The framework has:

• A flexible, plain old Java object (POJO)-based architecture to structure your code and pages, yet stay out of your way
• A theme-enabled tag library supporting JSP, Velocity, and Freemarker
• Built in support for complex Javascript and Ajax widgets
• A simple plugin framework to integrate with third-party libraries like JavaServer Faces, JasperReports, and JFreeChart.
• Built-in debugging tools supporting profiling, problem reports, and interactive object model queries.
• Automatic portlet support allowing portal and servlet deployments with no code changes.
• Quick start development tools like Maven archetypes, automatic reloading configuration files, and bootstrap tutorials.
• Support for multiple struts.xml files so that modules can be packaged in individual jars
• The Jetty plugin bundled in the archetype for quick deployment
• Reloaded configurations so that new code could be put into production on a live system