List of Java software and tools

This is a list of software and programming tools for the Java programming language, which includes frameworks, libraries, IDEs, build tools, application servers, and related projects.

Java frameworks

Main article: List of Java frameworks

Libraries

See also: Category:Java (programming language) libraries

• Apache Ant – build automation tool
• Apache Batik – SVG processing
• Apache Cayenne – object-relational mapping
• Apache Xerces – collection of software libraries for parsing, validating, serializing and manipulating XML.
• Applet – applet API
• Ardor3D – 3D graphics engine
• Bonita BPM – workflow engine
• Cassowary – constraint solving
• Checkstyle – static code analysis
• GNU Classpath – standard library implementation
• Colt – scientific computing and technical computing
• Commons Daemon – manages applications as daemons
• DESMO-J – discrete event simulation
• Diagrams.net – diagramming
• Disruptor – high-performance messaging
• Dom4j – XML processing
• Dynamic Languages Toolkit – support for dynamic programming languages on the JVM
• Echo – GUI
• Flying Saucer – XHTML/CSS rendering
• Formatting Objects Processor – XSL-FO to PDF
• H2 Database Engine – relational database
• IAIK-JCE – cryptography
• Internet Foundation Classes – legacy GUI
• JavaBeans – reusable component architecture for enabling encapsulation, events, and properties for software components
• JavaCC – open-source parser generator and lexical analyzer
• Java Class Library – standard library of Java and other JVM languages
• Java Native Access – provides Java programs easy access to native shared libraries without using the Java Native Interface
• Javolution – real-time computing
• Jblas – linear algebra
• JDBCFacade – simplifies JDBC use
• JExcel – Excel API
• JFugue – music programming
• JMusic – music programming
• Joget Workflow – workflow engine
• JOOQ Object Oriented Querying – fluent API for SQL
• JPOS – financial messaging
• JUNG – open-source graph modeling and visualization
• LanguageWare – language processing
• LibGDX – game development
• Modular Audio Recognition Framework – collection of voice, sound, speech, text and natural language processing algorithms.
• ASM – bytecode manipulation
• Open Inventor – 3D graphics
• OpenPDF – PDF
• Parallel Colt – parallel computing
• Parboiled – parser
• PlayN – game development
• QOCA – constraint solving
• QtJambi – Qt bindings
• SLF4J – logging
• StableUpdate – update management
• SWT – GUI
• SuanShu – numerical computing
• SwingLabs – GUI extensions
• UBY – natural language processing
• Undecimber – calendar
• XDoclet – attribute-oriented programming
• XINS – XML network services
• XStream – object serialization

Machine learning and AI

• Apache Mahout – scalable machine learning library focused on clustering, classification, and collaborative filtering
• Apache MXNet – deep learning framework with Java API support
• Apache OpenNLP – machine learning based toolkit for natural language processing of text
• Deeplearning4j – distributed deep learning library
• Deep Java Library – open-source deep learning framework developed by Amazon Web Services
• Encog – framework for neural networks, genetic algorithms, Hidden Markov model, and Bayesian networks.
• LIBSVM – Support Vector Machine implementation
• Mallet – machine learning toolkit for classification, clustering, and topic modeling.
• MLlib – distributed machine-learning framework on top of Apache Spark Core
• Neuroph – lightweight neural network framework
• Weka – collection of machine learning algorithms for data mining
• Yooreeka – machine learning

Data mining

• Java Data Mining (JDM) – standard Java API for data mining
• Massive Online Analysis (MOA) – data stream mining with concept drift

Math and scientific libraries

See also: List of numerical libraries for Java and List of arbitrary-precision arithmetic software

• Apache Commons Math – general-purpose mathematics library including statistics, linear algebra, and optimization.
• Colt – high-performance scientific computing, including linear algebra and random numbers.
• Efficient Java Matrix Library (EJML) – dense and sparse matrix computations and linear algebra
• Easy Java Simulations – Open Source Physics project designed to create discrete computer simulations
• Exp4j – evaluates mathematical expressions at runtime
• GroovyLab – numerical computational environment
• Hipparchus – fork of Apache Commons Math with updated algorithms for statistics, linear algebra, and optimization.
• JAMA – numerical linear algebra library
• Jblas: Linear Algebra for Java (Jblas) – linear algebra library using native BLAS/LAPACK bindings
• Java Astrodynamics Toolkit – numerical library of software components for use in spaceflight applications for Java or MATLAB
• Matrix Toolkit Java (MTJ) – linear algebra library with BLAS and LAPACK support
• OjAlgo – optimization, linear algebra, and financial calculations.
• OptimJ – extension for mathematical optimization and constraint programming
• Parallel Colt – A parallel extension of Colt
• SuanShu – numerical analysis, linear algebra, statistics, and optimization.

Integrated development environments

Main article: Comparison of IDEs for Java

See also: Java IDEs on Wikibooks

• Android Studio – IDE for Google's Android operating system
• BlueJ – educational IDE for teaching Java
• DrJava – lightweight Java IDE for beginners
• Eclipse IDE – open-source IDE with extensive plugin ecosystem
• Greenfoot – educational IDE
• IntelliJ IDEA – commercial and community editions from JetBrains
• JDeveloper – freeware IDE supplied by Oracle Corporation
• jGRASP – software visualizations
• MyEclipse – Java EE IDE
• NetBeans IDE – Apache NetBeans
• Visual Studio Code – general-purpose editor with Java extensions

Online IDEs

See also: List of online integrated development environments

• Eclipse Che
• GitHub Codespaces
• JDoodle
• Replit

Text editors with Java support

• Atom
• gedit
• GNU Emacs
• jEdit
• Kate
• Notepad++
• Sublime Text
• TextMate
• Vim
• Visual Studio Code

Build tools and package managers

• Apache Ant – automating software build
• Apache Ivy – subproject of Apache Ant
• Apache Maven – build automation and dependency management
• Boot – build automation for Clojure
• CMake – build tool with limited support for java
• Gradle – modern build automation tool
• Go continuous delivery (GoCD) – continuous delivery and build automation server
• Jenkins – automation server continuous delivery
• JitPack – package repository for Git projects
• Leiningen – build automation for Clojure
• Simple build tool (sbt) – open-source build tool
• Spring Roo – rapid application development of Java-based enterprise software
• WaveMaker – low-code development platform

Java runtimes, compilers and virtual machines

See also: Comparison of Java virtual machines, List of Java virtual machines, and List of Java compilers

• Android Runtime – runtime environment
• javac – Java programming language compiler
• Java Virtual Machine (JVM) – virtual machine that executes Java bytecode
• JD Decompiler
• JEB decompiler – disassembler and decompiler software for Android applications
• GraalVM – Just-in-time compilation
• HotSpot – JVM implementation included in OpenJDK

JVM languages and dialects

See also: List of JVM languages

• Clojure – Lisp dialect
• Groovy
• JRuby – Ruby implementation
• Jython – Python implementation
• Kotlin – popular for Android app development
• Renjin – R implementation
• Scala

Application servers and containers

See also: List of application servers for Java

• Apache Geronimo – open source application server
• Apache MINA – event-driven asynchronous network application framework
• Apache Tomcat – web container and web server
• Apache TomEE – Apache Tomcat with Java EE features
• Borland Enterprise Server – discontinued application server by Borland
• ColdFusion – commercial application server by Adobe Systems
• GlassFish – application server for Jakarta EE
• IBM WebSphere Application Server – enterprise application server by IBM
• IBM WebSphere Application Server Community Edition – open source edition of WebSphere (discontinued)
• JBoss Enterprise Application Platform – Red Hat's supported distribution of JBoss/WildFly
• JEUS – commercial Java EE application server from TmaxSoft
• Jetty – HTTP server and web container
• Lucee (formerly Railo) – open source CFML application server
• Netty – non-blocking I/O client–server framework for network applications
• Oracle Containers for J2EE – discontinued application server by Oracle
• Oracle WebLogic Server – enterprise application server by Oracle
• Orion Application Server – early commercial Java EE server by IronFlare
• Payara Server – fork of GlassFish for production use
• Resin – Java application server by Caucho (open source and professional editions)
• SAP NetWeaver Application Server – enterprise application server by SAP
• WildFly – application server

Debugging and profiling tools

• jdb – Java debugger bundled with the JDK
• JConsole – JMX-compliant monitoring tool
• JDK Flight Recorder – method profiling, allocation profiling, and garbage collection related events.
• JProfiler – commercial Java profiler
• VisualVM – visual tool integrating commandline JDK tools for profiling and monitoring

Testing and quality assurance

See also: List of unit testing frameworks for Java

• Apache JMeter – load testing tool
• JaCoCo – Java code coverage library
• JArchitect – analyzes code quality, architecture, and dependencies.
• Jtest – software testing and static analysis
• JUnit – unit testing framework
• Mockito – open-source testing framework for Java
• PMD – static program analysis source code analyzer
• Selenium – browser automation for web app testing
• Spock – test framework
• SpotBugs (formerly FindBugs) – static analysis tool
• TestNG – testing framework inspired by JUnit and NUnit

Other

• Apache XMLBeans – Java-to-XML binding framework
• DashO – code obfuscator, compactor, optimizer, watermarker.
• Java (software platform) – software platform for developing application software
• Java KeyStore – repository for TLS encryption
• JRipples – change impact analysis
• ProGuard – open-source obfuscator and optimizer
• SableCC – open-source compiler generator
• Semmle – code analysis
• SofCheck Inspector – static analysis tool

See also

• Apache Commons – Apache Software Foundation maintaining of open-source Java software of formerly the Jakarta Project
• Google Guava – open-source set of common libraries for Java, mainly developed by Google engineers.
• Java code coverage tools
• Java Enterprise Edition (Jakarta EE) – extending Java SE for enterprise features such as distributed computing and web services
• Java Management Extensions – managing and monitoring applications, devices (such as printers) and service-oriented networks.
• List of Kotlin software and tools
• OpenJDK – open-source implementation of the Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE)
• Outline of the Java programming language

External links

• OpenJDK
• Oracle Java
• Maven Central Repository