List of Java software and tools
This is a list of software and programming tools for the Java programming language, which includes frameworks, List of [open-source code libraries|libraries], IDEs, build tools, application servers, and related projects.
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|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 usage
- 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
- numerical library|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">Apache Spark">Apache OpenNLP – machine learning based toolkit for the processing of natural language text
- Deeplearning4j — distributed deep learning 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 — standard Java API for data mining
- Massive Online Analysis – data stream mining with concept drift
Math and scientific libraries
- — 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 — 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
- — fork of Apache Commons Math with updated algorithms for statistics, linear algebra, and optimization.
- JAMA – numerical linear algebra library
- Jblas: Linear Algebra for Java — 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 — 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
- 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
Text editors with Java support
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 — continuous delivery and build automation server
- Jenkins – automation server continuous delivery
- — package repository for Git projects
- Leiningen — build automation for Clojure
- Simple build tool – 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
- Android Runtime — runtime environment
- javac — Java programming language compiler
- Java Virtual Machine — 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
- Clojure — Lisp dialect
- Groovy
- JRuby — Ruby implementation
- Jython — Python implementation
- Kotlin — popular for Android app development
- Renjin — R implementation
- Scala
Application servers and containers
- 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
- 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 — 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
- 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
- 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 — 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