Open Source Scala Web Development Frameworks

Play Framework makes it easy to build web applications with Java & Scala. The Play Framework combines productivity and performance making it easy to build scalable web applications with Java and Scala. Play is developer friendly with a "just hit refresh" workflow and built-in testing support. With Play, applications scale predictably due to a stateless and non-blocking architecture. By being RESTful by default, including assets compilers, JSON & WebSocket support, Play is a perfect fit for modern web & mobile applications. Play is based on a lightweight, stateless, web-friendly architecture. Built on Akka, Play provides predictable and minimal resource consumption (CPU, memory, threads) for highly-scalable applications. Make your changes and simply hit refresh! All you need is a browser and a text editor. Underneath the covers Play uses a fully asynchronous model built on top of Akka.

Lift is the most powerful, most secure web framework available today. There are Seven Things that distinguish Lift from other web frameworks. Lift apps are resistant to common vulnerabilities including many of the OWASP Top 10. Lift apps are fast to build, concise and easy to maintain. Lift apps are high-performance and scale in the real world to handle insane traffic levels. Lift's Comet support is unparalled and Lift's ajax support is super-easy and very secure. Because Lift applications 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.