Documentation Overview

Getting Started Quickly

If you are a first time user, follow this road map to learn Hibernate or NHibernate quickly.

Hibernate Core for Java

Frequently Asked Questions
Hibernate Users FAQ - Common Problems
Hibernate Users FAQ - Advanced Problems
Hibernate Users FAQ - Tips and Tricks
Hibernate Users FAQ - Platform Specific Issues
Hibernate Users FAQ - Miscellaneous FAQs
Product Evaluation FAQ
Performance Q&A
Reference Documentation
English (3.2.2 GA) Online HTML Single page HTML PDF print version
French (3.2.0 GA) Online HTML Single page HTML PDF print version
Miscellaneous
Hibernate3 API Javadoc
Hibernate3 Mapping DTD
Hibernate3 Migration Guide

Hibernate Annotations

Frequently Asked Questions
Hibernate Annotations FAQ
Reference Documentation
English (3.3.1 GA) Online HTML Single page HTML PDF print version
French (3.2.0 GA) Online HTML Single page HTML PDF print version
Chinese (3.2.0 CR1) n/a n/a PDF print version
Miscellaneous
EJB 3.0/Java Persistence API Javadoc
Hibernate Annotations API Javadoc including list of all Hibernate extension annotations
Java Persistence Migration Guide
EJB 3.0 Specification

Hibernate EntityManager

Reference Documentation
English (3.3.2 GA) Online HTML Single page HTML PDF print version
Miscellaneous
EJB 3.0/Java Persistence API Javadoc
Hibernate EntityManager API Javadoc (mostly internal API)
Java Persistence Migration Guide
JBoss EJB 3.0 documentation
JBoss EJB 3.0 TrailBlazers
EJB 3.0 Specification

Hibernate Shards

Reference Documentation
English (3.0.0 beta2) Online HTML Single page HTML PDF print version
French (3.0.0 beta1) Online HTML Single page HTML PDF print version
Miscellaneous
Hibernate Shards API Javadoc

Hibernate Validator

Reference Documentation
English (3.0.0 GA) Online HTML Single page HTML PDF print version

Hibernate Search

Reference Documentation
| English (3.0.1 GA) | Online HTML | Single page HTML | PDF print version
| English (3.1.0 Beta1) | Online HTML | Single page HTML | PDF print version
Miscellaneous
Hibernate Search API Javadoc
Hibernate Search FAQ
Hibernate Search Migration Guide

Hibernate Tools

Reference Documentation
English (3.2.0.beta10) Online HTML Single page HTML PDF print version
New features and screenshots, version 3.2.0 CR 1
Miscellaneous
Building and contributing to Hibernate Tools

NHibernate

Reference Documentation
English (1.2.0) Online HTML Single page HTML CHM PDF
English (1.0.2) Online HTML Single page HTML CHM PDF VS.NET
Miscellaneous
NHibernate Users FAQ
Databases supported by NHibernate
Miscellaneous NHibernate resources
NHibernate Quick Start Guide
NHibernate 1.2 Migration Guide

JBoss Seam

Reference Documentation
English (1.2.0 patch 1) Online HTML Single page HTML PDF print version
Miscellaneous
Seam API Javadoc
Seam FAQ
Seam Getting Started Guide

Other resources

Demo Applications, Tutorials, and Presentations
Hibernate Certified JDBC drivers and Database Management Systems
Supported Databases - Community Page
Related projects & external demo applications
External articles & tutorials
Free Hibernate in Action sample chapters

Wiki Community Area

Popular pattern: Sessions and transactions
Popular pattern: Open Session in View
Popular pattern: Generic Data Access Objects
and many more patterns, tips, and tricks... please contribute your own ideas, experiences, and patterns!

Translations

We'd like to thank our many translators who took the time to translate the Hibernate documentation into their language:

French: Emmanuel Bernard, Anthony Patricio, Jean Christophe Rousseau
Portuguese: Bernardo Roubach
Spanish: Bernardo Buffa Colome
Chinese: Xiaogang Cao
Russian: Leonid Shlyapnikov
Italian: Davide Baroncelli
Japanese: Chikara Honma, Yusuke Hiroto
Korean: JongDae Kim