awesome-java

A curated list of awesome frameworks, libraries and software for the Java programming language.
https://github.com/eric-erki/awesome-java

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Projects
- Performance analysis
  - jHiccup - Logs and records platform JVM stalls.
  - JITWatch - Analyze the JIT compiler optimisations made by the HotSpot JVM.
  - LatencyUtils - Utilities for latency measurement and reporting.
- Platform
  - Logging - Wrapper around a variety of logging API implementations.
  - Orienteer - Open-source business application platform for rapid configuration/development of CRM, ERP, LMS and other applications.
  - Chain - Chain of Responsibility pattern implementation.
  - Graph - General purpose graph APIs and algorithms.
  - Monitoring - Monitoring aims to provide a simple but extensible monitoring solution for Java applications.
  - Math - Lightweight, self-contained mathematics and statistics components.
  - Net - Collection of network utilities and protocol implementations.
  - OGNL - Object-graph navigation language.
  - OpenPGP - Interface to signing and verifying data using OpenPGP.
  - Performance - Small framework for microbenchmark clients, with implementations for Commons DBCP and Pool.
  - Pipeline - Provides a set of pipeline utilities designed around work queues that run in parallel to sequentially process data objects.
  - Pool - Generic object pooling component.
  - Proxy - Library for creating dynamic proxies.
  - RDF - Common implementation of RDF 1.1 that could be implemented by systems on the JVM.
  - RNG - Commons Rng provides implementations of pseudo-random numbers generators.
  - SCXML - Implementation of the State Chart XML specification aimed at creating and maintaining a Java SCXML engine.
  - Validator - Framework to define validators and validation rules in an xml file.
  - VFS - Virtual File System component for treating files, FTP, SMB, ZIP and such like as a single logical file system.
  - Weaver - Provides an easy way to enhance (weave) compiled bytecode.
  - CUBA Platform - High-level framework for developing enterprise applications with a rich web interface, based on Spring, EclipseLink and Vaadin.
  - Light-Java - Fast, lightweight and productive microservices framework with built-in [security](https://github.com/networknt/light-oauth2).
  - Spring - Provides many packages for dependency injection, aspect-oriented programming, security, etc.
- Processes
  - ch.vorburger.exec - Convenient API around Apache Commons Exec.
  - zt-exec - Provides a unified API to Apache Commons Exec and ProcessBuilder.
  - zt-process-killer - Stops processes started from Java or the system processes via PID.
- Reactive libraries
  - RxJava - Allows for composing asynchronous and event-based programs using observable sequences.
  - Akka - Toolkit and runtime for building concurrent, distributed, fault-tolerant and event-driven applications.
  - Reactive Streams - Provides a standard for asynchronous stream processing with non-blocking backpressure.
  - Reactor - Library for building reactive fast-data applications.
  - vert.x - Polyglot event-driven application framework.
- REST Frameworks
  - Crnk - 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.
  - RESTEasy - Fully certified and portable implementation of the JAX-RS specification.
  - Crnk - 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.
  - Crnk - 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.
  - Crnk - 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.
  - Crnk - 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.
  - Crnk - 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.
  - Crnk - 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.
  - Dropwizard - Opinionated framework for setting up modern web applications with Jetty, Jackson, Jersey and Metrics.
  - Microserver - A 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.
  - 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.
  - RestExpress - Thin wrapper on the JBoss Netty HTTP stack that provides scaling and performance.
  - Restlet Framework - Pioneering framework with powerful routing and filtering capabilities, and a unified client and server API.
  - Crnk - 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 - Automates the generation of API documentation using Spring Boot projects.
  - Crnk - 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.
  - Dropwizard - Opinionated framework for setting up modern web applications with Jetty, Jackson, Jersey and Metrics.
  - Elide - Opinionated framework for JSON- or GraphQL-APIs based on a JPA data model.
  - javalin - Javalin is just a few thousand lines of code on top of Jetty, which means its performance is almost equivalent to pure Jetty.
  - Jersey - JAX-RS reference implementation.
  - Rapidoid - Simple, secure and extremely fast framework consisting of an embedded HTTP server, GUI components and dependency injection.
  - RESTEasy - Fully certified and portable implementation of the JAX-RS specification.
  - Spark - Sinatra inspired framework.
  - Swagger - Standard, language-agnostic interface to REST APIs.
- Science
  - Morpheus - 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.
  - Erdos - Modular, light and easy graph framework for theoretic algorithms.
  - JGraphT - Graph library that provides mathematical graph-theory objects and algorithms.
  - JGraphX - Library for visualizing (mainly Swing) and interacting with node-edge graphs.
  - Mines Java Toolkit - Library for geophysical scientific computation, visualization and digital signal analysis.
  - 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)
  - XChart - Light-weight library for plotting data. Many customizable chart types are available.
  - DataMelt - Environment for scientific computation, data analysis and data visualization. (GPL-3.0-or-later)
  - GraphStream - Library for modeling and analyzing dynamic graphs.
  - JFreeChart - 2D chart library for Swing, JavaFX and server-side applications. (LGPL-2.1-only)
  - Morpheus - 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.
  - Tablesaw - Includes a data-frame, an embedded column store, and hundreds of methods to transform, summarize, or filter data.
- Search
  - Indexer4j - Simple and light full text indexing and searching library.
  - Elasticsearch - Distributed, multitenant-capable, full-text search engine with a RESTful web interface and schema-free JSON documents.
  - Apache Lucene - High-performance, full-featured, cross-platform, text search engine library.
  - Apache Solr - Enterprise search engine optimized for high-volume traffic.
- Security
  - Bouncy Castle - All-purpose cryptographic library and JCA provider offering a wide range of functions, from basic helpers to PGP/SMIME operations.
  - 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.
  - Bouncy Castle - All-purpose cryptographic library and JCA provider offering a wide range of functions, from basic helpers to PGP/SMIME operations.
  - 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 - JSON web token for Java and Android.
  - Jwks RSA - JSON Web Key Set parser.
  - Kalium - Binding for the Networking and Cryptography (NaCl) library.
  - Keywhiz - System for distributing and managing secrets.
  - Nbvcxz - Advanced password strength estimation.
  - OACC - Provides permission-based authorization services.
  - pac4j - Security engine.
  - SecurityBuilder - Fluent Builder API for JCA and JSSE classes and especially X.509 certificates.
  - Tink - Provides a simple and misuse-proof API for common cryptographic tasks.
  - Vault - Secures, stores, and tightly controls access to tokens, passwords, certificates, API keys, and other secrets. It handles leasing, key revocation, key rolling, and auditing. Through a unified API, users can access an encrypted Key/Value store and network encryption-as-a-service, or generate AWS IAM/STS credentials, SQL/NoSQL databases, X.509 certificates, SSH credentials, and more.
  - Keycloak - Integrated SSO and IDM for browser apps and RESTful web services.
  - Apache Shiro - Performs authentication, authorization, cryptography and session management.
  - Cryptomator - Multiplatform, transparent, client-side encryption of files in the cloud. (GPL-3.0-only)
- Serialization
  - FlatBuffers - Memory-efficient serialization library that can access serialized data without unpacking and parsing it.
  - FST - JDK-compatible, high-performance object graph serialization.
  - Kryo - Fast and efficient object graph serialization framework.
  - MessagePack - Efficient binary serialization format.
  - PHP Serializer - Serializing objects in the PHP serialization format.
- Server
  - nanohttpd - Tiny, easily embeddable HTTP server.
  - Apache Tomcat - Robust, all-round server for Servlet and JSP.
  - Apache TomEE - Tomcat plus Java EE.
  - Jetty - Provides a Web server and javax.servlet container, plus support for HTTP/2, WebSocket, OSGi, JMX, JNDI, JAAS and many other integrations.
  - WildFly - Formerly known as JBoss and developed by Red Hat with extensive Java EE support. (LGPL-2.1-only)
- Template Engine
  - Jtwig - Modular, configurable and fully tested template engine.
  - Jade4J - Implementation of Pug (formerly known as Jade).
  - Rocker - Optimized, memory efficient and speedy template engine producing statically typed, plain objects.
  - Handlebars.java - Logicless and semantic Mustache templates.
  - Jtwig - Modular, configurable and fully tested template engine.
  - Pebble - 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.
  - Thymeleaf - Aims to be a substitute for JSP and works for XML files.
- Testing
  - GreenMail - In-memory email server for integration testing. Supports SMTP, POP3 and IMAP including SSL. (GPL-2.0-only)
  - Serenity BDD - Automated Acceptance testing and reporting library that works with Cucumber, JBehave and JUnit to make it easier to write high quality executable specifications.
  - ConcurrentUnit - Toolkit for testing multi-threaded and asynchronous applications.
  - Hoverfly Java - Native bindings for Hoverfly, a proxy which allows you to simulate HTTP services.
  - Karate - DSL that combine API test-automation, mocks and performance-testing making testing REST/HTTP services easy.
  - Cucumber - Provides a way to describe features in a plain language which customers can understand.
  - J8Spec - Follows a Jasmine-like syntax.
  - Lamdba Behave - Aims to provide a fluent API to write tests in long and descriptive sentences that read like plain English.
  - Beanmother - Sets up beans from YAML fixtures.
  - Fixture Factory - Generates fake objects from a template.
  - jFairy - Fake data generator.
  - Randomized Testing - JUnit test runner and plugins for running JUnit tests with pseudo-randomness.
  - Java Faker - Port of Ruby's fake data generator.
  - ArchUnit - Test library for specifying and asserting architecture rules.
  - XMLUnit - Simplifies testing for XML output.
  - junit-dataprovider - TestNG-like data provider/runner for JUnit.
  - Mutability Detector - Reports whether instances of a given class are immutable.
  - raml-tester - Tests if a request/response matches a given RAML definition.
  - TestContainers - Provides throwaway instances of common databases, Selenium web browsers, or anything else that can run in a Docker container.
  - JMockit - Integration testing, API mocking and faking, and code coverage.
  - Mockito - Mocking framework that lets you write tests with a clean and simple API.
  - Moco - Concise web services for stubs and mocks.
  - Pact JVM - Consumer-driven contract testing.
  - Awaitility - DSL for synchronizing asynchronous operations.
  - Cukes-REST - Collection of Gherkin steps for REST-service testing using Cucumber.
  - PowerMock - Mocks static methods, constructors, final classes and methods, private methods, and removal of static initializers.
  - REST Assured - DSL for easy testing of REST/HTTP services.
  - JBehave - Extensively configurable framework that describes stories.
  - JGiven - Provides a fluent API which allows for simpler composition.
  - Apache JMeter - Functional testing and performance measurements.
  - Arquillian - Integration and functional testing platform for Java EE containers.
  - Citrus - Integration testing framework that focuses on both client- and server-side messaging.
  - Gatling - Load testing tool designed for ease of use, maintainability and high performance.
  - JUnit - Common testing framework.
  - jqwik - Engine for property-based testing built on JUnit 5.
  - PIT - Fast mutation-testing framework for evaluating fault-detection abilities of existing JUnit or TestNG test suites.
  - AssertJ - Fluent assertions that improve readability.
  - Hamcrest - Matchers that can be combined to create flexible expressions of intent.
  - JSONAssert - Simplifies testing JSON strings.
  - Truth - Google's fluent assertion and proposition framework.
  - pojo-tester - Automatically performs tests on basic POJO methods. (LGPL-3.0-only)
  - MockServer - Allows mocking of systems integrated with HTTPS.
  - WireMock - Stubs and mocks web services.
- Utility
  - Guava - Collections, caching, primitives support, concurrency libraries, common annotations, string processing, I/O, and more.
  - JADE - Framework and environment for building and debugging multi-agent systems. (LGPL-2.0-only)
  - CRaSH - Provides a shell into a JVM that's running CRaSH. Used by Spring Boot and others. (LGPL-2.1-or-later)
  - Dex - Java/JavaFX tool capable of powerful ETL and data visualization.
  - fswatch - Micro library to watch for directory file system changes, simplifying java.nio.file.WatchService.
  - Gephi - Cross-platform for visualizing and manipulating large graph networks. (GPL-3.0-only)
  - JavaVerbalExpressions - Library that helps with constructing difficult regular expressions.
  - JGit - Lightweight, pure Java library implementing the Git version control system.
  - minio-java - Provides simple APIs to access any Amazon S3-compatible object storage server.
  - Underscore-java - Port of Underscore.js functions.
  - bucket4j - Rate limiting library based on token-bucket algorithm.
  - Protégé - Provides an ontology editor and a framework to build knowledge-based systems.
  - cactoos - Collection of object-oriented primitives.
  - Embulk - Bulk data loader that helps data transfer between various databases, storages, file formats, and cloud services.
- Version Managers
  - jabba - Java Version Manager inspired by nvm. Supports macOS, Linux and Windows.
  - SDKMan - Java Version Manager inspired by RVM and rbenv. Supports UNIX-based platforms and Windows.
  - jenv - Java Version Manager inspired by rbenv. Can configure globally or per project. Tested on Debian and macOS.
- Web Crawling
  - Crawler4j - Simple and lightweight web crawler.
  - StormCrawler - SDK for building low-latency and scalable web crawlers.
  - webmagic - Scalable crawler with downloading, url management, content extraction and persistent.
  - StormCrawler - SDK for building low-latency and scalable web crawlers.
  - Apache Nutch - Highly extensible, highly scalable web crawler for production environments.
  - jsoup - Scrapes, parses, manipulates and cleans HTML.
- Web Frameworks
  - Vaadin Flow - Event-driven framework that uses standard web components. Server-side architecture with Ajax on the client side.
  - Firefly - Asynchronous framework for rapid development of high-performance web application.
  - Pippo - Small, highly modularized, Sinatra-like framework.
  - Takes - Opinionated web framework which is built around the concepts of True Object-Oriented Programming and immutability.
  - Apache Tapestry - Component-oriented framework for creating dynamic, robust, highly scalable web applications.
  - Apache Wicket - Component-based web application framework similar to Tapestry, with a stateful GUI.
  - Blade - Lightweight, modular framework that aims to be elegant and simple.
  - Bootique - Minimally opinionated framework for runnable apps.
  - Grails - Groovy framework that provides a highly productive environment by favoring convention over configuration, no XML and support for mixins.
  - Jooby - Scalable, fast and modular micro-framework that offers multiple programming models.
  - Ninja - Full-stack web framework.
  - Play - Built on Akka, it provides predictable and minimal resource consumption (CPU, memory, threads) for highly-scalable applications in Java and Scala.
  - PrimeFaces - JSF framework with both free and commercial/support versions and frontend components.
  - Ratpack - Set of libraries that facilitate fast, efficient, evolvable and well-tested HTTP applications.
Resources
- Awesome Lists
- Communities
  - r/java - Subreddit for the Java community.
  - Stack Overflow - Question/answer platform.

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