_posts/news/pre-6.0"
+    values:
+      noindex: true
+      sitemap: false
+
 # Build settings
 markdown: kramdown
 sass:

_includes/jsonld.html

@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+{% if page.splash %}
+<script type="application/ld+json">
+{
+  "@context": "https://schema.org",
+  "@type": "SoftwareApplication",
+  "name": "Javalin",
+  "description": "A simple, lightweight web framework for Java and Kotlin. Built on top of Jetty, runs on Java 17+.",
+  "url": "https://javalin.io",
+  "applicationCategory": "Framework",
+  "programmingLanguage": ["Java", "Kotlin"],
+  "operatingSystem": "JVM",
+  "license": "https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0",
+  "sameAs": "https://github.com/javalin/javalin",
+  "author": {
+    "@type": "Organization",
+    "name": "Javalin",
+    "url": "https://javalin.io"
+  }
+}
+</script>
+{% elsif page.title %}
+{% capture page_description %}{% if page.description %}{{ page.description }}{% elsif page.excerpt %}{{ page.excerpt | strip_html | strip_newlines | truncate: 160 }}{% else %}{{ site.description }}{% endif %}{% endcapture %}
+{% capture canonical_url %}{{ page.url | replace:'index.html','' | prepend: site.baseurl | prepend: site.url }}{% endcapture %}
+{% if page.layout == 'blogpost' or page.layout == 'news' or page.layout == 'tutorial' %}
+<script type="application/ld+json">
+{
+  "@context": "https://schema.org",
+  "@type": "BlogPosting",
+  "headline": {{ page.title | jsonify }},
+  "description": {{ page_description | strip | jsonify }},
+  "url": {{ canonical_url | jsonify }},
+  "image": "https://javalin.io/img/javalin.png",
+  "inLanguage": "en",
+  {% if page.date %}"datePublished": "{{ page.date | date_to_xmlschema }}",{% endif %}
+  {% if page.author %}"author": {
+    "@type": "Person",
+    "name": {{ page.author | jsonify }}
+  },{% else %}"author": {
+    "@type": "Organization",
+    "name": "Javalin",
+    "url": "https://javalin.io"
+  },{% endif %}
+  "publisher": {
+    "@type": "Organization",
+    "name": "Javalin",
+    "url": "https://javalin.io",
+    "logo": {
+      "@type": "ImageObject",
+      "url": "https://javalin.io/img/logo.svg"
+    }
+  }
+}
+</script>
+{% else %}
+<script type="application/ld+json">
+{
+  "@context": "https://schema.org",
+  "@type": "TechArticle",
+  "name": {{ page.title | append: " - Javalin" | jsonify }},
+  "description": {{ page_description | strip | jsonify }},
+  "url": {{ canonical_url | jsonify }},
+  "image": "https://javalin.io/img/javalin.png",
+  "inLanguage": "en",
+  "about": {
+    "@type": "SoftwareApplication",
+    "name": "Javalin",
+    "applicationCategory": "Framework",
+    "programmingLanguage": ["Java", "Kotlin"],
+    "url": "https://javalin.io",
+    "sameAs": "https://github.com/javalin/javalin"
+  },
+  "author": {
+    "@type": "Organization",
+    "name": "Javalin",
+    "url": "https://javalin.io"
+  },
+  "publisher": {
+    "@type": "Organization",
+    "name": "Javalin",
+    "url": "https://javalin.io",
+    "logo": {
+      "@type": "ImageObject",
+      "url": "https://javalin.io/img/logo.svg"
+    }
+  }
+}
+</script>
+{% endif %}
+{% endif %}
+
+

_includes/landing.css

@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ header.top-nav-header nav ul.top-nav li a:hover {
 }
 
 .bluepart.blackpart .multitab-code {
-    max-width: 590px;
+    max-width: 640px;
 }
 
 .bluepart .multitab-code {

_includes/landing/section-4-server-and-api.html

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
         config.http.asyncTimeout = 10_000L;
         config.staticFiles.add("/public");
         config.staticFiles.enableWebjars();
-        config.router.apiBuilder(() -> {
+        config.routes.apiBuilder(() -> {
             path("/users", () -> {
                 get(UserController::getAll);
                 post(UserController::create);
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
         config.http.asyncTimeout = 10_000L
         config.staticFiles.add("/public")
         config.staticFiles.enableWebjars()
-        config.router.apiBuilder {
+        config.routes.apiBuilder {
             path("/users") {
                 get(UserController::getAll)
                 post(UserController::create)

_includes/landing/section-5-community.html

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
             <div class="stat-icon">
                 <i class="fa-solid fa-download"></i>
             </div>
-            <div class="stat-number">1M+</div>
+            <div class="stat-number">2M+</div>
             <div class="stat-label">Monthly downloads</div>
         </a>
         <a href="https://github.com/javalin/javalin/network/dependents" target="_blank" class="stat-card">
@@ -19,28 +19,28 @@
             <div class="stat-icon">
                 <i class="fa-solid fa-star"></i>
             </div>
-            <div class="stat-number">8.1k</div>
+            <div class="stat-number">8.2k</div>
             <div class="stat-label">GitHub Stars</div>
         </a>
         <a href="https://github.com/javalin/javalin/commits/master" target="_blank" class="stat-card">
             <div class="stat-icon">
                 <i class="fa-solid fa-code-commit"></i>
             </div>
-            <div class="stat-number">2,396</div>
+            <div class="stat-number">2,466</div>
             <div class="stat-label">Commits</div>
         </a>
         <a href="https://github.com/javalin/javalin/pulls?q=is%3Apr" target="_blank" class="stat-card">
             <div class="stat-icon">
                 <i class="fa-solid fa-code-pull-request"></i>
             </div>
-            <div class="stat-number">1,141</div>
+            <div class="stat-number">1,163</div>
             <div class="stat-label">Pull Requests</div>
         </a>
         <a href="https://github.com/javalin/javalin/graphs/contributors" target="_blank" class="stat-card">
             <div class="stat-icon">
                 <i class="fa-solid fa-users"></i>
             </div>
-            <div class="stat-number">199</div>
+            <div class="stat-number">202</div>
             <div class="stat-label">Contributors</div>
         </a>
         <a href="https://discord.gg/sgak4e5NKv" target="_blank" class="stat-card">
@@ -54,14 +54,14 @@
             <div class="stat-icon">
                 <i class="fa-solid fa-code-fork"></i>
             </div>
-            <div class="stat-number">632</div>
+            <div class="stat-number">638</div>
             <div class="stat-label">Forks</div>
         </a>
         <a href="https://github.com/javalin/javalin/releases" target="_blank" class="stat-card">
             <div class="stat-icon">
                 <i class="fa-solid fa-tag"></i>
             </div>
-            <div class="stat-number">153</div>
+            <div class="stat-number">154</div>
             <div class="stat-label">Releases</div>
         </a>
         <a href="https://github.com/javalin/javalin/issues" target="_blank" class="stat-card">
@@ -72,5 +72,5 @@
             <div class="stat-label">Open Issues</div>
         </a>
     </div>
-    <p class="community-stats-date">As of November 2025</p>
+    <p class="community-stats-date">As of February 2026</p>
 </div>

_includes/macros/gettingStarted.md

@@ -2,19 +2,19 @@
 import io.javalin.Javalin;
 
 void main() {
-    var app = Javalin.create(/*config*/)
-        .get("/", ctx -> ctx.result("Hello World"))
-        .start(7070);
+    var app = Javalin.create(config -> {
+        config.routes.get("/", ctx -> ctx.result("Hello World"));
+    }).start(7070);
 }
 {% endcapture %}
 
 {% capture kotlin %}
 import io.javalin.Javalin
 
 fun main() {
-    val app = Javalin.create(/*config*/)
-        .get("/") { ctx -> ctx.result("Hello World") }
-        .start(7070)
+    val app = Javalin.create { config ->
+        config.routes.get("/") { ctx -> ctx.result("Hello World") }
+    }.start(7070)
 }
 {% endcapture %}
 {% include macros/docsSnippet.html java=java kotlin=kotlin %}

_includes/macros/gettingStarted6.md

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{% capture java %}
+import io.javalin.Javalin;
+
+public static void main(String[] args) {
+    var app = Javalin.create().start(7070);
+    app.get("/", ctx -> ctx.result("Hello World"));
+}
+{% endcapture %}
+
+{% capture kotlin %}
+import io.javalin.Javalin
+
+fun main() {
+    val app = Javalin.create().start(7070)
+    app.get("/") { ctx -> ctx.result("Hello World") }
+}
+{% endcapture %}
+{% include macros/docsSnippet.html java=java kotlin=kotlin %}
+

_includes/notificationBanner.html

@@ -1,24 +1,26 @@
 <script>
-    // const notificationId = "javalin-6-released";
-    // const hasBeenDismissed = localStorage.getItem(notificationId + "-dismissed") === "true";
-    // const pageLoadCount = parseInt(localStorage.getItem(notificationId + "-count") || 0);
-    // localStorage.setItem(notificationId + "-count", (pageLoadCount + 1).toString());
-    // if (!hasBeenDismissed && pageLoadCount >= 0) {
-    //     document.write(`
-    //         <div id="notification-banner">
-    //             <h1>Javalin 6 is out!</h1>
-    //             Javalin 6 stable is finally here!
-    //             Read more in the <a href="/news/javalin-6.0.0-stable.html">release post</a>.
-    //         </div>
-    //     `);
-    //     if (pageLoadCount >= 0) {
-    //         document.querySelector("#notification-banner").insertAdjacentHTML("beforeend", `<span class="close">×</span>`);
-    //         document.querySelector("#notification-banner .close").addEventListener("click", () => {
-    //             document.querySelector("#notification-banner").style.display = "none";
-    //             localStorage.setItem(notificationId + "-dismissed", "true");
-    //         });
-    //     }
-    // }
+    const notificationId = "javalin-7-released";
+    const hasBeenDismissed = localStorage.getItem(notificationId + "-dismissed") === "true";
+    const pageLoadCount = parseInt(localStorage.getItem(notificationId + "-count") || 0);
+    localStorage.setItem(notificationId + "-count", (pageLoadCount + 1).toString());
+    const path = window.location.pathname;
+    const isDocsOrTutorials = path.startsWith("/documentation") || path.startsWith("/tutorials");
+    if (!hasBeenDismissed && pageLoadCount >= 0 && isDocsOrTutorials) {
+        document.write(`
+            <div id="notification-banner">
+                <h1>Javalin 7 is out! 🚀</h1>
+                Javalin 7 stable is finally here!
+                Read more in the <a href="/news/javalin-7.0.0-stable.html">release post</a>.
+            </div>
+        `);
+        if (pageLoadCount >= 0) {
+            document.querySelector("#notification-banner").insertAdjacentHTML("beforeend", `<span class="close"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="16" height="16" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2.5" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><line x1="18" y1="6" x2="6" y2="18"/><line x1="6" y1="6" x2="18" y2="18"/></svg></span>`);
+            document.querySelector("#notification-banner .close").addEventListener("click", () => {
+                document.querySelector("#notification-banner").style.display = "none";
+                localStorage.setItem(notificationId + "-dismissed", "true");
+            });
+        }
+    }
 </script>
 <style>
     #notification-banner {
@@ -28,7 +30,7 @@
         right: 32px;
         width: 360px;
         z-index: 9999999;
-        background: #ffff64;
+        background: #9fff82;
         color: black;
         font-size: 18px;
         padding: 24px;
@@ -50,24 +52,23 @@
     }
 
     #notification-banner .close {
-        background: white;
+        background: black;
+        color: white;
         position: absolute;
         right: -3px;
         top: -3px;
         height: 32px;
         width: 32px;
-        line-height: 1;
         display: flex;
         align-items: center;
         justify-content: center;
-        font-size: 28px;
         cursor: pointer;
         border: 3px solid black;
         transition: background 0.2s ease;
     }
 
     #notification-banner .close:hover {
-        background: #f0f0f0;
+        background: #333;
     }
 
     @media (max-width: 480px) {
@@ -94,4 +95,8 @@
             transform: translateX(0);
         }
     }
+
+    body.dark-mode #notification-banner h1 {
+        color: black;
+    }
 </style>