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<h2 id="history">History</h2> <p>Shiro's predecessor, JSecurity, was founded in 2004 by Les Hazlewood and Jeremy Haile because they could not find a suitable Java security framework that operated well at the application level and they were frustrated with <a href="/facts/Java_Authentication_and_Authorization_Service/SICEXQK5">JAAS</a>. Between 2004 and 2008, JSecurity was hosted on <a href="/facts/SourceForge/lxYAgUAX">SourceForge</a> and its committer list grew to include Peter Ledbrook, Alan Ditzel, Tim Veil.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> </p><p>In 2008, JSecurity project was submitted to the <a href="/facts/Apache_Software_Foundation/Xl9Tt9lE">Apache Software Foundation</a> (ASF) and accepted into their Incubator Program to be stewarded by mentors in order to become a top level Apache Project.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> Under the ASF's Incubator, Jsecurity was renamed Ki (pronounced Key) and shortly later renamed Shiro by the community because of trademark concerns.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p><p>The project continued to grow while in the Apache Incubator, adding Kalle Korhonen as a project committer.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> And in July 2010, the Shiro community released its official version 1.0, marking a period of stability in the code base.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> Following the release of version 1.0, the Shiro community created a Project Management Committee and elected Les Hazlewood as its chair. On September 22, 2010, Shiro became a <i>top level project</i> (TLP) in the Apache Software Foundation. </p> <h2 id="releases">Releases</h2> <ul><li>1.12.0 on 2023-07-18 (current stable release)</li> <li>1.11.0 on 2023-01-13</li> <li>1.10.1 on 2022-11-19</li> <li>1.10.0 on 2022-10-10</li> <li>1.9.1 on 2022-06-28</li> <li>1.9.0 on 2022-03-22</li> <li>1.8.0 on 2021-08-26</li> <li>1.7.1 on 2021-01-31</li> <li>1.7.0 on 2020-10-29</li> <li>1.6.0 on 2020-08-17</li> <li>1.5.3 on 2020-05-03</li> <li>1.5.2 on 2020-03-23</li> <li>1.5.1 on 2020-02-23</li> <li>1.5.0 on 2020-01-24</li> <li>1.4.2 on 2019-11-18</li> <li>1.4.1 on 2019-04-18</li> <li>1.4.0 on 2017-05-05</li> <li>1.3.2 on 2016-09-11</li> <li>1.3.1 on 2016-08-29</li> <li>1.3.0 on 2016-07-25</li> <li>1.2.6 on 2016-06-28</li> <li>1.2.5 on 2016-05-24</li> <li>1.2.4 on 2015-07-07</li> <li>1.2.3 on 2014-02-25</li> <li>1.2.2 on 2013-05-15</li> <li>1.2.1 on 2012-07-28</li> <li>1.2.0 on 2012-01-24</li> <li>1.1.0 on 2010-11-01</li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Application_security/L2DWzCfG">Application security</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Java_Authentication_and_Authorization_Service/SICEXQK5">Java Authentication and Authorization Service</a> (JAAS)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Enterprise_JavaBean/3lpxQpDv">Enterprise JavaBean#Security EJB Container-Managed Security</a></li> <li><a href="http://jguard.xwiki.com/xwiki/bin/view/Main/WebHome">JGuard</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140521232837/http://jguard.xwiki.com/xwiki/bin/view/Main/WebHome">Archived</a> 2014-05-21 at the <a href="/facts/Wayback_Machine/nmQ3a6JC">Wayback Machine</a>, an LGPL-licensed security framework</li> <li><a href="/facts/Spring_Security/G3YvuLoV">Spring Security</a>, an Apache-licensed Java security framework</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://shiro.apache.org/">Official website</a> </li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"JSecurity Proposal to Apache Incubator". Archived from the original on 2011-06-12. <a href="https://wiki.apache.org/incubator/JSecurityProposal" target="_blank">https://wiki.apache.org/incubator/JSecurityProposal</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"JSecurity Proposal to Apache Incubator". Archived from the original on 2011-06-12. <a href="https://wiki.apache.org/incubator/JSecurityProposal" target="_blank">https://wiki.apache.org/incubator/JSecurityProposal</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Apache Incubator Board Reports July 2008". Archived from the original on 2011-06-12. Retrieved 2010-09-12. <a href="https://wiki.apache.org/incubator/July2008#line-64" target="_blank">https://wiki.apache.org/incubator/July2008#line-64</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Apache Incubator Board Reports April 2009". Archived from the original on 2011-04-06. Retrieved 2010-09-12. <a href="https://wiki.apache.org/incubator/April2009#line-112" target="_blank">https://wiki.apache.org/incubator/April2009#line-112</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"Apache Incubator Board Reports July 2009". Archived from the original on 2011-04-06. Retrieved 2010-09-12. <a href="https://wiki.apache.org/incubator/July2009#line-170" target="_blank">https://wiki.apache.org/incubator/July2009#line-170</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"Apache Incubator Board Reports October 2009". Archived from the original on 2011-03-06. Retrieved 2010-09-12. <a href="https://wiki.apache.org/incubator/October2009#line-192" target="_blank">https://wiki.apache.org/incubator/October2009#line-192</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"Apache Incubator Board Reports July 2010". Archived from the original on 2011-01-22. Retrieved 2010-09-12. <a href="https://wiki.apache.org/incubator/July2010#line-219" target="_blank">https://wiki.apache.org/incubator/July2010#line-219</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>