... are written in Scala, an elegant JVM language, you can still use your favorite Java libraries and deploy to your favorite Servlet Container and app server. Use the code you've already written and deploy to the container you've already configured! As of Lift 3.0, you'll need to be running Java 8 to use Lift. For those using Java 6 or Java 7, you'll need to use Lift 2.6 until you can upgrade your Java installation.