# Awesome Java [![Awesome](https://awesome.re/badge.svg)](https://awesome.re) A curated list of awesome Java frameworks, libraries and software. ## Contents - [Projects](#projects) - [Bean Mapping](#bean-mapping) - [Build](#build) - [Bytecode Manipulation](#bytecode-manipulation) - [Caching](#caching) - [CLI](#cli) - [Cluster Management](#cluster-management) - [Code Analysis](#code-analysis) - [Code Coverage](#code-coverage) - [Code Generators](#code-generators) - [Compiler-compiler](#compiler-compiler) - [Computer Vision](#computer-vision) - [Configuration](#configuration) - [Constraint Satisfaction Problem Solver](#constraint-satisfaction-problem-solver) - [CSV](#csv) - [Data Structures](#data-structures) - [Database](#database) - [Date and Time](#date-and-time) - [Dependency Injection](#dependency-injection) - [Development](#development) - [Distributed Applications](#distributed-applications) - [Distributed Transactions](#distributed-transactions) - [Distribution](#distribution) - [Document Processing](#document-processing) - [Financial](#financial) - [Formal Verification](#formal-verification) - [Functional Programming](#functional-programming) - [Game Development](#game-development) - [Geospatial](#geospatial) - [GUI](#gui) - [High Performance](#high-performance) - [HTTP Clients](#http-clients) - [Hypermedia Types](#hypermedia-types) - [IDE](#ide) - [Imagery](#imagery) - [Introspection](#introspection) - [Job Scheduling](#job-scheduling) - [JSON](#json) - [JVM and JDK](#jvm-and-jdk) - [Logging](#logging) - [Machine Learning](#machine-learning) - [Messaging](#messaging) - [Microservice](#microservice) - [Miscellaneous](#miscellaneous) - [Mobile Development](#mobile-development) - [Monitoring](#monitoring) - [Native](#native) - [Natural Language Processing](#natural-language-processing) - [Networking](#networking) - [ORM](#orm) - [PaaS](#paas) - [PDF](#pdf) - [Performance analysis](#performance-analysis) - [Platform](#platform) - [Processes](#processes) - [Reactive libraries](#reactive-libraries) - [REST Frameworks](#rest-frameworks) - [Science](#science) - [Search](#search) - [Security](#security) - [Serialization](#serialization) - [Server](#server) - [Template Engine](#template-engine) - [Testing](#testing) - [Utility](#utility) - [Version Managers](#version-managers) - [Web Crawling](#web-crawling) - [Web Frameworks](#web-frameworks) - [Workflow Orchestration Engines](#workflow-orchestration-engines) - [Resources](#resources) - [Related Awesome Lists](#related-awesome-lists) - [Communities](#communities) - [Frontends](#frontends) - [Influential Books](#influential-books) - [Podcasts and Screencasts](#podcasts-and-screencasts) - [People](#people) - [Websites](#websites) - [Contributing](#contributing) ## Projects ### Bean Mapping _Frameworks that ease bean mapping._ - [dOOv](https://github.com/doov-io/doov) - Provides fluent API for typesafe domain model validation and mapping. It uses annotations, code generation and a type safe DSL to make bean validation and mapping fast and easy. - [JMapper](https://github.com/jmapper-framework/jmapper-core) - Uses byte code manipulation for lightning-fast mapping. Supports annotations and API or XML configuration. - [MapStruct](https://github.com/mapstruct/mapstruct) - Code generator that simplifies mappings between different bean types, based on a convention-over-configuration approach. - [ModelMapper](https://github.com/modelmapper/modelmapper) - Intelligent object mapping library that automatically maps objects to each other. - [Orika](https://github.com/orika-mapper/orika) - JavaBean-mapping framework that recursively copies (among other capabilities) data from one object to another. - [reMap](https://github.com/remondis-it/remap) - Lambda and method handle-based mapping which requires code and not annotations if objects have different names. - [Selma](https://github.com/xebia-france/selma) - Annotation processor-based bean mapper. ### Build _Tools that handle the build cycle and dependencies of an application._ - [Apache Maven](https://maven.apache.org) - Declarative build and dependency management that favors convention over configuration. It might be preferable to Apache Ant, which uses a rather procedural approach and can be difficult to maintain. - [Bazel](https://bazel.build) - Tool from Google that builds code quickly and reliably. - [Buck](https://github.com/facebook/buck) - Encourages the creation of small, reusable modules consisting of code and resources. - [Gradle](https://gradle.org) - Incremental builds programmed via Groovy instead of declaring XML. Works well with Maven's dependency management. ### Bytecode Manipulation _Libraries to manipulate bytecode programmatically._ - [ASM](https://asm.ow2.io) - All-purpose, low-level bytecode manipulation and analysis. - [Byte Buddy](https://bytebuddy.net) - Further simplifies bytecode generation with a fluent API. - [bytecode-viewer](https://github.com/Konloch/bytecode-viewer) - Java 8 Jar & Android APK reverse engineering suite. (GPL-3.0-only) - [Byteman](https://byteman.jboss.org) - Manipulate bytecode at runtime via DSL (rules); mainly for testing/troubleshooting. (LGPL-2.1-or-later) - [cglib](https://github.com/cglib/cglib) - Bytecode generation library. - [Javassist](https://github.com/jboss-javassist/javassist) - Tries to simplify bytecode editing. - [Maker](https://github.com/cojen/maker) - Provides low level bytecode generation. - [Mixin](https://github.com/SpongePowered/Mixin) - Manipulate bytecode at runtime using real Java code. - [Perses](https://github.com/nicolasmanic/perses) - Dynamically injects failure/latency at the bytecode level according to principles of chaos engineering. - [Recaf](https://www.coley.software/Recaf/) - JVM reverse engineering toolkit, essentially an IDE for Java bytecode. ### Caching _Libraries that provide caching facilities._ - [cache2k](https://cache2k.org) - In-memory high performance caching library. - [Caffeine](https://github.com/ben-manes/caffeine) - High-performance, near-optimal caching library. - [Ehcache](http://www.ehcache.org) - Distributed general-purpose cache. - [Infinispan](https://infinispan.org) - Highly concurrent key/value datastore used for caching. ### CLI _Libraries for everything related to the CLI._ #### Argument Parsing _Libraries to assist with parsing command line arguments._ - [Airline](https://rvesse.github.io/airline/) - Annotation-based framework for parsing Git-like command-line arguments. - [JCommander](http://jcommander.org) - Command-line argument-parsing framework with custom types and validation via implementing interfaces. - [jbock](https://github.com/jbock-java/jbock) - Reflectionless command line parser. - [JLine](https://github.com/jline/jline3) - Includes features from modern shells like completion or history. - [picocli](https://picocli.info) - ANSI colors and styles in usage help with annotation-based POSIX/GNU/any syntax, subcommands, strong typing for both options and positional args. #### Text-Based User Interfaces _Libraries that provide TUI frameworks, or building blocks related functions._ - [Jansi](https://github.com/fusesource/jansi) - ANSI escape codes to format console output. - [Jexer](https://gitlab.com/AutumnMeowMeow/jexer) - Advanced console (and Swing) text user interface (TUI) library, with mouse-draggable windows, built-in terminal window manager, and sixel image support. Looks like [Turbo Vision](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbo_Vision). - [Text-IO](https://github.com/beryx/text-io) - Aids the creation of full console-based applications. - [Lanterna](https://github.com/mabe02/lanterna) - Easy console text-GUI library, similar to curses. (LGPL-3.0-only) ### Cluster Management _Frameworks that can dynamically manage applications inside of a cluster._ - [Apache Aurora](https://aurora.apache.org) - Mesos framework for long-running services and cron jobs. - [Singularity](http://getsingularity.com) - Mesos framework that makes deployment and operations easy. It supports web services, background workers, scheduled jobs, and one-off tasks. ### Code Analysis _Tools that provide metrics and quality measurements._ - [Checkstyle](https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle) - Static analysis of coding conventions and standards. (LGPL-2.1-or-later) - [Error Prone](https://github.com/google/error-prone) - Catches common programming mistakes as compile-time errors. - [Error Prone Support](https://github.com/PicnicSupermarket/error-prone-support) - Error Prone extensions: extra bug checkers and a large battery of Refaster templates. - [Infer](https://github.com/facebook/infer) - Modern static analysis tool for verifying the correctness of code. - [jQAssistant](https://jqassistant.org) - Static code analysis with Neo4J-based query language. (GPL-3.0-only) - [NullAway](https://github.com/uber/NullAway) - Eliminates NullPointerExceptions with low build-time overhead. - [PMD](https://github.com/pmd/pmd) - Source code analysis for finding bad coding practices. - [p3c](https://github.com/alibaba/p3c) - Provides Alibaba's coding guidelines for PMD, IDEA and Eclipse. - [RefactorFirst](https://github.com/jimbethancourt/RefactorFirst) - Identifies and prioritizes God Classes and Highly Coupled classes. - [SonarJava](https://github.com/SonarSource/sonar-java) - Static analyzer for SonarQube & SonarLint. (LGPL-3.0-only) - [Spoon](https://github.com/INRIA/spoon) - Library for analyzing and transforming Java source code. - [Spotbugs](https://github.com/spotbugs/spotbugs) - Static analysis of bytecode to find potential bugs. (LGPL-2.1-only) ### Code Coverage _Frameworks and tools that enable code coverage metrics collection for test suites._ - [Clover](https://www.atlassian.com/software/clover) - Relies on source-code instrumentation instead of bytecode instrumentation. - [Cobertura](https://cobertura.github.io/cobertura/) - Relies on offline (or static) bytecode instrumentation and class loading to collect code coverage metrics. (GPL-2.0-only) - [JaCoCo](https://www.eclemma.org/jacoco/) - Framework that enables collection of code coverage metrics, using both offline and runtime bytecode instrumentation. ### Code Generators _Tools that generate patterns for repetitive code in order to reduce verbosity and error-proneness._ - [ADT4J](https://github.com/sviperll/adt4j) - JSR-269 code generator for algebraic data types. - [Auto](https://github.com/google/auto) - Generates factory, service, and value classes. - [Avaje Http Server](https://avaje.io/http/) - Generates Lightweight JAX-RS style http servers using Javalin or Helidon (Nima) SE. - [Bootify ![c]](https://bootify.io) - Browser-based Spring Boot app generation with JPA model and REST API. - [FreeBuilder](https://github.com/inferred/FreeBuilder) - Automatically generates the Builder pattern. - [Geci](https://github.com/verhas/javageci) - Discovers files that need generated code, updates automatically and writes to the source with a convenient API. - [Immutables](https://immutables.github.io) - Annotation processors to generate simple, safe and consistent value objects. - [JavaPoet](https://github.com/square/javapoet) - API to generate source files. - [JHipster](https://github.com/jhipster/generator-jhipster) - Yeoman source code generator for Spring Boot and AngularJS. - [Joda-Beans](https://www.joda.org/joda-beans/) - Small framework that adds queryable properties to Java, enhancing JavaBeans. - [JPA Buddy ![c]](https://www.jpa-buddy.com) - Plugin for IntelliJ IDEA. Provides visual tools for generating JPA entities, Spring Data JPA repositories, Liquibase changelogs and SQL scripts. Offers automatic Liquibase/Flyway script generation by comparing model to DB, and reverse engineering JPA entities from DB tables. - [Lombok](https://projectlombok.org) - Code generator that aims to reduce verbosity. - [Record-Builder](https://github.com/Randgalt/record-builder) - Companion builder class, withers and templates for Java records. - [Telosys](https://www.telosys.org/) - Simple and light code generator available as an Eclipse Plugin and also as a CLI. ### Compiler-compiler _Frameworks that help to create parsers, interpreters or compilers._ - [ANTLR](https://www.antlr.org) - Complex full-featured framework for top-down parsing. - [JavaCC](https://javacc.github.io/javacc/) - Parser generator that generates top-down parsers. Allows lexical state switching and permits extended BNF specifications. - [JFlex](https://jflex.de) - Lexical analyzer generator. ### Computer Vision _Libraries which seek to gain high level information from images and videos._ - [BoofCV](https://boofcv.org) - Library for image processing, camera calibration, tracking, SFM, MVS, 3D vision, QR Code and much more. - [ImageJ](https://imagej.net/ImageJ) - Medical image processing application with an API. - [JavaCV](https://github.com/bytedeco/javacv) - Java interface to OpenCV, FFmpeg, and much more. ### Configuration _Libraries that provide external configuration._ - [avaje config](https://avaje.io/config/) - Loads yaml and properties files, supports dynamic configuration, plugins, file-watching and config event listeners. - [centraldogma](https://github.com/line/centraldogma) - Highly-available version-controlled service configuration repository based on Git, ZooKeeper and HTTP/2. - [config](https://github.com/lightbend/config) - Configuration library supporting Java properties, JSON or its human optimized superset HOCON. - [Configurate](https://github.com/SpongePowered/Configurate) - Configuration library with support for various configuration formats and transformations. - [Curator Framework](https://curator.apache.org/) - High-level API for Apache ZooKeeper. - [dotenv](https://github.com/shyiko/dotenv) - Twelve-factor configuration library which uses environment-specific files. - [Externalized Properties](https://github.com/joel-jeremy/externalized-properties) - Lightweight yet powerful configuration library which supports resolution of properties from external sources and an extensible post-processing/conversion mechanism. - [Gestalt](https://github.com/gestalt-config/gestalt) - Gestalt offers a comprehensive solution to the challenges of configuration management. It allows you to source configuration data from multiple inputs, merge them intelligently, and present them in a structured, type-safe manner. - [ini4j](http://ini4j.sourceforge.net) - Provides an API for handling Windows' INI files. - [KAConf](https://github.com/mariomac/kaconf) - Annotation-based configuration system for Java and Kotlin. - [microconfig](https://microconfig.io) - Configuration system designed for microservices which helps to separate configuration from code. The configuration for different services can have common and specific parts and can be dynamically distributed. - [owner](https://github.com/lviggiano/owner) - Reduces boilerplate of properties. ### Constraint Satisfaction Problem Solver _Libraries that help with implementing optimization and satisfiability problems._ - [Choco](https://choco-solver.org) - Off-the-shelf constraint satisfaction problem solver that uses constraint programming techniques. - [JaCoP](https://github.com/radsz/jacop) - Includes an interface for the FlatZinc language, enabling it to execute MiniZinc models. (AGPL-3.0) - [OptaPlanner](https://www.optaplanner.org) - Business planning and resource scheduling optimization solver. - [Timefold](https://timefold.ai/docs) - Flexible solver with Spring/Quarkus support and quickstarts for the Vehicle Routing Problem, Maintenance Scheduling, Employee Shift Scheduling and much more. ### CSV _Frameworks and libraries that simplify reading/writing CSV data._ - [FastCSV](https://github.com/osiegmar/FastCSV) - Performance-optimized, dependency-free and RFC 4180 compliant. - [jackson-dataformat-csv](https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-dataformat-csv) - Jackson extension for reading and writing CSV. - [opencsv](http://opencsv.sourceforge.net) - Simple CSV parser. - [Super CSV](https://super-csv.github.io/super-csv/) - Powerful CSV parser with support for Dozer, Joda-Time and Java 8. - [uniVocity-parsers](https://github.com/uniVocity/univocity-parsers) - One of the fastest and most feature-complete parsers. Also comes with parsers for TSV and fixed-width records. ### Data Structures _Efficient and specific data structures._ - [Apache Avro](https://avro.apache.org) - Data interchange format with dynamic typing, untagged data, and absence of manually assigned IDs. - [Apache Orc](https://orc.apache.org) - Fast and efficient columnar storage format for Hadoop-based workloads. - [Apache Parquet](https://parquet.apache.org) - Columnar storage format based on assembly algorithms from Google's paper on Dremel. - [Apache Thrift](https://thrift.apache.org) - Data interchange format that originated at Facebook. - [Big Queue](https://github.com/bulldog2011/bigqueue) - Fast and persistent queue based on memory-mapped files. - [HyperMinHash-java](https://github.com/LiveRamp/HyperMinHash-java) - Probabilistic data structure for computing union, intersection, and set cardinality in loglog space. - [Persistent Collection](https://github.com/hrldcpr/pcollections) - Persistent and immutable analogue of the Java Collections Framework. - [Protobuf](https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf) - Google's data interchange format. - [RoaringBitmap](https://github.com/RoaringBitmap/RoaringBitmap) - Fast and efficient compressed bitmap. - [SBE](https://github.com/real-logic/simple-binary-encoding) - Simple Binary Encoding, one of the fastest message formats around. - [Tape](https://github.com/square/tape) - Lightning-fast, transactional, file-based FIFO. - [Wire](https://github.com/square/wire) - Clean, lightweight protocol buffers. ### Database _Everything that simplifies interactions with the database._ - [Apache Calcite](https://calcite.apache.org) - Dynamic data management framework. It contains many of the pieces that comprise a typical database management system. - [Apache Drill](https://drill.apache.org) - Distributed, schema on-the-fly, ANSI SQL query engine for Big Data exploration. - [Apache Phoenix](https://phoenix.apache.org) - High-performance relational database layer over HBase for low-latency applications. - [ArangoDB](https://github.com/arangodb/arangodb-java-driver) - ArangoDB Java driver. - [Chronicle Map](https://github.com/OpenHFT/Chronicle-Map) - Efficient, in-memory (opt. persisted to disk), off-heap key-value store. - [Debezium](https://debezium.io/) - Low latency data streaming platform for change data capture. - [druid](https://druid.apache.org) - High-performance, column-oriented, distributed data store. - [eXist](https://github.com/eXist-db/exist) - NoSQL document database and application platform. (LGPL-2.1-only) - [FlexyPool](https://github.com/vladmihalcea/flexy-pool) - Brings metrics and failover strategies to the most common connection pooling solutions. - [Flyway](https://flywaydb.org) - Simple database migration tool. - [H2](https://h2database.com) - Small SQL database notable for its in-memory functionality. - [HikariCP](https://github.com/brettwooldridge/HikariCP) - High-performance JDBC connection pool. - [HSQLDB](https://hsqldb.org/) - HyperSQL 100% Java database. - [JDBI](http://jdbi.org) - Convenient abstraction of JDBC. - [Jedis](https://github.com/xetorthio/jedis) - Small client for interaction with Redis, with methods for commands. - [Jest](https://github.com/searchbox-io/Jest) - Client for the Elasticsearch REST API. - [jetcd](https://github.com/justinsb/jetcd) - Client library for etcd. - [Jinq](https://github.com/my2iu/Jinq) - Typesafe database queries via symbolic execution of Java 8 Lambdas (on top of JPA or jOOQ). - [jOOQ](https://www.jooq.org) - Generates typesafe code based on SQL schema. - [Leaf](https://github.com/Meituan-Dianping/Leaf) - Distributed ID generate service. - [Lettuce](https://lettuce.io/) - Lettuce is a scalable Redis client for building non-blocking Reactive applications. - [Liquibase](http://www.liquibase.org) - Database-independent library for tracking, managing and applying database schema changes. - [MapDB](http://www.mapdb.org) - Embedded database engine that provides concurrent collections backed on disk or in off-heap memory. - [MariaDB4j](https://github.com/vorburger/MariaDB4j) - Launcher for MariaDB that requires no installation or external dependencies. - [Modality](https://github.com/arkanovicz/modality) - Lightweight ORM with database reverse engineering features. - [OpenDJ](https://github.com/OpenIdentityPlatform/OpenDJ) - LDAPv3 compliant directory service, developed for the Java platform, providing a high performance, highly available, and secure store for the identities. - [Querydsl](http://www.querydsl.com) - Typesafe unified queries. - [QueryStream](https://github.com/querystream/querystream) - Build JPA Criteria queries using a Stream-like API. - [QuestDB](https://github.com/questdb/questdb) - High-performance SQL database for time series. Supports InfluxDB line protocol, PostgreSQL wire protocol, and REST. - [Realm](https://github.com/realm/realm-java) - Mobile database to run directly inside phones, tablets or wearables. - [Redisson](https://github.com/redisson/redisson) - Allows for distributed and scalable data structures on top of a Redis server. - [requery](https://github.com/requery/requery) - Modern, lightweight but powerful object mapping and SQL generator. Easily map to or create databases, or perform queries and updates from any Java-using platform. - [Speedment](https://github.com/speedment/speedment) - Database access library that utilizes Java 8's Stream API for querying. - [Spring Data JPA MongoDB Expressions](https://github.com/mhewedy/spring-data-jpa-mongodb-expressions) - Allows you to use MongoDB query language to query your relational database. - [Trino](https://trino.io) - Distributed SQL query engine for big data. - [Vibur DBCP](https://www.vibur.org) - JDBC connection pool library with advanced performance monitoring capabilities. - [Xodus](https://github.com/JetBrains/xodus) - Highly concurrent transactional schema-less and ACID-compliant embedded database. - [CosId](https://github.com/Ahoo-Wang/CosId) - Universal, flexible, high-performance distributed ID generator. ### Date and Time _Libraries related to handling date and time._ - [iCal4j](https://github.com/ical4j/ical4j) - Parse and build iCalendar [RFC 5545](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5545) data models. - [Jollyday](https://github.com/svendiedrichsen/jollyday) - Determines the holidays for a given year, country/name and eventually state/region. - [ThreeTen-Extra](https://github.com/ThreeTen/threeten-extra) - Additional date-time classes that complement those in JDK 8. - [Time4J](https://github.com/MenoData/Time4J) - Advanced date and time library. (LGPL-2.1-only) ### Dependency Injection _Libraries that help to realize the [Inversion of Control](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inversion_of_control) paradigm._ - [Apache DeltaSpike](https://deltaspike.apache.org) - CDI extension framework. - [Avaje Inject](https://avaje.io/inject/) - Microservice-focused compile-time injection framework without reflection. - [Dagger](https://dagger.dev/) - Compile-time injection framework without reflection. - [Feather](https://github.com/zsoltherpai/feather) - Ultra-lightweight, JSR-330-compliant dependency injection library. - [Governator](https://github.com/Netflix/governator) - Extensions and utilities that enhance Google Guice. - [Guice](https://github.com/google/guice) - Lightweight and opinionated framework that completes Dagger. - [HK2](https://javaee.github.io/hk2/) - Lightweight and dynamic dependency injection framework. - [JayWire](https://github.com/vanillasource/jaywire) - Lightweight dependency injection framework. (LGPL-3.0-only) ### Development _Augmentation of the development process at a fundamental level._ - [AspectJ](https://www.eclipse.org/aspectj/) - Seamless aspect-oriented programming extension. - [DCEVM](https://dcevm.github.io) - JVM modification that allows unlimited redefinition of loaded classes at runtime. (GPL-2.0-only) - [Faux Pas](https://github.com/zalando/faux-pas) - Library that simplifies error handling by circumventing the issue that none of the functional interfaces in the Java Runtime is allowed by default to throw checked exceptions. - [HotswapAgent](https://github.com/HotswapProjects/HotswapAgent) - Unlimited runtime class and resource redefinition. (GPL-2.0-only) - [JavaParser](https://github.com/javaparser/javaparser) - Parse, modify and generate Java code. - [JavaSymbolSolver](https://github.com/javaparser/javasymbolsolver) - Symbol solver. - [Manifold](https://github.com/manifold-systems/manifold) - Re-energizes Java with powerful features like type-safe metaprogramming, structural typing and extension methods. - [NoException](https://noexception.machinezoo.com) - Allows checked exceptions in functional interfaces and converts exceptions to Optional return. - [SneakyThrow](https://github.com/rainerhahnekamp/sneakythrow) - Ignores checked exceptions without bytecode manipulation. Can also be used inside Java 8 stream operations. - [Tail](https://nrktkt.github.io/tail/) - Enable infinite recursion using tail call optimization. ### Distributed Applications _Libraries and frameworks for writing distributed and fault-tolerant applications._ - [Apache Geode](https://geode.apache.org) - In-memory data management system that provides reliable asynchronous event notifications and guaranteed message delivery. - [Apache Storm](https://storm.apache.org) - Realtime computation system. - [Apache ZooKeeper](https://zookeeper.apache.org) - Coordination service with distributed configuration, synchronization, and naming registry for large distributed systems. - [Atomix](https://atomix.io) - Fault-tolerant distributed coordination framework. - [Axon](https://axoniq.io) - Framework for creating CQRS applications. - [Dropwizard Circuit Breaker](https://github.com/mtakaki/dropwizard-circuitbreaker) - Circuit breaker design pattern for Dropwizard. (GPL-2.0-only) - [Failsafe](https://github.com/jhalterman/failsafe) - Simple failure handling with retries and circuit breakers. - [Hazelcast](https://github.com/hazelcast/hazelcast) - Highly scalable in-memory datagrid with a free open-source version. - [JGroups](http://www.jgroups.org) - Toolkit for reliable messaging and cluster creation. - [Quasar](http://docs.paralleluniverse.co/quasar/) - Lightweight threads and actors for the JVM. - [resilience4j](https://github.com/resilience4j/resilience4j) - Functional fault tolerance library. - [OpenIG](https://github.com/OpenIdentityPlatform/OpenIG) - High-performance reverse proxy server with specialized session management and credential replay functionality. - [ScaleCube Services](https://github.com/scalecube/scalecube-services) - Embeddable Cluster-Membership library based on SWIM and gossip protocol. - [Zuul](https://github.com/Netflix/zuul) - Gateway service that provides dynamic routing, monitoring, resiliency, security, and more. ### Distributed Transactions _Distributed transactions provide a mechanism for ensuring consistency of data updates in the presence of concurrent access and partial failures._ - [Atomikos](https://www.atomikos.com) - Provides transactions for REST, SOA and microservices with support for JTA and XA. - [Bitronix](https://github.com/bitronix/btm) - Simple but complete implementation of the JTA 1.1 API. - [Narayana](https://narayana.io) - Provides support for traditional ACID and compensation transactions, also complies with JTA, JTS and other standards. (LGPL-2.1-only) - [Seata](https://github.com/seata/seata) - Delivers high performance and easy to use distributed transaction services under a microservices architecture. ### Distribution _Tools that handle the distribution of applications in native formats._ - [Artipie](https://github.com/artipie/artipie) - Binary artifact management toolkit which hosts them on the file system or S3. - [Boxfuse ![c]](https://boxfuse.com) - Deployment of JVM applications to AWS using the principles of immutable infrastructure. - [Capsule](https://github.com/puniverse/capsule) - Simple and powerful packaging and deployment. A fat JAR on steroids, or a "Docker for Java" that supports JVM-optimized containers. - [Central Repository](https://search.maven.org) - Largest binary component repository available as a free service to the open-source community. Default used by Apache Maven, and available in all other build tools. - [Cloudsmith ![c]](https://cloudsmith.io) - Fully managed package management SaaS with support for Maven/Gradle/SBT with a free tier. - [Getdown](https://github.com/threerings/getdown) - System for deploying Java applications to end-user computers and keeping them up to date. Developed as an alternative to Java Web Start. - [IzPack](http://izpack.org) - Setup authoring tool for cross-platform deployments. - [JavaPackager](https://github.com/fvarrui/JavaPackager) - Maven and Gradle plugin which provides an easy way to package Java applications in native Windows, macOS or GNU/Linux executables, and generate installers for them. - [jDeploy](https://www.jdeploy.com) - Deploy desktop apps as native Mac, Windows or Linux bundles. - [jlink.online](https://github.com/AdoptOpenJDK/jlink.online) - Builds optimized runtimes over HTTP. - [Nexus ![c]](https://www.sonatype.com) - Binary management with proxy and caching capabilities. - [packr](https://github.com/libgdx/packr) - Packs JARs, assets and the JVM for native distribution on Windows, Linux and macOS. - [really-executable-jars-maven-plugin](https://github.com/brianm/really-executable-jars-maven-plugin) - Maven plugin for making self-executing JARs. ### Document Processing _Libraries that assist with processing office document formats._ - [Apache POI](https://poi.apache.org) - Supports OOXML (XLSX, DOCX, PPTX) as well as OLE2 (XLS, DOC or PPT). - [documents4j](https://documents4j.com/#/) - API for document format conversion using third-party converters such as MS Word. - [docx4j](https://www.docx4java.org/trac/docx4j) - Create and manipulate Microsoft Open XML files. - [fastexcel](https://github.com/dhatim/fastexcel) - High performance library to read and write large Excel (XLSX) worksheets. - [zerocell](https://github.com/creditdatamw/zerocell) - Annotation-based API for reading data from Excel sheets into POJOs with focus on reduced overhead. ### Financial _Libraries related to the financial domain._ - [Cassandre](https://github.com/cassandre-tech/cassandre-trading-bot) - Trading bot framework. - [Parity](https://github.com/paritytrading/parity) - Platform for trading venues. - [Philadelphia](https://github.com/paritytrading/philadelphia) - Low-latency financial information exchange. - [Square](https://github.com/square/connect-java-sdk) - Integration with the Square API. - [Stripe](https://github.com/stripe/stripe-java) - Integration with the Stripe API. - [ta4j](https://github.com/ta4j/ta4j) - Library for technical analysis. ### Formal Verification _Formal-methods tools: proof assistants, model checking, symbolic execution, etc._ - [CATG](https://github.com/ksen007/janala2) - Concolic unit testing engine. Automatically generates unit tests using formal methods. - [Checker Framework](https://checkerframework.org) - Pluggable type systems. Includes nullness types, physical units, immutability types and more. (GPL-2.0-only WITH Classpath-exception-2.0) - [Daikon](https://plse.cs.washington.edu/daikon/) - Detects likely program invariants and generates JML specs based on those invariants. - [Java Path Finder (JPF)](https://github.com/javapathfinder/jpf-core) - JVM formal verification tool containing a model checker and more. Created by NASA. - [JMLOK 2.0](https://massoni.computacao.ufcg.edu.br/home/jmlok) - Detects inconsistencies between code and JML specification through feedback-directed random tests generation, and suggests a likely cause for each nonconformance detected. (GPL-3.0-only) - [KeY](https://www.key-project.org) - Formal software development tool that aims to integrate design, implementation, formal specification, and formal verification of object-oriented software as seamlessly as possible. Uses JML for specification and symbolic execution for verification. (GPL-2.0-or-later) - [OpenJML](http://www.openjml.org) - Translates JML specifications into SMT-LIB format and passes the proof problems implied by the program to backend solvers. (GPL-2.0-only) ### Functional Programming _Libraries that facilitate functional programming._ - [Cyclops](https://github.com/aol/cyclops) - Monad and stream utilities, comprehensions, pattern matching, functional extensions for all JDK collections, future streams, trampolines and much more. - [derive4j](https://github.com/derive4j/derive4j) - Java 8 annotation processor and framework for deriving algebraic data types constructors, pattern-matching and morphisms. (GPL-3.0-only) - [Fugue](https://bitbucket.org/atlassian/fugue) - Functional extensions to Guava. - [Functional Java](http://www.functionaljava.org) - Implements numerous basic and advanced programming abstractions that assist composition-oriented development. - [jOOλ](https://github.com/jOOQ/jOOL) - Extension to Java 8 that aims to fix gaps in lambda by providing numerous missing types and a rich set of sequential Stream API additions. - [protonpack](https://github.com/poetix/protonpack) - Collection of stream utilities. - [StreamEx](https://github.com/amaembo/streamex) - Enhances Java 8 Streams. - [Vavr](https://www.vavr.io) - Functional component library that provides persistent data types and functional control structures. ### Game Development _Frameworks that support the development of games._ - [FXGL](https://almasb.github.io/FXGL/) - JavaFX Game Development Framework. - [JBox2D](http://www.jbox2d.org/) - Port of the renowned C++ 2D physics engine. - [jMonkeyEngine](https://jmonkeyengine.org) - Game engine for modern 3D development. - [libGDX](https://libgdx.com) - All-round cross-platform, high-level framework. - [Litiengine](https://litiengine.com/) - AWT-based, lightweight 2D game engine. - [LWJGL](https://www.lwjgl.org) - Robust framework that abstracts libraries like OpenGL/CL/AL. - [Mini2Dx](https://mini2dx.org) - Beginner-friendly, master-ready framework for rapidly prototyping and building 2D games. - [Void2D](https://github.com/xzripper/Void2D) - High-level 2D game engine with built-in physics based on Swing. ### Geospatial _Libraries for working with geospatial data and algorithms._ - [Apache SIS](https://sis.apache.org) - Library for developing geospatial applications. - [ArcGIS Maps SDK for Java ![c]](https://github.com/Esri/arcgis-maps-sdk-java-samples/) - JavaFX library for adding mapping and GIS functionality to desktop apps. - [Geo](https://github.com/davidmoten/geo) - GeoHash utilities in Java. - [GeoTools](https://geotools.org) - Library that provides tools for geospatial data. (LGPL-2.1-only) - [GraphHopper](https://github.com/graphhopper/graphhopper) - Road-routing engine. Used as a Java library or standalone web service. - [H2GIS](http://www.h2gis.org) - Spatial extension of the H2 database. (LGPL-3.0-only) - [Jgeohash](https://astrapi69.github.io/jgeohash/) - Library for using the GeoHash algorithm. - [Mapsforge](https://github.com/mapsforge/mapsforge) - Map rendering based on OpenStreetMap data. (LGPL-3.0-only) - [Spatial4j](https://github.com/locationtech/spatial4j) - General-purpose spatial/geospatial library. ### GUI _Libraries to create modern graphical user interfaces._ - [JavaFX](https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/OpenJFX/Main) - Successor of Swing. - [Scene Builder](https://gluonhq.com/products/scene-builder/) - Visual layout tool for JavaFX applications. - [SnapKit](https://github.com/reportmill/SnapKit) - Modern Java UI library for both desktop and web. - [SWT](https://www.eclipse.org/swt/) - Graphical widget toolkit. ### High Performance _Everything about high-performance computation, from collections to specific libraries._ - [Agrona](https://github.com/real-logic/Agrona) - Data structures and utility methods that are common in high-performance applications. - [Disruptor](https://lmax-exchange.github.io/disruptor/) - Inter-thread messaging library. - [Eclipse Collections](https://github.com/eclipse/eclipse-collections) - Collections framework inspired by Smalltalk. - [fastutil](http://fastutil.di.unimi.it) - Fast and compact type-specific collections. - [HPPC](https://labs.carrotsearch.com/hppc.html) - Primitive collections. - [JCTools](https://github.com/JCTools/JCTools) - Concurrency tools currently missing from the JDK. - [Koloboke](https://github.com/leventov/Koloboke) - Carefully designed extension of the Java Collections Framework with primitive specializations and more. ### HTTP Clients _Libraries that assist with creating HTTP requests and/or binding responses._ - [Apache HttpComponents](https://hc.apache.org/) - Toolset of low-level Java components focused on HTTP and associated protocols. - [Async Http Client](https://github.com/AsyncHttpClient/async-http-client) - Asynchronous HTTP and WebSocket client library. - [Avaje Http Client](https://avaje.io/http-client) - Wrapper on JDK 11's HttpClient that adds Feign-like interface among other enhancements. - [Feign](https://github.com/OpenFeign/feign) - HTTP client binder inspired by Retrofit, JAXRS-2.0, and WebSocket. - [Google HTTP Client](https://github.com/googleapis/google-http-java-client) - Pluggable HTTP transport abstraction with support for java.net.HttpURLConnection, Apache HTTP Client, Android, Google App Engine, XML, Gson, Jackson and Protobuf. - [methanol](https://github.com/mizosoft/methanol) - HTTP client extensions library. - [Retrofit](https://square.github.io/retrofit/) - Typesafe REST client. - [Ribbon](https://github.com/Netflix/ribbon) - Client-side IPC library that is battle-tested in the cloud. - [Riptide](https://github.com/zalando/riptide) - Client-side response routing for Spring's RestTemplate. - [unirest-java](https://github.com/Kong/unirest-java) - Simplified, lightweight HTTP client library. ### Hypermedia Types _Libraries that handle serialization to hypermedia types._ - [hate](https://github.com/blackdoor/hate) - Builds hypermedia-friendly objects according to HAL specification. - [JSON-LD](https://github.com/jsonld-java/jsonld-java) - JSON-LD implementation. - [Siren4J](https://github.com/eserating-chwy/siren4j) - Library for the Siren specification. ### IDE _Integrated development environments that try to simplify several aspects of development._ - [Eclipse](https://www.eclipse.org) - Established open-source project with support for lots of plugins and languages. - [IntelliJ IDEA ![c]](https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/) - Supports many JVM languages and provides good options for Android development. The commercial edition targets the enterprise sector. - [jGRASP](https://www.jgrasp.org) - Created to provide software visualizations that work in conjunction with the debugger such as Control Structure Diagrams, UML class diagrams and Object Viewer. - [NetBeans](https://netbeans.apache.org) - Provides integration for several Java SE and EE features, from database access to HTML5. - [SnapCode](https://reportmill.com/SnapCode/) - Modern IDE for Java running in the browser, focused on education. - [Visual Studio Code](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/languages/java) - Provides Java support for lightweight projects with a simple, modern workflow by using extensions from the internal marketplace. ### Imagery _Libraries that assist with the creation, evaluation or manipulation of graphical images._ - [Imgscalr](https://github.com/rkalla/imgscalr) - Simple, efficient and hardware-accelerated image-scaling library implemented in pure Java 2D. - [Tess4J](https://github.com/nguyenq/tess4j) - JNA wrapper for Tesseract OCR API. - [Thumbnailator](https://github.com/coobird/thumbnailator) - High-quality thumbnail generation library. - [TwelveMonkeys](https://github.com/haraldk/TwelveMonkeys) - Collection of plugins that extend the number of supported image file formats. - [ZXing](https://github.com/zxing/zxing) - Multi-format 1D/2D barcode image processing library. - [image-comparison](https://github.com/romankh3/image-comparison) - Library that compares 2 images with the same sizes and shows the differences visually by drawing rectangles. Some parts of the image can be excluded from the comparison. ### Introspection _Libraries that help make the Java introspection and reflection API easier and faster to use._ - [ClassGraph](https://github.com/classgraph/classgraph) - ClassGraph (formerly FastClasspathScanner) is an uber-fast, ultra-lightweight, parallelized classpath scanner and module scanner for Java, Scala, Kotlin and other JVM languages. - [jOOR](https://github.com/jOOQ/jOOR) - jOOR stands for jOOR Object Oriented Reflection. It is a simple wrapper for the java.lang.reflect package. - [Mirror](http://projetos.vidageek.net/mirror/mirror/) - Mirror was created to bring light to a simple problem, usually named ReflectionUtil, which is on almost all projects that rely on reflection to do advanced tasks. - [Objenesis](http://objenesis.org) - Allows dynamic instantiation without default constructor, e.g. constructors which have required arguments, side effects or throw exceptions. - [ReflectASM](https://github.com/EsotericSoftware/reflectasm) - ReflectASM is a very small Java library that provides high performance reflection by using code generation. - [Reflections](https://github.com/ronmamo/reflections) - Reflections scans your classpath, indexes the metadata, allows you to query it on runtime and may save and collect that information for many modules within your project. ### Job Scheduling _Libraries for scheduling background jobs._ - [JobRunr](https://github.com/jobrunr/jobrunr) - Job scheduling library which utilizes lambdas for fire-and-forget, delayed and recurring jobs. Guarantees execution by single scheduler instance using optimistic locking. Has features for persistence, minimal dependencies and is embeddable. - [Quartz](https://github.com/quartz-scheduler/quartz) - Feature-rich, open source job scheduling library that can be integrated within virtually any Java application. - [Sundial](https://github.com/knowm/Sundial) - Lightweight framework to simply define jobs, define triggers and start the scheduler. - [Wisp](https://github.com/Coreoz/Wisp) - Simple library with minimal footprint and straightforward API. - [db-scheduler](https://github.com/kagkarlsson/db-scheduler) - Persistent and cluster-friendly scheduler. - [easy-batch](https://github.com/j-easy/easy-batch) - Set up batch jobs with simple processing pipelines. Records are read in sequence from a data source, processed in pipeline and written in batches to a data sink. - [shedlock](https://github.com/lukas-krecan/ShedLock) - Makes sure that your scheduled tasks are executed at most once at the same time. If a task is being executed on one node, it acquires a lock which prevents execution of the same task from another node or thread. ### JSON _Libraries for serializing and deserializing JSON to and from Java objects._ - [Avaje Jsonb](https://avaje.io/jsonb/) - Reflection-free Json binding via source code generation with Jackson-like annotations. - [DSL-JSON](https://github.com/ngs-doo/dsl-json) - JSON library with advanced compile time databinding. - [Genson](http://genson.io) - Powerful and easy-to-use Java-to-JSON conversion library. - [Gson](https://github.com/google/gson) - Serializes objects to JSON and vice versa. Good performance with on-the-fly usage. - [HikariJSON](https://github.com/brettwooldridge/HikariJSON) - High-performance JSON parser, 2x faster than Jackson. - [jackson-modules-java8](https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-modules-java8) - Set of Jackson modules for Java 8 datatypes and features. - [Jackson-datatype-money](https://github.com/zalando/jackson-datatype-money) - Open-source Jackson module to support JSON serialization and deserialization of JavaMoney data types. - [Jackson](https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson) - Similar to GSON, but offers performance gains if you need to instantiate the library more often. - [JSON-io](https://github.com/jdereg/json-io) - Convert Java to JSON. Convert JSON to Java. Pretty print JSON. Java JSON serializer. - [jsoniter](http://jsoniter.com) - Fast and flexible library with iterator and lazy parsing API. - [LoganSquare](https://github.com/bluelinelabs/LoganSquare) - JSON parsing and serializing library based on Jackson's streaming API. Outperforms GSON & Jackson's library. - [Moshi](https://github.com/square/moshi) - Modern JSON library, less opinionated and uses built-in types like List and Map. - [Yasson](https://github.com/eclipse-ee4j/yasson) - Binding layer between classes and JSON documents similar to JAXB. - [fastjson](https://github.com/alibaba/fastjson) - Very fast processor with no additional dependencies and full data binding. - [Jolt](https://github.com/bazaarvoice/jolt) - JSON to JSON transformation tool. - [JsonPath](https://github.com/json-path/JsonPath) - Extract data from JSON using XPATH-like syntax. - [JsonSurfer](https://github.com/jsurfer/JsonSurfer) - Streaming JsonPath processor dedicated to processing big and complicated JSON data. ### JVM and JDK _Current implementations of the JVM/JDK._ - [Adopt Open JDK](https://adoptopenjdk.net) - Community-driven OpenJDK builds, including both HotSpot and OpenJ9. - [Avian](https://github.com/ReadyTalk/avian) - JVM with JIT, AOT modes and iOS port. - [Corretto](https://aws.amazon.com/corretto/) - No-cost, multiplatform, production-ready distribution of OpenJDK by Amazon. (GPL-2.0-only WITH Classpath-exception-2.0) - [Dragonwell8](https://github.com/alibaba/dragonwell8) - Downstream version of OpenJDK optimized for online e-commerce, financial, logistics applications. - [Graal](https://github.com/oracle/graal) - Polyglot embeddable JVM. (GPL-2.0-only WITH Classpath-exception-2.0) - [Liberica JDK](https://bell-sw.com) - Built from OpenJDK, thoroughly tested and passed the JCK. (GPL-2.0-only WITH Classpath-exception-2.0) - [OpenJ9](https://github.com/eclipse/openj9) - High performance, enterprise-calibre, flexibly licensed, openly-governed cross-platform JVM extending and augmenting the runtime technology components from the Eclipse OMR and OpenJDK project. - [Open JDK](https://openjdk.java.net) - Open JDK community home. (GPL-2.0-only WITH Classpath-exception-2.0) - [ParparVM](https://github.com/codenameone/CodenameOne/tree/master/vm) - VM with non-blocking, concurrent GC for iOS. (GPL-2.0-only WITH Classpath-exception-2.0) - [RedHat Open JDK](https://developers.redhat.com/products/openjdk/overview) - RedHat's OpenJDK distribution. (GPL-2.0-only WITH Classpath-exception-2.0) - [SAP Machine](https://sap.github.io/SapMachine/) - SAP's no-cost, rigorously tested and JCK-verified OpenJDK friendly fork. (GPL-2.0-only WITH Classpath-exception-2.0) - [Zulu](https://www.azul.com/products/zulu-community/) - OpenJDK builds for Windows, Linux, and macOS. (GPL-2.0-only WITH Classpath-exception-2.0) - [Microsoft JDK](https://github.com/microsoft/openjdk) - Microsoft Build of OpenJDK, Free, Open Source, Freshly Brewed! ### Logging _Libraries that log the behavior of an application._ - [Apache Log4j 2](https://logging.apache.org/log4j/) - Complete rewrite with a powerful plugin and configuration architecture. - [Echopraxia](https://github.com/tersesystems/echopraxia) - API designed around structured logging, rich context, and conditional logging. There are Logback and Log4J2 implementations, but Echopraxia's API is completely dependency-free, meaning it can be implemented with any logging API. - [Graylog](https://www.graylog.org) - Open-source aggregator suited for extended role and permission management. (GPL-3.0-only) - [Kibana](https://www.elastic.co/kibana) - Analyzes and visualizes log files. Some features require payment. - [Logback](http://logback.qos.ch) - Robust logging library with interesting configuration options via Groovy. - [Logbook](https://github.com/zalando/logbook) - Extensible, open-source library for HTTP request and response logging. - [Logstash](https://www.elastic.co/logstash) - Tool for managing log files. - [p6spy](https://github.com/p6spy/p6spy) - Enables logging for all JDBC transactions without changes to the code. - [SLF4J](http://www.slf4j.org) - Abstraction layer/simple logging facade. - [tinylog](https://tinylog.org/v2/) - Lightweight logging framework with static logger class. - [OpenTracing Toolbox](https://github.com/zalando/opentracing-toolbox) - Collection of libraries that build on top of OpenTracing and provide extensions and plugins to existing instrumentations. ### Machine Learning _Tools that provide specific statistical algorithms for learning from data._ - [Apache Flink](https://flink.apache.org) - Fast, reliable, large-scale data processing engine. - [Apache Mahout](https://mahout.apache.org) - Scalable algorithms focused on collaborative filtering, clustering and classification. - [DatumBox](http://www.datumbox.com) - Provides several algorithms and pre-trained models for natural language processing. - [Deeplearning4j](https://deeplearning4j.org) - Distributed and multi-threaded deep learning library. - [DJL](https://djl.ai) - High-level and engine-agnostic framework for deep learning. - [H2O ![c]](https://www.h2o.ai) - Analytics engine for statistics over big data. - [Intelligent java](https://github.com/Barqawiz/IntelliJava) - Seamlessly integrate with remote deep learning and language models programmatically. - [JSAT](https://github.com/EdwardRaff/JSAT) - Algorithms for pre-processing, classification, regression, and clustering with support for multi-threaded execution. (GPL-3.0-only) - [m2cgen](https://github.com/BayesWitnesses/m2cgen) - CLI tool to transpile models into native code. - [Neureka](https://github.com/Gleethos/neureka) - A lightweight, platform independent, OpenCL accelerated nd-array/tensor library. - [oj! Algorithms](https://www.ojalgo.org/) - High-performance mathematics, linear algebra and optimisation needed for data science, machine learning and scientific computing. - [Oryx 2](https://github.com/OryxProject/oryx) - Framework for building real-time, large-scale machine learning applications. Includes end-to-end applications for collaborative filtering, classification, regression, and clustering. - [Siddhi](https://github.com/siddhi-io/siddhi) - Cloud native streaming and complex event processing engine. - [Smile](https://github.com/haifengl/smile) - Statistical Machine Intelligence and Learning Engine provides a set of machine learning algorithms and a visualization library. - [Tribuo](https://tribuo.org/) - Provides tools for classification, regression, clustering, model development and interfaces with other libraries such as scikit-learn, pytorch and TensorFlow. - [Weka](https://www.cs.waikato.ac.nz/ml/weka/) - Collection of algorithms for data mining tasks ranging from pre-processing to visualization. (GPL-3.0-only) ### Messaging _Tools that help send messages between clients to ensure protocol independency._ - [Aeron](https://github.com/real-logic/Aeron) - Efficient, reliable, unicast and multicast message transport. - [Apache ActiveMQ](https://activemq.apache.org) - Message broker that implements JMS and converts synchronous to asynchronous communication. - [Apache Camel](https://camel.apache.org) - Glues together different transport APIs via Enterprise Integration Patterns. - [Apache Kafka](https://kafka.apache.org) - High-throughput distributed messaging system. - [Apache Pulsar](https://pulsar.apache.org) - Distributed pub/sub-messaging system. - [Apache RocketMQ](https://rocketmq.apache.org) - Fast, reliable, and scalable distributed messaging platform. - [Apache Qpid](https://qpid.apache.org) - Apache Qpid makes messaging tools that speak AMQP and support many languages and platforms. - [AutoMQ](https://github.com/AutoMQ/automq-for-kafka) - AutoMQ is a cloud-native, serverless reinvented Kafka that is easily scalable, manage-less and cost-effective. - [Deezpatch](https://github.com/joel-jeremy/deezpatch) - Simple, lightweight, and performant dispatch library for decoupling messages (requests and events) and message handlers. - [EventBus](https://github.com/greenrobot/EventBus) - Simple publish/subscribe event bus. - [Hermes](http://hermes.allegro.tech) - Fast and reliable message broker built on top of Kafka. - [JeroMQ](https://github.com/zeromq/jeromq) - Implementation of ZeroMQ. - [Nakadi](https://github.com/zalando/nakadi) - Provides a RESTful API on top of Kafka. - [RabbitMQ Java client](https://github.com/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-java-client) - RabbitMQ client. - [Smack](https://github.com/igniterealtime/Smack) - Cross-platform XMPP client library. - [NATS client](https://github.com/nats-io/nats.java) - NATS client. ### Microservice _Tools for creating and managing microservices._ - [ActiveRPC](https://rpc.activej.io) - Lightweight and fast library for complex high-load distributed applications and Memcached-like solutions. - [Apollo](https://spotify.github.io/apollo/) - Libraries for writing composable microservices. - [Armeria](https://github.com/line/armeria) - Asynchronous RPC/REST client/server library built on top of Java 8, Netty, HTTP/2, Thrift and gRPC. - [consul-api](https://github.com/Ecwid/consul-api) - Client for the Consul API: a distributed, highly available and datacenter-aware registry/discovery service. - [Eureka](https://github.com/Netflix/eureka) - REST-based service registry for resilient load balancing and failover. - [Helidon](https://helidon.io) - Two-style approach for writing microservices: Functional-reactive and as an implementation of MicroProfile. - [JDA](https://github.com/DV8FromTheWorld/JDA) - Wrapping of the Discord REST API and its WebSocket events. - [KeenType](https://github.com/DaveJarvis/KeenType) - Modernized version of a Java-based implementation of the New Typesetting System, which was heavily based on Donald E. Knuth's original TeX. - [kubernetes-client](https://github.com/fabric8io/kubernetes-client) - Client provides access to the full Kubernetes & OpenShift REST APIs via a fluent DSL. - [Micronaut](https://micronaut.io) - Modern full-stack framework with focus on modularity, minimal memory footprint and startup time. - [Nacos](https://nacos.io) - Dynamic service discovery, configuration and service management platform for building cloud native applications. - [OpenAI-Java](https://github.com/TheoKanning/openai-java) - Java libraries for using OpenAI's GPT-3 API. - [Quarkus](https://quarkus.io) - Kubernetes stack tailored for the HotSpot and Graal VM. - [Sentinel](https://github.com/alibaba/Sentinel) - Flow control component enabling reliability, resilience and monitoring for microservices. ### Miscellaneous _Everything else._ - [AWS SDK for Java 2.0](https://github.com/aws/aws-sdk-java-v2) - Wrapper around AWS' API. - [CQEngine](https://github.com/npgall/cqengine) - Ultra-fast, SQL-like queries on Java collections. - [Design Patterns](https://github.com/iluwatar/java-design-patterns) - Implementation and explanation of the most common design patterns. - [FF4J](https://github.com/ff4j/ff4j) - Feature Flags for Java. - [FizzBuzz Enterprise Edition](https://github.com/EnterpriseQualityCoding/FizzBuzzEnterpriseEdition) - No-nonsense implementation of FizzBuzz made by serious businessmen for serious business purposes. (No explicit license) - [IP2Location.io Java SDK](https://github.com/ip2location/ip2location-io-java) - Wrapper for the IP2Location.io Geolocation API and the IP2WHOIS domain WHOIS API. - [J2ObjC](https://github.com/google/j2objc) - Java-to-Objective-C translator for porting Android libraries to iOS. - [JBake](https://jbake.org) - Static website generator. - [JBot](https://github.com/rampatra/jbot) - Framework for building chatbots. (GPL-3.0-only) - [JCuda](http://jcuda.org) - JCuda offers Java bindings for CUDA and CUDA-related libraries. - [Jimfs](https://github.com/google/jimfs) - In-memory file system. - [JObfuscator![c]](https://www.pelock.com/products/jobfuscator) - Source code obfuscator. - [Joda-Money](https://www.joda.org/joda-money/) - Basic currency and money classes and algorithms not provided by the JDK. - [jOOX](https://github.com/jooq/joox) - Simple wrapper for the org.w3c.dom package, to allow for fluent XML document creation and manipulation with an API inspired by jQuery. - [JPad](http://jpad.io) - Snippet runner. - [jsweet](https://github.com/cincheo/jsweet) - Source transpiler to TypeScript/JavaScript. - [Maven Wrapper](https://github.com/takari/maven-wrapper) - Analogue of Gradle Wrapper for Maven, allows building projects without installing maven. - [Membrane Service Proxy](https://github.com/membrane/service-proxy) - Open-source, reverse-proxy framework. - [MinimalFTP](https://github.com/Guichaguri/MinimalFTP) - Lightweight, small and customizable FTP server. - [LittleProxy](https://github.com/adamfisk/LittleProxy) - High performance HTTP proxy atop Netty's event-based networking library. - [Modern Java - A Guide to Java 8](https://github.com/winterbe/java8-tutorial) - Popular Java 8 guide. - [Modernizer](https://github.com/gaul/modernizer-maven-plugin) - Detect uses of legacy Java APIs. - [OctoLinker](https://github.com/OctoLinker/OctoLinker) - Browser extension which allows to navigate through code on GitHub more efficiently. - [OpenRefine](http://openrefine.org) - Tool for working with messy data: cleaning, transforming, extending it with web services and linking it to databases. - [PipelinR](https://github.com/sizovs/pipelinr) - Small utility library for using handlers and commands with pipelines. - [Polyglot for Maven](https://github.com/takari/polyglot-maven) - Extensions for Maven 3.3.1+ that allows writing the POM model in dialects other than XML. - [RR4J](https://github.com/Kartikvk1996/RR4J) - RR4J is a tool that records java bytecode execution and later allows developers to replay locally. - [Simple Java Mail](https://github.com/bbottema/simple-java-mail) - Mailing with a clean and fluent API. - [Smooks](https://github.com/smooks/smooks) - Framework for fragment-based message processing. (Apache-2.0 OR LGPL-3.0-or-later) - [Svix](https://github.com/svix/svix-webhooks/tree/main/java) - Library for the Svix API to send webhooks and verify signatures. - [Togglz](https://www.togglz.org) - Implementation of the Feature Toggles pattern. - [TypeTools](https://github.com/jhalterman/typetools) - Tools for resolving generic types. - [XMLBeam](https://github.com/SvenEwald/xmlbeam) - Processes XML by using annotations or XPath within code. - [yGuard](https://github.com/yWorks/yGuard) - Obfuscation via renaming and shrinking. ### Mobile Development _Tools for creating or managing mobile applications._ - [Codename One](https://www.codenameone.com) - Cross-platform solution for writing native mobile apps. (GPL-2.0-only WITH Classpath-exception-2.0) - [MobileUI](https://mobileui.dev) - Cross-platform framework for developing mobile apps with native UI in Java and Kotlin. - [Multi-OS Engine](https://multi-os-engine.org) - Open-source, cross-platform engine to develop native mobile (iOS, Android, etc.) apps. ### Monitoring _Tools that observe/monitor applications in production by providing telemetry._ - [Automon](https://github.com/stevensouza/automon) - Combines the power of AOP with monitoring and/or logging tools. - [Datadog ![c]](https://github.com/DataDog/dd-trace-java) - Modern monitoring & analytics. - [Dropwizard Metrics](https://github.com/dropwizard/metrics) - Expose metrics via JMX or HTTP and send them to a database. - [Failsafe Actuator](https://github.com/zalando/failsafe-actuator) - Out of the box monitoring of Failsafe Circuit Breaker in Spring-Boot environment. - [Glowroot](https://glowroot.org) - Open-source Java APM. - [HertzBeat](https://github.com/dromara/hertzbeat) - Real-time monitoring system with custom-monitor and agentless. - [hippo4j](https://github.com/opengoofy/hippo4j/blob/develop/README-EN.md) - Dynamic and observable thread pool framework. - [inspectIT](https://www.inspectit.rocks) - Captures detailed run-time information via hooks that can be changed on the fly. It supports tracing over multiple systems via the OpenTracing API and can correlate the data with end user monitoring. - [Instrumental ![c]](https://instrumentalapp.com) - Real-time Java application performance monitoring. A commercial service with free development accounts. - [Jaeger client](https://github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger-client-java) - Jaeger client. - [JavaMelody](https://github.com/javamelody/javamelody) - Performance monitoring and profiling. - [jmxtrans](https://github.com/jmxtrans/jmxtrans) - Connect to multiple JVMs and query them for their attributes via JMX. Its query language is based on JSON, which allows non-Java programmers to access the JVM attributes. Supports different output writes, including Graphite, Ganglia, and StatsD. - [Jolokia](https://jolokia.org) - JMX over REST. - [Micrometer](https://github.com/micrometer-metrics/micrometer) - Vendor-neutral metrics/observability facade for the most popular metrics/observability libraries. - [Micrometer Tracing](https://github.com/micrometer-metrics/tracing) - Vendor-neutral distributed tracing facade for the most popular tracer libraries. - [nudge4j](https://github.com/lorenzoongithub/nudge4j) - Remote developer console from the browser for Java 8 via bytecode injection. - [Pinpoint](https://github.com/naver/pinpoint) - Open-source APM tool. - [Prometheus](https://github.com/prometheus/client_java) - Provides a multi-dimensional data model, DSL, autonomous server nodes and much more. - [Sentry ![c]](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java) - Integration with [Sentry](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry), an application error tracking and performance analysis platform. - [SPM ![c]](https://github.com/sematext/sematext-agent-java) - Performance monitor with distributing transaction tracing for JVM apps. - [Stagemonitor](https://github.com/stagemonitor/stagemonitor) - Open-source performance monitoring and transaction tracing for JVM apps. - [Sysmon](https://github.com/palantir/Sysmon) - Lightweight platform monitoring tool for Java VMs. - [zipkin](https://zipkin.io) - Distributed tracing system which gathers timing data needed to troubleshoot latency problems in microservice architectures. ### Native _For working with platform-specific native libraries._ - [Aparapi](https://github.com/Syncleus/aparapi) - Converts bytecode to OpenCL which allows execution on GPUs. - [JavaCPP](https://github.com/bytedeco/javacpp) - Provides efficient and easy access to native C++. - [JNA](https://github.com/java-native-access/jna) - Work with native libraries without writing JNI. Also provides interfaces to common system libraries. - [JNR](https://github.com/jnr/jnr-ffi) - Work with native libraries without writing JNI. Also provides interfaces to common system libraries. Same goals as JNA, but faster, and serves as the basis for the upcoming [Project Panama](http://openjdk.java.net/projects/panama). ### Natural Language Processing _Libraries that specialize in processing text._ - [CogCompNLP](https://github.com/CogComp/cogcomp-nlp) - Provides common annotators for plain text input. (Research and Academic Use License) - [CoreNLP](https://nlp.stanford.edu/software/corenlp.shtml) - Provides a set of fundamental tools for tasks like tagging, named entity recognition, and sentiment analysis. (GPL-3.0-or-later) - [DKPro](https://dkpro.github.io) - Collection of reusable NLP tools for linguistic pre-processing, machine learning, lexical resources, etc. - [LingPipe](http://alias-i.com/lingpipe/) - Toolkit for tasks ranging from POS tagging to sentiment analysis. ### Networking _Libraries for building network servers._ - [Commons-networking](https://github.com/CiscoSE/commons-networking) - Client for server-sent events (SSE). - [Comsat](https://github.com/puniverse/comsat) - Integrates standard Java web-related APIs with Quasar fibers and actors. - [Dubbo](https://github.com/apache/dubbo) - High-performance RPC framework. - [Grizzly](https://javaee.github.io/grizzly/) - NIO framework. Used as a network layer in Glassfish. - [gRPC](https://github.com/grpc/grpc-java) - RPC framework based on protobuf and HTTP/2. - [KryoNet](https://github.com/EsotericSoftware/kryonet) - Provides a clean and simple API for efficient TCP and UDP client/server network communication using NIO and Kryo. - [MINA](https://mina.apache.org) - Abstract, event-driven async I/O API for network operations over TCP/IP and UDP/IP via Java NIO. - [Netty](https://netty.io) - Framework for building high-performance network applications. - [Drift](https://github.com/airlift/drift) - Easy-to-use, annotation-based library for creating Thrift clients and serializable types. - [ServiceTalk](https://github.com/apple/servicetalk) - Framework built on Netty with APIs tailored to specific protocols and support for multiple programming paradigms. - [sshj](https://github.com/hierynomus/sshj) - Programmatically use SSH, SCP or SFTP. - [TLS Channel](https://github.com/marianobarrios/tls-channel) - Implements a ByteChannel interface over SSLEngine, enabling easy-to-use (socket-like) TLS. - [Undertow](http://undertow.io) - Web server providing both blocking and non-blocking APIs based on NIO. Used as a network layer in WildFly. (LGPL-2.1-only) - [urnlib](https://github.com/slub/urnlib) - Represent, parse and encode URNs, as in RFC 2141. (GPL-3.0-only) - [Fluency](https://github.com/komamitsu/fluency) - High throughput data ingestion logger to Fluentd and Fluent Bit. ### ORM _APIs that handle the persistence of objects._ - [Apache Cayenne](https://cayenne.apache.org) - Provides a clean, static API for data access. Also includes a GUI Modeler for working with database mappings, and DB reverse engineering and generation. - [Doma](https://github.com/domaframework/doma) - Database access framework that verifies and generates source code at compile time using annotation processing as well as native SQL templates called two-way SQL. - [Ebean](https://ebean.io) - Provides simple and fast data access. - [EclipseLink](https://www.eclipse.org/eclipselink/) - Supports a number of persistence standards: JPA, JAXB, JCA and SDO. - [Hibernate](http://hibernate.org/orm/) - Robust and widely used, with an active community. (LGPL-2.1-only) - [MyBatis](https://github.com/mybatis/mybatis-3) - Couples objects with stored procedures or SQL statements. - [ObjectiveSql](https://github.com/braisdom/ObjectiveSql) - ActiveRecord ORM for rapid development and convention over configuration. - [Permazen](https://github.com/permazen/permazen) - Language-natural persistence layer. - [SimpleFlatMapper](https://github.com/arnaudroger/SimpleFlatMapper) - Simple database and CSV mapper. ### PaaS _Java platform as a service._ - [AWS Elastic Beanstalk ![c]](https://aws.amazon.com/elasticbeanstalk/) - AWS-based, with support for Tomcat and Jetty. - [AWS Lambda ![c]](https://aws.amazon.com/lambda/) - Serverless computation. - [Google Cloud ![c]](https://cloud.google.com) - Google's cloud infrastructure. - [Heroku ![c]](https://www.heroku.com) - Abstract computing environments. - [Microsoft Azure ![c]](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/) - Microsoft's cloud infrastructure. - [OpenShift ![c]](https://www.openshift.com) - Provides additionally an on-premise solution. ### PDF _Tools to help with PDF files._ - [Apache FOP](https://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/) - Creates PDFs from XSL-FO. - [Apache PDFBox](https://pdfbox.apache.org) - Toolbox for creating and manipulating PDFs. - [Dynamic Jasper](https://intive-fdv.github.io/DynamicJasper/) - Abstraction layer to JasperReports. (LGPL-3.0-only) - [DynamicReports](https://github.com/dynamicreports/dynamicreports) - Simplifies JasperReports. (LGPL-3.0-only) - [Eclipse BIRT](https://www.eclipse.org/birt) - Report engine for creating PDF and other formats (DOCX, XLSX, HTML, etc) using Eclipse-based visual editor. - [flyingsaucer](https://github.com/flyingsaucerproject/flyingsaucer) - XML/XHTML and CSS 2.1 renderer. (LGPL-2.1-or-later) - [iText ![c]](https://itextpdf.com/en) - Creates PDF files programmatically. - [JasperReports](https://community.jaspersoft.com/project/jasperreports-library) - Complex reporting engine. (LGPL-3.0-only) - [Open HTML to PDF](https://github.com/danfickle/openhtmltopdf) - Properly supports modern PDF standards based on flyingsaucer and Apache PDFBox. - [OpenPDF](https://github.com/LibrePDF/OpenPDF) - Open-source iText fork. (LGPL-3.0-only & MPL-2.0) - [Tabula](https://github.com/tabulapdf/tabula-java) - Extracts tables from PDF files. ### Performance analysis _Tools for performance analysis, profiling and benchmarking._ - [fastThread ![c]](https://fastthread.io) - Analyze and visualize thread dumps with a free cloud-based upload interface. - [GCeasy ![c]](https://gceasy.io) - Tool to analyze and visualize GC logs. It provides a free cloud-based upload interface. - [honest-profiler](https://github.com/jvm-profiling-tools/honest-profiler) - Low-overhead, bias-free sampling profiler. - [jHiccup](https://github.com/giltene/jHiccup) - Logs and records platform JVM stalls. - [JITWatch](https://github.com/AdoptOpenJDK/jitwatch) - Analyze the JIT compiler optimisations made by the HotSpot JVM. - [JMH](http://openjdk.java.net/projects/code-tools/jmh/) - Harness for building, running, and analysing nano/micro/milli/macro benchmarks written in Java and other languages targeting the JVM. (GPL-2.0 only WITH Classpath-exception-2.0) - [LatencyUtils](https://github.com/LatencyUtils/LatencyUtils) - Utilities for latency measurement and reporting. ### Platform _Frameworks that are suites of multiple libraries encompassing several categories._ #### Apache Commons - [BCEL](http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-bcel/) - Byte Code Engineering Library - analyze, create, and manipulate Java class files. - [BeanUtils](http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-beanutils/) - Easy-to-use wrappers around the Java reflection and introspection APIs. - [BeanUtils2](http://commons.apache.org/sandbox/commons-beanutils2/) - Redesign of Commons BeanUtils. - [BSF](http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-bsf/) - Bean Scripting Framework - interface to scripting languages, including JSR-223. - [Chain](http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-chain/) - Chain of Responsibility pattern implementation. - [ClassScan](http://commons.apache.org/sandbox/commons-classscan/) - Find Class interfaces, methods, fields, and annotations without loading. - [CLI](http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-cli/) - Command-line arguments parser. - [CLI2](http://commons.apache.org/sandbox/commons-cli2/) - Redesign of Commons CLI. - [Codec](http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-codec/) - General encoding/decoding algorithms, e.g. phonetic, base64 or URL. - [Collections](http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-collections/) - Extends or augments the Java Collections Framework. - [Compress](http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-compress/) - Defines an API for working with tar, zip and bzip2 files. - [Configuration](http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-configuration/) - Reading of configuration/preferences files in various formats. - [Convert](http://commons.apache.org/sandbox/commons-convert/) - Commons-Convert aims to provide a single library dedicated to the task of converting an object of one type to another. - [CSV](http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-csv/) - Component for reading and writing comma separated value files. - [Daemon](http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-daemon/) - Alternative invocation mechanism for unix-daemon-like java code. - [DBCP](http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-dbcp/) - Database connection pooling services. - [DbUtils](http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-dbutils/) - JDBC helper library. - [Digester](http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-digester/) - XML-to-Java-object mapping utility. - [Email](http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-email/) - Library for sending e-mail from Java. - [Exec](http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-exec/) - API for dealing with external process execution and environment management in Java. - [FileUpload](http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-fileupload/) - File upload capability for your servlets and web applications. - [Finder](http://commons.apache.org/sandbox/commons-finder/) - Java library inspired by the UNIX find command. - [Flatfile](http://commons.apache.org/sandbox/commons-flatfile/) - Java library for working with flat data structures. - [Functor](http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-functor/) - Function that can be manipulated as an object, or an object representing a single, generic function. - [Graph](http://commons.apache.org/sandbox/commons-graph/) - General purpose graph APIs and algorithms. - [I18n](http://commons.apache.org/sandbox/commons-i18n/) - Adds the feature of localized message bundles that consist of one or many localized texts that belong together. - [Id](http://commons.apache.org/sandbox/commons-id/) - Id is a component used to generate identifiers. - [Imaging](http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-imaging/) - Image library. - [IO](http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-io/) - Collection of I/O utilities. - [Javaflow](http://commons.apache.org/sandbox/commons-javaflow/) - Continuation implementation to capture the state of the application. - [JCI](http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-jci/) - Java Compiler Interface. - [JCS](http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-jcs/) - Java Caching System. - [Jelly](http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-jelly/) - XML based scripting and processing engine. - [Jexl](http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-jexl/) - Expression language which extends the Expression Language of the JSTL. - [JNet](http://commons.apache.org/sandbox/commons-jnet/) - JNet allows to use dynamically register url stream handlers through the java.net API. - [JXPath](http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-jxpath/) - Utilities for manipulating Java Beans using the XPath syntax. - [Lang](http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-lang/) - Provides extra functionality for classes in java.lang. - [Logging](https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-logging/) - Wrapper around a variety of logging API implementations. - [Math](http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-math/) - Lightweight, self-contained mathematics and statistics components. - [Monitoring](http://commons.apache.org/sandbox/commons-monitoring/) - Monitoring aims to provide a simple but extensible monitoring solution for Java applications. - [Nabla](http://commons.apache.org/sandbox/commons-nabla/) - Nabla provides automatic differentiation classes that can generate derivative of any function implemented in the Java language. - [Net](http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-net/) - Collection of network utilities and protocol implementations. - [OGNL](http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-ognl/) - Object-graph navigation language. - [OpenPGP](http://commons.apache.org/sandbox/commons-openpgp/) - Interface to signing and verifying data using OpenPGP. - [Performance](http://commons.apache.org/sandbox/commons-performance/) - Small framework for microbenchmark clients, with implementations for Commons DBCP and Pool. - [Pipeline](http://commons.apache.org/sandbox/commons-pipeline/) - Provides a set of pipeline utilities designed around work queues that run in parallel to sequentially process data objects. - [Pool](http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-pool/) - Generic object pooling component. - [Proxy](http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-proxy/) - Library for creating dynamic proxies. - [RDF](https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-rdf/) - Common implementation of RDF 1.1 that could be implemented by systems on the JVM. - [RNG](https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-rng/) - Commons Rng provides implementations of pseudo-random numbers generators. - [SCXML](http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-scxml/) - Implementation of the State Chart XML specification aimed at creating and maintaining a Java SCXML engine. - [Validator](http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-validator/) - Framework to define validators and validation rules in an xml file. - [VFS](http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-vfs/) - Virtual File System component for treating files, FTP, SMB, ZIP and such like as a single logical file system. - [Weaver](http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-weaver/) - Provides an easy way to enhance (weave) compiled bytecode. #### Other - [CUBA Platform](https://www.cuba-platform.com/) - High-level framework for developing enterprise applications with a rich web interface, based on Spring, EclipseLink and Vaadin. - [Light-4J](https://github.com/networknt/light-4j/) - Fast, lightweight and productive microservices framework with built-in [security](https://github.com/networknt/light-oauth2/). - [Orienteer](https://github.com/OrienteerBAP/Orienteer/) - Open-source business application platform for rapid configuration/development of CRM, ERP, LMS and other applications. - [Spring](https://spring.io/projects/) - Provides many packages for dependency injection, aspect-oriented programming, security, etc. ### Processes _Libraries that help the management of operating system processes._ - [ch.vorburger.exec](https://github.com/vorburger/ch.vorburger.exec) - Convenient API around Apache Commons Exec. - [zt-exec](https://github.com/zeroturnaround/zt-exec) - Provides a unified API to Apache Commons Exec and ProcessBuilder. - [zt-process-killer](https://github.com/zeroturnaround/zt-process-killer) - Stops processes started from Java or the system processes via PID. ### Reactive libraries _Libraries for developing reactive applications._ - [Akka](https://akka.io) - Toolkit and runtime for building concurrent, distributed, fault-tolerant and event-driven applications. - [Reactive Streams](https://github.com/reactive-streams/reactive-streams-jvm) - Provides a standard for asynchronous stream processing with non-blocking backpressure. - [Reactor](https://github.com/reactor/reactor-core) - Library for building reactive fast-data applications. - [RxJava](https://github.com/ReactiveX/RxJava) - Allows for composing asynchronous and event-based programs using observable sequences. - [vert.x](https://vertx.io) - Polyglot event-driven application framework. ### REST Frameworks _Frameworks specifically for creating RESTful services._ - [Dropwizard](https://github.com/dropwizard/dropwizard) - Opinionated framework for setting up modern web applications with Jetty, Jackson, Jersey and Metrics. - [Elide](https://elide.io) - Opinionated framework for JSON- or GraphQL-APIs based on a JPA data model. - [Jersey](https://jersey.github.io) - JAX-RS reference implementation. - [Microserver](https://github.com/aol/micro-server) - Convenient, extensible microservices plugin system for Spring & Spring Boot. With more than 30 plugins and growing, it supports both micro-monolith and pure microservices styles. - [Rapidoid](https://www.rapidoid.org) - Simple, secure and extremely fast framework consisting of an embedded HTTP server, GUI components and dependency injection. - [rest.li](https://github.com/linkedin/rest.li) - Framework for building robust, scalable RESTful architectures using typesafe bindings and asynchronous, non-blocking IO with an end-to-end developer workflow that promotes clean practices, uniform interface design and consistent data modeling. - [RESTEasy](https://resteasy.github.io) - Fully certified and portable implementation of the JAX-RS specification. - [RestExpress](https://github.com/RestExpress/RestExpress) - Thin wrapper on the JBoss Netty HTTP stack that provides scaling and performance. - [Restlet Framework](https://github.com/restlet/restlet-framework-java) - Pioneering framework with powerful routing and filtering capabilities, and a unified client and server API. - [Spark](http://sparkjava.com) - Sinatra inspired framework. - [Crnk](http://www.crnk.io) - Implementation of the JSON API specification to build resource-oriented REST endpoints with sorting, filtering, paging, linking, object graphs, type-safety, bulk updates, integrations and more. - [springdoc-openapi](https://github.com/springdoc/springdoc-openapi) - Automates the generation of API documentation using Spring Boot projects. - [Swagger](https://swagger.io) - Standard, language-agnostic interface to REST APIs. ### Science _Libraries for scientific computing, analysis and visualization._ - [BioJava](https://biojava.org/) - Facilitates processing biological data by providing algorithms, file format parsers, sequencing and 3D visualization commonly used in bioinformatics. - [Chart-FX](https://github.com/GSI-CS-CO/chart-fx) - Scientific charting library with focus on performance optimised real-time data visualisation at 25 Hz update rates for large data sets. - [DataMelt](https://datamelt.org/) - Environment for scientific computation, data analysis and data visualization. (GPL-3.0-or-later) - [Erdos](https://github.com/Erdos-Graph-Framework/Erdos) - Modular, light and easy graph framework for theoretic algorithms. - [GraphStream](http://graphstream-project.org) - Library for modeling and analyzing dynamic graphs. - [JFreeChart](http://www.jfree.org/jfreechart/) - 2D chart library for Swing, JavaFX and server-side applications. (LGPL-2.1-only) - [JGraphT](https://github.com/jgrapht/jgrapht) - Graph library that provides mathematical graph-theory objects and algorithms. - [JGraphX](https://github.com/jgraph/jgraphx) - Library for visualizing (mainly Swing) and interacting with node-edge graphs. - [LogicNG](https://github.com/logic-ng/LogicNG) - Library for creating, manipulating and solving Boolean and Pseudo-Boolean formulas. - [Mines Java Toolkit](https://github.com/MinesJTK/jtk) - Library for geophysical scientific computation, visualization and digital signal analysis. - [Morpheus](https://github.com/zavtech/morpheus-core) - Provides a versatile two-dimensional memory efficient tabular data structure called a DataFrame to enable efficient in-memory analytics for scientific computing on the JVM. - [Orekit](https://www.orekit.org/) - A low level space flight dynamics library providing basic elements (orbits, dates, attitude, frames...) and various algorithms (conversions, propagations, pointing...) to handle them. - [Orson-Charts](https://github.com/jfree/orson-charts) - Generates a wide variety of 3D charts that can be displayed with Swing and JavaFX or exported to PDF, SVG, PNG and JPEG. (GPL-3.0-only) - [Tablesaw](https://github.com/jtablesaw/tablesaw) - Includes a data-frame, an embedded column store, and hundreds of methods to transform, summarize, or filter data. - [XChart](https://github.com/knowm/XChart) - Light-weight library for plotting data. Many customizable chart types are available. ### Search _Engines that index documents for search and analysis._ - [Apache Lucene](https://lucene.apache.org) - High-performance, full-featured, cross-platform, text search engine library. - [Apache Solr](https://lucene.apache.org/solr/) - Enterprise search engine optimized for high-volume traffic. - [Elasticsearch](https://www.elastic.co) - Distributed, multitenant-capable, full-text search engine with a RESTful web interface and schema-free JSON documents. - [Indexer4j](https://github.com/haeungun/indexer4j) - Simple and light full text indexing and searching library. ### Security _Libraries that handle security, authentication, authorization or session management._ - [Apache Shiro](https://shiro.apache.org) - Performs authentication, authorization, cryptography and session management. - [Bouncy Castle](https://www.bouncycastle.org/java.html) - All-purpose cryptographic library and JCA provider offering a wide range of functions, from basic helpers to PGP/SMIME operations. - [DependencyCheck](https://github.com/jeremylong/DependencyCheck) - Detects publicly disclosed vulnerabilities contained within a project's dependencies. - [Cryptomator](https://cryptomator.org) - Multiplatform, transparent, client-side encryption of files in the cloud. (GPL-3.0-only) - [Hdiv](https://github.com/hdiv/hdiv) - Runtime application that repels application security risks included in the OWASP Top 10, including SQL injection, cross-site scripting, cross-site request forgery, data tampering, and brute force attacks. - [jjwt](https://github.com/jwtk/jjwt) - JSON web token for Java and Android. - [jwt-java](https://github.com/BastiaanJansen/jwt-java) - Easily create and parse JSON Web Tokens and create customized JWT validators using a fluent API. - [Jwks RSA](https://github.com/auth0/jwks-rsa-java) - JSON Web Key Set parser. - [Kalium](https://github.com/abstractj/kalium) - Binding for the Networking and Cryptography (NaCl) library. - [Keycloak](https://www.keycloak.org) - Integrated SSO and IDM for browser apps and RESTful web services. - [Keywhiz](https://github.com/square/keywhiz) - System for distributing and managing secrets. - [Nbvcxz](https://github.com/GoSimpleLLC/nbvcxz) - Advanced password strength estimation. - [OACC](http://oaccframework.org) - Provides permission-based authorization services. - [OpenAM](https://github.com/OpenIdentityPlatform/OpenAM) - Access management solution that includes authentication, SSO, authorization, federation, entitlements and web services security. - [OTP-Java](https://github.com/BastiaanJansen/OTP-Java) - One-time password generator library according to RFC 4226 (HOTP) and RFC 6238 (TOTP). - [pac4j](https://github.com/pac4j/pac4j) - Security engine. - [Passay](http://www.passay.org/) - Enforce password policy by validating candidate passwords against a configurable rule set. - [Password4j](https://github.com/Password4j/password4j) - User-friendly cryptographic library that supports Argon2, Bcrypt, Scrypt, PBKDF2 and various other cryptographic hash functions. - [SecurityBuilder](https://github.com/tersesystems/securitybuilder) - Fluent Builder API for JCA and JSSE classes and especially X.509 certificates. - [SSLContext-Kickstart](https://github.com/Hakky54/sslcontext-kickstart) - High-level SSL context builder for configuring HTTP clients with SSL/TLS. - [Themis](https://github.com/cossacklabs/themis) - Multi-platform high-level cryptographic library provides easy-to-use encryption for protecting sensitive data: secure messaging with forward secrecy, secure data storage (AES256GCM); suits for building end-to-end encrypted applications. - [Tink](https://github.com/google/tink) - Provides a simple and misuse-proof API for common cryptographic tasks. - [Topaz](https://www.topaz.sh) - Fine-grained authorization for applications with support for RBAC, ABAC, and ReBAC. ### Serialization _Libraries that handle serialization with high efficiency._ - [FlatBuffers](https://github.com/google/flatbuffers) - Memory-efficient serialization library that can access serialized data without unpacking and parsing it. - [FST](https://github.com/RuedigerMoeller/fast-serialization) - JDK-compatible, high-performance object graph serialization. - [Fury](https://github.com/alipay/fury) - Blazing fast object graph serialization framework powered by JIT and zero-copy. - [Kryo](https://github.com/EsotericSoftware/kryo) - Fast and efficient object graph serialization framework. - [MessagePack](https://github.com/msgpack/msgpack-java) - Efficient binary serialization format. - [PHP Serializer](https://github.com/marcospassos/java-php-serializer) - Serializing objects in the PHP serialization format. ### Server _Servers specifically used to deploy applications._ - [Apache Tomcat](https://tomcat.apache.org) - Robust, all-round server for Servlet and JSP. - [Apache TomEE](https://tomee.apache.org) - Tomcat plus Java EE. - [Jetty](https://www.eclipse.org/jetty/) - Provides a Web server and javax.servlet container, plus support for HTTP/2, WebSocket, OSGi, JMX, JNDI, JAAS and many other integrations. - [nanohttpd](https://github.com/NanoHttpd/nanohttpd) - Tiny, easily embeddable HTTP server. - [WildFly](https://www.wildfly.org) - Formerly known as JBoss and developed by Red Hat with extensive Java EE support. (LGPL-2.1-only) ### Template Engine _Tools that substitute expressions in a template._ - [Freemarker](https://freemarker.apache.org) - Library to generate text output (HTML web pages, e-mails, configuration files, source code, etc.) based on templates and changing data. - [Handlebars.java](https://jknack.github.io/handlebars.java/) - Logicless and semantic Mustache templates. - [Jade4J](https://github.com/neuland/jade4j) - Implementation of Pug (formerly known as Jade). - [Jamal](https://github.com/verhas/jamal) - Extendable template engine embedded into Maven/JavaDoc, supporting multiple extensions (Groovy, Ruby, JavaScript, JShell, PlantUml) with support for snippet handling. - [jstachio](https://github.com/jstachio/jstachio) - Typesafe Mustache templating engine. - [jte](https://github.com/casid/jte) - Compiles to classes, and uses an easy syntax, several features to make development easier and provides fast execution and a small footprint. - [Jtwig](https://github.com/jtwig/jtwig) - Modular, configurable and fully tested template engine. - [Pebble](https://pebbletemplates.io) - Inspired by Twig and separates itself with its inheritance feature and its easy-to-read syntax. It ships with built-in autoescaping for security and it includes integrated support for internationalization. - [Rocker](https://github.com/fizzed/rocker) - Optimized, memory efficient and speedy template engine producing statically typed, plain objects. - [StringTemplate](https://github.com/antlr/stringtemplate4) - Template engine for generating source code, web pages, emails, or any other formatted text output. - [Thymeleaf](https://www.thymeleaf.org) - Aims to be a substitute for JSP and works for XML files. ### Testing _Tools that test from model to the view._ #### Asynchronous _Tools that simplify testing asynchronous services._ - [Awaitility](https://github.com/awaitility/awaitility) - DSL for synchronizing asynchronous operations. - [ConcurrentUnit](https://github.com/jhalterman/concurrentunit) - Toolkit for testing multi-threaded and asynchronous applications. - [GreenMail](https://greenmail-mail-test.github.io/greenmail/) - In-memory email server for integration testing. Supports SMTP, POP3 and IMAP including SSL. (GPL-2.0-only) - [Hoverfly Java](https://github.com/SpectoLabs/hoverfly-java) - Native bindings for Hoverfly, a proxy which allows you to simulate HTTP services. - [Karate](https://github.com/intuit/karate) - DSL that combines API test-automation, mocks and performance-testing making testing REST/HTTP services easy. - [REST Assured](https://github.com/rest-assured/rest-assured) - DSL for easy testing of REST/HTTP services. - [WebTau](https://github.com/testingisdocumenting/webtau) - Test across REST-API, Graph QL, Browser, Database, CLI and Business Logic with consistent set of matchers and concepts. #### BDD _Testing for the software development process that emerged from TDD and was heavily influenced by DDD and OOAD._ - [Cucumber](https://github.com/cucumber/cucumber-jvm) - Provides a way to describe features in a plain language which customers can understand. - [Cukes-REST](https://github.com/ctco/cukes) - Collection of Gherkin steps for REST-service testing using Cucumber. - [J8Spec](https://github.com/j8spec/j8spec) - Follows a Jasmine-like syntax. - [JBehave](https://jbehave.org) - Extensively configurable framework that describes stories. - [JGiven](http://jgiven.org) - Provides a fluent API which allows for simpler composition. - [Lamdba Behave](https://github.com/RichardWarburton/lambda-behave) - Aims to provide a fluent API to write tests in long and descriptive sentences that read like plain English. - [Serenity BDD](https://github.com/serenity-bdd/serenity-core) - Automated Acceptance testing and reporting library that works with Cucumber, JBehave and JUnit to make it easier to write high quality executable specifications. #### Fixtures _Everything related to the creation and handling of random data._ - [Beanmother](https://github.com/keepcosmos/beanmother) - Sets up beans from YAML fixtures. - [Datafaker](https://github.com/datafaker-net/datafaker) - Modern fake data generator forked from Java Faker. - [Fixture Factory](https://github.com/six2six/fixture-factory) - Generates fake objects from a template. - [jFairy](https://github.com/Devskiller/jfairy) - Fake data generator. - [Instancio](https://github.com/instancio/instancio) - Automates data setup in unit tests by generating fully-populated, reproducible objects. Includes JUnit 5 extension. - [Randomized Testing](https://github.com/randomizedtesting/randomizedtesting) - JUnit test runner and plugins for running JUnit tests with pseudo-randomness. - [Java Faker](https://github.com/DiUS/java-faker) - Port of Ruby's fake data generator. - [Mockneat](https://github.com/nomemory/mockneat) - Another fake data generator. #### Frameworks _Provide environments to run tests for a specific use case._ - [ArchUnit](https://github.com/TNG/ArchUnit) - Test library for specifying and asserting architecture rules. - [Apache JMeter](http://jmeter.apache.org) - Functional testing and performance measurements. - [Arquillian](http://arquillian.org) - Integration and functional testing platform for Java EE containers. - [Citrus](https://citrusframework.org) - Integration testing framework that focuses on both client- and server-side messaging. - [Gatling](https://gatling.io) - Load testing tool designed for ease of use, maintainability and high performance. - [JUnit](https://junit.org/junit5/) - Common testing framework. - [jqwik](https://jqwik.net) - Engine for property-based testing built on JUnit 5. - [Pact JVM](https://github.com/DiUS/pact-jvm) - Consumer-driven contract testing. - [PIT](http://pitest.org) - Fast mutation-testing framework for evaluating fault-detection abilities of existing JUnit or TestNG test suites. #### Matchers _Libraries that provide custom matchers._ - [AssertJ](https://joel-costigliola.github.io/assertj/) - Fluent assertions that improve readability. - [Hamcrest](http://hamcrest.org/JavaHamcrest/) - Matchers that can be combined to create flexible expressions of intent. - [JSONAssert](http://jsonassert.skyscreamer.org) - Simplifies testing JSON strings. - [JsonUnit](https://github.com/lukas-krecan/JsonUnit) - Library that simplifies JSON comparison in tests. - [Truth](https://truth.dev) - Google's fluent assertion and proposition framework. - [XMLUnit](https://github.com/xmlunit/xmlunit) - Simplifies testing for XML output. #### Miscellaneous _Other stuff related to testing._ - [ConsoleCaptor](https://github.com/Hakky54/console-captor) - Captures console output for unit testing purposes. - [junit-dataprovider](https://github.com/TNG/junit-dataprovider) - TestNG-like data provider/runner for JUnit. - [LogCaptor](https://github.com/Hakky54/log-captor) - Captures log entries for unit testing purposes. - [log-capture](https://github.com/dm-drogeriemarkt/log-capture) - Captures log entries and provides assertions for unit and integration testing. - [Mutability Detector](https://github.com/MutabilityDetector/MutabilityDetector) - Reports whether instances of a given class are immutable. - [pojo-tester](https://www.pojo.pl) - Automatically performs tests on basic POJO methods. (LGPL-3.0-only) - [raml-tester](https://github.com/nidi3/raml-tester) - Tests if a request/response matches a given RAML definition. - [Selfie](https://github.com/diffplug/selfie) - Snapshot testing (inline and on disk). - [TestContainers](https://github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-java) - Provides throwaway instances of common databases, Selenium web browsers, or anything else that can run in a Docker container. #### Mocking _Tools which mock collaborators to help testing single, isolated units._ - [JMockit](http://jmockit.github.io) - Integration testing, API mocking and faking, and code coverage. - [Mockito](https://github.com/mockito/mockito) - Mocking framework that lets you write tests with a clean and simple API. - [MockServer](https://www.mock-server.com) - Allows mocking of systems integrated with HTTPS. - [Moco](https://github.com/dreamhead/moco) - Concise web services for stubs and mocks. - [PowerMock](https://github.com/powermock/powermock) - Mocks static methods, constructors, final classes and methods, private methods, and removal of static initializers. - [WireMock](http://wiremock.org) - Stubs and mocks web services. - [EasyMock](https://github.com/easymock/easymock) - EasyMock is a Java library that provides an easy way to use Mock Objects in unit testing. ### Utility _Libraries which provide general utility functions._ - [Arthas](https://github.com/alibaba/arthas) - Allows to troubleshoot production issues for applications without modifying code or restarting servers. - [bucket4j](https://github.com/vladimir-bukhtoyarov/bucket4j) - Rate limiting library based on token-bucket algorithm. - [cactoos](https://github.com/yegor256/cactoos) - Collection of object-oriented primitives. - [Chocotea](https://github.com/cleopatra27/chocotea) - Generates postman collection, environment and integration tests from java code. - [CRaSH](http://www.crashub.org) - Provides a shell into a JVM that's running CRaSH. Used by Spring Boot and others. (LGPL-2.1-or-later) - [Dex](https://github.com/PatMartin/Dex) - Java/JavaFX tool capable of powerful ETL and data visualization. - [dregex](https://github.com/marianobarrios/dregex) - Regular expression engine that uses deterministic finite automata. It supports some Perl-style features and yet retains linear matching time, and also offers set operations. - [Embulk](https://github.com/embulk/embulk) - Bulk data loader that helps data transfer between various databases, storages, file formats, and cloud services. - [fswatch](https://github.com/vorburger/ch.vorburger.fswatch) - Micro library to watch for directory file system changes, simplifying java.nio.file.WatchService. - [Gephi](https://github.com/gephi/gephi) - Cross-platform for visualizing and manipulating large graph networks. (GPL-3.0-only) - [Guava](https://github.com/google/guava) - Collections, caching, primitives support, concurrency libraries, common annotations, string processing, I/O, and more. - [JADE](https://jade.tilab.com) - Framework and environment for building and debugging multi-agent systems. (LGPL-2.0-only) - [Java Diff Utils](https://java-diff-utils.github.io/java-diff-utils/) - Utilities for text or data comparison and patching. - [JavaVerbalExpressions](https://github.com/VerbalExpressions/JavaVerbalExpressions) - Library that helps with constructing difficult regular expressions. - [JGit](https://www.eclipse.org/jgit/) - Lightweight, pure Java library implementing the Git version control system. - [JKScope](https://github.com/evpl/jkscope) - Java scope functions inspired by Kotlin. - [minio-java](https://github.com/minio/minio-java) - Provides simple APIs to access any Amazon S3-compatible object storage server. - [Protégé](https://protege.stanford.edu) - Provides an ontology editor and a framework to build knowledge-based systems. - [Semver4j](https://github.com/semver4j/semver4j) - Lightweight library that helps you handling semantic versioning with different modes. - [Underscore-java](https://github.com/javadev/underscore-java) - Port of Underscore.js functions. ### Version Managers _Utilities that help create the development shell environment and switch between different Java versions._ - [jabba](https://github.com/shyiko/jabba) - Java Version Manager inspired by nvm. Supports macOS, Linux and Windows. - [jenv](https://github.com/jenv/jenv) - Java Version Manager inspired by rbenv. Can configure globally or per project. Tested on Debian and macOS. - [SDKMan](https://github.com/sdkman/sdkman-cli) - Java Version Manager inspired by RVM and rbenv. Supports UNIX-based platforms and Windows. ### Web Crawling _Libraries that analyze the content of websites._ - [Apache Nutch](https://nutch.apache.org) - Highly extensible, highly scalable web crawler for production environments. - [Crawler4j](https://github.com/yasserg/crawler4j) - Simple and lightweight web crawler. - [jsoup](https://jsoup.org) - Scrapes, parses, manipulates and cleans HTML. - [StormCrawler](http://stormcrawler.net) - SDK for building low-latency and scalable web crawlers. - [webmagic](https://github.com/code4craft/webmagic) - Scalable crawler with downloading, url management, content extraction and persistent. ### Web Frameworks _Frameworks that handle the communication between the layers of a web application._ - [ActiveJ](https://activej.io) - Lightweight asynchronous framework built from the ground up for developing high-performance web applications. - [Apache Tapestry](https://tapestry.apache.org) - Component-oriented framework for creating dynamic, robust, highly scalable web applications. - [Apache Wicket](https://wicket.apache.org) - Component-based web application framework similar to Tapestry, with a stateful GUI. - [Blade](https://github.com/lets-blade/blade) - Lightweight, modular framework that aims to be elegant and simple. - [Bootique](https://bootique.io) - Minimally opinionated framework for runnable apps. - [Firefly](http://www.fireflysource.com) - Asynchronous framework for rapid development of high-performance web application. - [Javalin](https://javalin.io/) - Microframework for web applications. - [Jooby](http://www.jooby.org) - Scalable, fast and modular micro-framework that offers multiple programming models. - [Ninja](http://www.ninjaframework.org) - Full-stack web framework. - [Pippo](http://www.pippo.ro) - Small, highly modularized, Sinatra-like framework. - [Play](https://www.playframework.com) - Built on Akka, it provides predictable and minimal resource consumption (CPU, memory, threads) for highly-scalable applications in Java and Scala. - [PrimeFaces](https://www.primefaces.org) - JSF framework with both free and commercial/support versions and frontend components. - [Ratpack](https://ratpack.io) - Set of libraries that facilitate fast, efficient, evolvable and well-tested HTTP applications. - [Takes](https://github.com/yegor256/takes) - Opinionated web framework which is built around the concepts of True Object-Oriented Programming and immutability. - [Vaadin](https://vaadin.com) - Event-driven framework that uses standard web components. Server-side architecture with Ajax on the client side. ### Workflow Orchestration Engines - [Cadence](https://cadenceworkflow.io) - Stateful code platform from Uber. - [flowable](https://github.com/flowable/flowable-engine) - Compact and efficient workflow and business process management platform. - [Temporal](https://temporal.io) - Microservice orchestration platform, forked from Cadence but gRPC based. ## Resources ### Related Awesome Lists _Awesome Lists related to the Java & JVM ecosystem._ - [Awesome Annotation Processing](https://github.com/gunnarmorling/awesome-annotation-processing) - [Awesome Graal](https://github.com/neomatrix369/awesome-graal) - [Awesome Gradle Plugins](https://github.com/ksoichiro/awesome-gradle) - [AwesomeJavaFX](https://github.com/mhrimaz/AwesomeJavaFX) - [Awesome JVM](https://github.com/deephacks/awesome-jvm) - [Awesome Microservices](https://github.com/mfornos/awesome-microservices) - [Awesome REST](https://github.com/marmelab/awesome-rest) - [Awesome Selenium](https://github.com/christian-bromann/awesome-selenium) - [Awesome Hybris](https://github.com/eminyagiz42/awesome-hybris) - [ciandcd](https://github.com/ciandcd/awesome-ciandcd) - [Useful Java Links](https://github.com/Vedenin/useful-java-links) - [Java Concurrency Checklist](https://github.com/code-review-checklists/java-concurrency) - [Java Developer Roadmap](https://github.com/s4kibs4mi/java-developer-roadmap) ### Communities _Active discussions._ - [r/java](https://www.reddit.com/r/java/) - Subreddit for the Java community. - [Stack Overflow](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/java) - Question/answer platform. ### Frontends _Websites that provide a frontend for this list. Please note, there won't be an official website. We don't associate with a particular website and everybody is allowed to create one._ - [java.libhunt.com](https://java.libhunt.com) ### Influential Books _Books that made a big impact and are still worth reading._ - [Core Java Volume I--Fundamentals](https://www.amazon.com/Core-Java-I-Fundamentals-10th/dp/0134177304) - [Core Java, Volume II--Advanced Features](https://www.amazon.com/Core-Java-II-Advanced-Features-10th/dp/0134177290) - [Effective Java (3rd Edition)](https://www.amazon.com/Effective-Java-3rd-Joshua-Bloch/dp/0134685997) - [Head First Java (3rd Edition)](https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/head-first-java/9781492091646/) - [Java Concurrency in Practice](https://www.amazon.com/Java-Concurrency-Practice-Brian-Goetz/dp/0321349601) - [The Well-Grounded Java Developer (2nd Edition)](https://www.manning.com/books/the-well-grounded-java-developer-second-edition) - [Thinking in Java](https://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Java-Edition-Bruce-Eckel/dp/0131872486) ### Podcasts and Screencasts _Something to look at or listen to while programming._ - [140 Second Ducklings](https://twitter.com/debugagent/status/1491075324805001219) - Short videos on Twitter explaining Java debugging in depth. - [A Bootiful Podcast](https://bootifulpodcast.fm) - [Foojay Podcast](https://foojay.io/today/category/podcast/) - [Inside Java](https://inside.java/podcast) (Official) - [Java Off Heap](http://www.javaoffheap.com) - [The Java Posse](http://www.javaposse.com) - Discontinued as of 02/2015. ### People #### Twitter _Active accounts to follow. Descriptions from Twitter._ - [Adam Bien](https://twitter.com/AdamBien) - Freelance author, JavaOne Rockstar speaker, consultant, Java Champion. - [Aleksey Shipilëv](https://twitter.com/shipilev) - Performance geek, benchmarking czar, concurrency bug hunter. - [Antonio Goncalves](https://twitter.com/agoncal) - Java Champion, JUG Leader, Devoxx France, Java EE 6/7, JCP, Author. - [Arun Gupta](https://twitter.com/arungupta) - Java Champion, JavaOne Rockstar, JUG Leader, Devoxx4Kids-er, VP of Developer Advocacy at Couchbase. - [Brian Goetz](https://twitter.com/BrianGoetz) - Java Language Architect at Oracle. - [Bruno Borges](https://twitter.com/brunoborges) - Product Manager/Java Jock at Oracle. - [Chris Engelbert](https://twitter.com/noctarius2k) - Open Source Enthusiast, Speaker, Developer, Developer Advocacy at TimescaleDB. - [Chris Richardson](https://twitter.com/crichardson) - Software architect, consultant, and serial entrepreneur, Java Champion, JavaOne Rock Star, \*POJOs in Action- author. - [Ed Burns](https://twitter.com/edburns) - Consulting Member of the Technical Staff at Oracle. - [Eugen Paraschiv](https://twitter.com/baeldung) - Author of the Spring Security Course. - [Heinz Kabutz](https://twitter.com/heinzkabutz) - Java Champion, speaker, author of The Java Specialists' Newsletter, concurrency performance expert. - [Holly Cummins](https://twitter.com/holly_cummins) - Technical Lead of IBM London's Bluemix Garage, Java Champion, developer, author, JavaOne rockstar. - [James Weaver](https://twitter.com/JavaFXpert) - Java/JavaFX/IoT developer, author and speaker. - [Java EE](https://twitter.com/Java_EE) - Official Java EE Twitter account. - [Java Magazine](https://twitter.com/Oraclejavamag) - Official Java Magazine account. - [Java](https://twitter.com/java) - Official Java Twitter account. - [Javin Paul](https://twitter.com/javinpaul) - Well-known Java blogger. - [Josh Long](https://twitter.com/starbuxman) - Spring Advocate at Pivotal, author of O'Reilly's Cloud Native Java- and Building Microservices with Spring Boot, JavaOne Rock Star. - [Lukas Eder](https://twitter.com/lukaseder) - Java Champion, speaker, Founder and CEO Data Geekery (jOOQ). - [Mani Sarkar](https://twitter.com/theNeomatrix369) - Java champion, Polyglot, Software Crafter involved with @graalvm, AI/ML/DL, Data Science, Developer communities, speaker & blogger. Creator of couple of awesome lists like this one. - [Mario Fusco](https://twitter.com/mariofusco) - RedHatter, JUG coordinator, frequent speaker and author. - [Mark Heckler](https://twitter.com/MkHeck) - Pivotal Principal Technologist and Developer Advocate, conference speaker, published author, and Java Champion, focusing on Internet of Things and the cloud. - [Mark Reinhold](https://twitter.com/mreinhold) - Chief Architect, Java Platform Group, Oracle. - [Markus Eisele](https://twitter.com/myfear) - Java EE evangelist, Red Hat. - [Martijn Verburg](https://twitter.com/karianna) - London JUG co-leader, speaker, author, Java Champion and much more. - [Martin Thompson](https://twitter.com/mjpt777) - Pasty faced performance gangster. - [Monica Beckwith](https://twitter.com/mon_beck) - Performance consultant, JavaOne Rock Star. - [OpenJDK](https://twitter.com/OpenJDK) - Official OpenJDK account. - [Peter Lawrey](https://twitter.com/PeterLawrey) - Peter Lawrey, Java performance expert. - [Randy Shoup](https://twitter.com/randyshoup) - Stitch Fix VP Engineering, speaker, JavaOne Rock Star. - [Reza Rahman](https://twitter.com/reza_rahman) - Java EE/GlassFish/WebLogic evangelist, author, speaker, open source hacker. - [Sander Mak](https://twitter.com/Sander_Mak) - Java Champion, author. - [Simon Maple](https://twitter.com/sjmaple) - Java Champion, VirtualJUG founder, LJC leader, RebelLabs author. - [Spencer Gibb](https://twitter.com/spencerbgibb) - Software Engineer, Dad, Geek, Co-founder and Lead of Spring Cloud Core @pivotal. - [Stephen Colebourne](https://twitter.com/jodastephen) - Java Champion, speaker. - [Trisha Gee](https://twitter.com/trisha_gee) - Java Champion and speaker. - [Venkat Subramaniam](https://twitter.com/venkat_s) - Author, University of Houston professor, MicroSoft MVP award recipient, JavaOne Rock Star, Java Champion. - [Vlad Mihalcea](https://twitter.com/vlad_mihalcea) - Java Champion working on Hypersistence Optimizer, database aficionado, author of High-Performance Java Persistence book. #### Other - [Groundbreakers](https://apexapps.oracle.com/pls/apex/f?p=119297:3::::::) - Oracle ACEs, Groundbreaker Ambassadors and Java Champions. ### Websites _Sites to read._ - [Baeldung](https://www.baeldung.com) - [Dzone](https://dzone.com) - [foojay.io](https://foojay.io) - [Google Java Style](https://google.github.io/styleguide/javaguide.html) - [InfoQ](https://www.infoq.com) - [Java Algorithms and Clients](https://algs4.cs.princeton.edu/code) - [Java, SQL, and jOOQ](https://blog.jooq.org) - [Java.net](https://community.oracle.com/community/java) - [Javalobby](https://dzone.com/java-jdk-development-tutorials-tools-news) - [JavaWorld](https://www.javaworld.com) - [JAXenter](https://jaxenter.com) - [RebelLabs](https://zeroturnaround.com/rebellabs) - [OverOps Blog](https://blog.overops.com) - [TheServerSide.com](http://www.theserverside.com) - [Vanilla Java](https://vanilla-java.github.io) - [Voxxed](https://www.voxxed.com) - [Java Weekly](https://discu.eu/weekly/java/) ## Contributing Contributions are very welcome! 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