diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index 1c4ddd2..e454a30 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ # Contribution Guidelines -Unfortunately, not every library/tool/framework can be considered. The aim of the list is to provide a concise list of noteworthy modern software. This means that suggested software is either +Unfortunately, not every library/tool/framework can be considered. This list aims to provide a concise list of noteworthy modern software. This means that suggested software is: -(a) widely recommended regardless of personal opinion +(a) widely recommended, regardless of personal opinion (b) highly discussed in the community due to its innovative nature @@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ There are two required criteria for a pull request: 2. If an entry does not meet conditions *(a)* to *(d)* there has to be an explanation either in the description or the pull request why it should be added to the list. -Self-promotion is frowned upon and will be reviewed critically but the suggestion will of course be approved if they criteria match. +Self-promotion is frowned upon and viewed critically, but your suggestion will of course be approved if the criteria match. -If a certain entry does not get accepted, you should first look if there has been a discussion before. These discussions are in the issue section and normally marked with the question tag. If there hasn't been such a topic, you are free to create a new issue tagged as question. +If your entry isn't accepted, please check the [Issues](https://github.com/akullpp/awesome-java/issues) for items marked with the "question" tag to see if it had been previously discussed. If nothing comes up, feel free to create a new issue, adding the "question" tag. Furthermore, please ensure your pull request follows the following guidelines: @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Furthermore, please ensure your pull request follows the following guidelines: * Please make an individual pull request for each suggestion. * Use the following format for libraries: \[LIBRARY\]\(LINK\) - DESCRIPTION. * Entries should be sorted in ascending alphabetical order, i.e. a to z. -* New categories, or improvements to the existing categorization are welcome. +* New categories or improvements to the existing categorization are welcome. * Keep descriptions short, simple and unbiased. * End all descriptions with a full stop/period. * Check your spelling and grammar. diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index e59d54a..8f73f84 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -83,13 +83,13 @@ A curated list of awesome Java frameworks, libraries and software. * [Apache Hadoop](http://hadoop.apache.org/) - Storage and large-scale processing of data-sets on clusters of commodity hardware. * [Apache OpenNLP](https://opennlp.apache.org/) - Toolkit for common tasks like tokenization. * [Apache Velocity](http://velocity.apache.org/) - Templates for HTML pages, emails or source code generation in general. -* [FreeMarker](http://freemarker.org/) - General templating engine without any heavyweight or opinionated dependencies. -* [GlassFish](https://glassfish.java.net/) - Application server and reference implementation for Java EE sponsored by Oracle. -* [GWT](http://www.gwtproject.org/) - Toolbox which includes a Java-to-JavaScript compiler for client-side code, XML parser, API for RPC, JUnit integration, internationalization support and widgets for the GUI. +* [FreeMarker](http://freemarker.org/) - General templating engine with no heavyweight or opinionated dependencies. +* [GlassFish](https://glassfish.java.net/) - Application server and reference implementation for Java EE, sponsored by Oracle. +* [GWT](http://www.gwtproject.org/) - Toolbox that includes a Java-to-JavaScript compiler for client-side code, XML parser, API for RPC, JUnit integration, internationalization support and widgets for the GUI. * [Hamcrest](http://hamcrest.org/JavaHamcrest/) - Matchers that can be combined to create flexible expressions of intent. * [HornetQ](http://hornetq.jboss.org/) - Clear, concise, modular and made to be embedded. * [Hudson](http://hudson-ci.org/) - Continuous integration server still in active development. -* [Java Modeling Language (JML)](http://www.eecs.ucf.edu/~leavens/JML/) - Behavioral interface specification language that can be used to specify the behavior of code modules. It combines the design by contract approach of Eiffel and the model-based specification approach of the Larch family of interface specification languages, with some elements of the refinement calculus. Used by several other verification tools. +* [Java Modeling Language (JML)](http://www.eecs.ucf.edu/~leavens/JML/) - Behavioral interface specification language useful for specifying the behavior of code modules. It combines Eiffel's Design by Contract approach with the model-based specification approach of the Larch family of interface specification languages, with some elements of the refinement calculus. Used by several other verification tools. * [JavaCC](https://javacc.org/) - Parser generator with syntactic lookahead. * [JavaServer Faces](https://javaserverfaces.java.net/) - Oracle's open-source implementation of the JSF standard, Mojarra. * [JavaServer Pages](https://jsp.java.net/) - Common templating for websites with custom tag libraries. @@ -105,43 +105,43 @@ A curated list of awesome Java frameworks, libraries and software. * [Dozer](https://github.com/DozerMapper/dozer/) - Mapper that copies data from one object to another, using annotations, API or XML configuration. * [JMapper](http://jmapper-framework.github.io/jmapper-core/) - Using byte code manipulation for lightning fast mapping. Supporting annotations, API or XML configuration. -* [MapStruct](https://github.com/mapstruct/mapstruct) - Code generator which simplifies mappings between different bean types, based on a convention over configuration approach. -* [ModelMapper](https://github.com/jhalterman/modelmapper) - ModelMapper is an intelligent object mapping library that automatically maps objects to each other. -* [Orika](https://github.com/orika-mapper/orika) - Orika is a Java Bean mapping framework that recursively copies (among other capabilities) data from one object to another. -* [Selma](https://github.com/xebia-france/selma) - Stupid Simple Statically Linked Mapper. Selma is an Annotation Processor Based bean mapper. +* [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/jhalterman/modelmapper) - Intelligent object mapping library that automatically maps objects to each other. +* [Orika](https://github.com/orika-mapper/orika) - Java Bean mapping framework that recursively copies (among other capabilities) data from one object to another. +* [Selma](https://github.com/xebia-france/selma) - Annotation processor-based bean mapper. ## Build -*Tools which handle the build cycle and dependencies of an application.* +*Tools that handle the build cycle and dependencies of an application.* -* [Apache Maven](http://maven.apache.org/) - Declarative build and dependency management which favors convention over configuration. It might be preferable to Apache Ant which uses a rather procedural approach and can be difficult to maintain. -* [Bazel](http://bazel.io) - Build tool from Google that builds code quickly and reliably. -* [Gradle](http://gradle.org/) - Incremental builds which are programmed via Groovy instead of declaring XML. Works well with Maven's dependency management. +* [Apache Maven](http://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](http://bazel.io) - Tool from Google that builds code quickly and reliably. +* [Gradle](http://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](http://asm.ow2.org/) - All purpose, low level, bytecode manipulation and analysis. +* [ASM](http://asm.ow2.org/) - All-purpose, low-level bytecode manipulation and analysis. * [Byte Buddy](http://bytebuddy.net/) - Further simplifies bytecode generation with a fluent API. -* [Byteman](http://byteman.jboss.org/) - Manipulate bytecode at runtime via DSL (rules) mainly for testing/troubleshooting. +* [Byteman](http://byteman.jboss.org/) - Manipulate bytecode at runtime via DSL (rules); mainly for testing/troubleshooting. * [cglib](https://github.com/cglib/cglib) - Bytecode generation library. -* [Javassist](http://jboss-javassist.github.io/javassist/) - Tries to simplify the editing of bytecode. +* [Javassist](http://jboss-javassist.github.io/javassist/) - Tries to simplify bytecode editing. ## Caching -*Libraries which provide caching facilities.* +*Libraries that provide caching facilities.* -* [Caffeine](https://github.com/ben-manes/caffeine) - High performance, near optimal caching library. -* [Ehcache](http://www.ehcache.org/) - Distributed general purpose cache. +* [Caffeine](https://github.com/ben-manes/caffeine) - High-performance, near-optimal caching library. +* [Ehcache](http://www.ehcache.org/) - Distributed general-purpose cache. ## Cluster Management -*Frameworks which can dynamically manage applications inside of a cluster.* +*Frameworks that can dynamically manage applications inside of a cluster.* -* [Apache Aurora](http://aurora.apache.org/) - Apache Aurora is a Mesos framework for long-running services and cron jobs. +* [Apache Aurora](http://aurora.apache.org/) - Mesos framework for long-running services and cron jobs. * [Apache Mesos](http://mesos.apache.org/) - Abstracts CPU, memory, storage, and other compute resources away from machines. -* [Singularity](http://getsingularity.com/) - Singularity is a Mesos framework that makes deployment and operations easy. It supports web services, background workers, scheduled jobs, and one-off tasks. +* [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 @@ -159,11 +159,11 @@ A curated list of awesome Java frameworks, libraries and software. ## Code Coverage -*Frameworks and tools that enable collection of code coverage metrics for test suites.* +*Frameworks and tools that enable code coverage metrics collection for test suites.* -* [Clover](https://www.atlassian.com/software/clover/overview) - Proprietary code coverage tool by Atlassian that relies on source-code instrumentation, instead of bytecode instrumentation. -* [Cobertura](http://cobertura.github.io/cobertura/) - Relies on offline (or static) bytecode instrumentation and class loading to collect code coverage metrics; GPLv2 licensed. -* [JaCoCo](http://eclemma.org/jacoco/) - Framework that enables collection of code coverage metrics, using both offline and runtime bytecode instrumentation; prominently used by EclEmma, the Eclipse code-coverage plugin. +* [Clover](https://www.atlassian.com/software/clover/overview) - Proprietary code coverage tool by Atlassian that relies on source-code instrumentation instead of bytecode instrumentation. +* [Cobertura](http://cobertura.github.io/cobertura/) - Relies on offline (or static) bytecode instrumentation and class loading to collect code coverage metrics. +* [JaCoCo](http://eclemma.org/jacoco/) - Framework that enables collection of code coverage metrics, using both offline and runtime bytecode instrumentation. ## Code Generators @@ -171,20 +171,20 @@ A curated list of awesome Java frameworks, libraries and software. * [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. -* [FreeBuilder](https://github.com/google/FreeBuilder) - Automatic generation of the Builder pattern. +* [FreeBuilder](https://github.com/google/FreeBuilder) - Automatically generates the Builder pattern. * [Immutables](http://immutables.github.io/) - Annotation processors to generate simple, safe and consistent value objects. * [JHipster](https://github.com/jhipster/generator-jhipster) - Yeoman source code generator for Spring Boot and AngularJS. * [Joda-Beans](http://www.joda.org/joda-beans/) - Small framework that adds queryable properties to Java, enhancing JavaBeans. -* [Lombok](https://projectlombok.org/) - Code generator which aims to reduce verbosity. +* [Lombok](https://projectlombok.org/) - Code generator that aims to reduce verbosity. ## Command-line Argument Parsers *Libraries that make it easy to parse command line options, arguments, etc.* -* [Airline](https://github.com/airlift/airline) - Annotation-based framework for parsing Git like command line arguments. -* [args4j](http://args4j.kohsuke.org/) - Small library to parse command like arguments similar to javac. -* [JCommander](http://jcommander.org/) - Command line arguments parsing framework with custom types and validation via implementing interfaces. -* [JOpt Simple](http://pholser.github.io/jopt-simple/) - Simple parser that uses the POSIX getopt() and GNU getopt_long() syntaxes. Does not use annotations, uses a fluent API instead. +* [Airline](https://github.com/airlift/airline) - Annotation-based framework for parsing Git-like command-line arguments. +* [args4j](http://args4j.kohsuke.org/) - Small library to parse command-line arguments. +* [JCommander](http://jcommander.org/) - Command-line argument parsing framework with custom types and validation via implementing interfaces. +* [JOpt Simple](http://pholser.github.io/jopt-simple/) - Simple parser that uses the POSIX getopt() and GNU getopt_long() syntaxes. Uses a fluent API instead of annotations. ## Compiler-compiler @@ -199,28 +199,28 @@ A curated list of awesome Java frameworks, libraries and software. * [config](https://github.com/typesafehub/config) - Configuration library for JVM languages. * [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. * [owner](https://github.com/lviggiano/owner) - Reduces boilerplate of properties. -- [KAConf](https://github.com/mariomac/kaconf) - Annotation-based configuration system for Java and Kotlin. ## Constraint Satisfaction Problem Solver -*Libraries that help on implementing optimization and satisfiability problems.* +*Libraries that help with implementing optimization and satisfiability problems.* -* [Choco](http://choco-solver.org/) - Off-the-shelf constraint satisfaction problem solver, which uses constraint programming techniques. +* [Choco](http://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. * [OptaPlanner](http://www.optaplanner.org/) - Business planning and resource scheduling optimization solver. ## Continuous Integration -*Tools which support continuously building, testing and releasing applications.* +*Tools that support continuously building, testing and releasing applications.* * [Bamboo ![c]](https://www.atlassian.com/software/bamboo) - Atlassian's solution with good integration of their other products. You can either apply for an open-source license or buy it. * [Concourse](https://concourse.ci/) - Provides dockerized pipeline with configuration that can be saved in version control. * [fabric8](http://fabric8.io/) - Integration platform for containers. -* [Go](https://www.thoughtworks.com/go/) - ThoughtWork's open-source solution. +* [Go](https://www.thoughtworks.com/go/) - ThoughtWorks' open-source solution. * [Jenkins](http://jenkins-ci.org/) - Provides server-based deployment services. * [Semaphore](https://semaphoreci.com) - Hosted CI/CD service, free for open-source and 100 private builds with native Docker support. -* [TeamCity](http://www.jetbrains.com/teamcity/) - JetBrain's CI solution with a free version. +* [TeamCity](http://www.jetbrains.com/teamcity/) - JetBrains' CI solution with a free version. * [Travis](https://travis-ci.org) - Hosted service often used for open-source projects. ## CSV @@ -230,46 +230,49 @@ A curated list of awesome Java frameworks, libraries and software. * [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](http://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 CSV. Also comes with parsers for TSV and fixed width records. +* [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. ## Database -*Everything which simplifies interactions with the database.* +*Everything that simplifies interactions with the database.* * [Apache Hive](https://hive.apache.org/) - Data warehouse infrastructure built on top of Hadoop. -* [Apache Phoenix](http://phoenix.apache.org/) - High performance relational database layer over HBase for low latency applications. -* [Chronicle Map](https://github.com/OpenHFT/Chronicle-Map) - Efficient in-memory (opt. persisted to disk) off-heap key-value store. +* [Apache Phoenix](http://phoenix.apache.org/) - High-performance relational database layer over HBase for low-latency applications. +* [Chronicle Map](https://github.com/OpenHFT/Chronicle-Map) - Efficient, in-memory (opt. persisted to disk), off-heap key-value store. * [eXist](https://github.com/eXist-db/exist) - A NoSQL document database and application platform. * [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](http://h2database.com/) - Small SQL Database notable for its in-memory functionality. -* [HikariCP](https://github.com/brettwooldridge/HikariCP) - High performance JDBC connection pool. +* [H2](http://h2database.com/) - Small SQL database notable for its in-memory functionality. +* [HikariCP](https://github.com/brettwooldridge/HikariCP) - High-performance JDBC connection pool. * [JDBI](http://jdbi.org/) - Convenient abstraction of JDBC. -* [Jedis](https://github.com/xetorthio/jedis) - A small client for interaction with redis, with methods for commands. +* [Jedis](https://github.com/xetorthio/jedis) - A small client for interaction with Redis, with methods for commands. * [jetcd](https://github.com/justinsb/jetcd) - A client library for etcd. * [jOOQ](http://www.jooq.org/) - Generates typesafe code based on SQL schema. * [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 which requires no installation or external dependencies. +* [MariaDB4j](https://github.com/vorburger/MariaDB4j/) - Launcher for MariaDB that requires no installation or external dependencies. * [Presto](https://github.com/prestodb/presto) - Distributed SQL query engine for big data. * [Querydsl](http://www.querydsl.com/) - Typesafe unified queries. * [Realm](https://github.com/realm/realm-java) - Mobile database to run directly inside phones, tablets or wearables. * [Redisson](https://github.com/mrniko/redisson) - Allows for distributed and scalable data structures on top of a Redis server. +* [requery](https://github.com/requery/requery) - A modern, lightweight but powerful object mapping and SQL generator. Easily map to or create databases, perform queries and updates from any platform that uses Java. * [Speedment](https://github.com/speedment/speedment) - Database access library that utilizes the Java 8 Stream API for querying. * [sql2o](http://sql2o.org/) - Thin JDBC wrapper that simplifies database access and provides simple mapping of ResultSets to POJOs. -* [Vibur DBCP](http://www.vibur.org/) - JDBC connection pool library which offers advanced performance monitoring capabilities. +* [Vibur DBCP](http://www.vibur.org/) - JDBC connection pool library with advanced performance monitoring capabilities. -## Data structures +## Data Structures *Efficient and specific data structures.* -* [Apache Avro](https://avro.apache.org/) - Data interchange format featuring among others: dynamic typing, untagged data, absence of manually assigned IDs. -* [Apache Orc](https://orc.apache.org/) - Fast and efficient columnar storage format for hadoop based workloads. -* [Apache Parquet](http://parquet.apache.org/) - Columnar storage format based on assembly algorithms from the Dremel paper by Google. +* [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](http://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) - A big, fast and persistent queue based on memory mapped file. * [Persistent Collection](http://pcollections.org/) - Persistent and immutable analogue of the Java Collections Framework. * [Protobuf](https://github.com/google/protobuf) - Google's data interchange format. * [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) - A lightning fast, transactional, file-based FIFO. * [Wire](https://github.com/square/wire) - Clean, lightweight protocol buffers. ## Date and Time @@ -288,9 +291,10 @@ A curated list of awesome Java frameworks, libraries and software. * [Apache DeltaSpike](https://deltaspike.apache.org/) - CDI extension framework. * [Dagger2](http://google.github.io/dagger/) - 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 but powerful framework that completes Dagger. -* [HK2](https://hk2.java.net) - Light-weight and dynamic dependency injection framework. +* [Guice](https://github.com/google/guice) - Lightweight and opinionated framework that completes Dagger. +* [HK2](https://hk2.java.net) - Lightweight and dynamic dependency injection framework. ## Development @@ -309,17 +313,20 @@ A curated list of awesome Java frameworks, libraries and software. *Libraries and frameworks for writing distributed and fault-tolerant applications.* -* [Akka](http://akka.io) - Toolkit and runtime for building concurrent, distributed, and fault tolerant event-driven applications. +* [Akka](http://akka.io) - Toolkit and runtime for building concurrent, distributed, fault-tolerant and event-driven applications. * [Apache Storm](http://storm.apache.org/) - Realtime computation system. * [Apache ZooKeeper](http://zookeeper.apache.org/) - Coordination service with distributed configuration, synchronization, and naming registry for large distributed systems. * [Atomix](http://atomix.io/atomix/) - Fault-tolerant distributed coordination framework. * [Axon Framework](http://www.axonframework.org/) - Framework for creating CQRS applications. * [Copycat](http://atomix.io/copycat/) - Fault-tolerant state machine replication framework. +* [Dropwizard Circuit Breaker](https://github.com/mtakaki/dropwizard-circuitbreaker) - Circuit breaker design pattern for dropwizard. * [Hazelcast ![c]](http://hazelcast.org/) - Highly scalable in-memory datagrid with a free open-source version. * [Hystrix](https://github.com/Netflix/Hystrix) - Provides latency and fault tolerance. * [JGroups](http://www.jgroups.org/) - Toolkit for reliable messaging and creating clusters. -* [Orbit](http://www.orbit.cloud/) - Virtual Actors, adding another level of abstraction to traditional actors. +* [Orbit](http://www.orbit.cloud/) - Virtual actors; adds another level of abstraction to traditional actors. +* [Ribbon](https://github.com/Netflix/ribbon) - Client side IPC library that is battle-tested in cloud. * [Quasar](http://www.paralleluniverse.co/quasar/) - Lightweight threads and actors for the JVM. +* [Zuul](https://github.com/Netflix/zuul) - A gateway service that provides dynamic routing, monitoring, resiliency, security, and more. ## Distributed Databases @@ -327,19 +334,19 @@ A curated list of awesome Java frameworks, libraries and software. * [Apache Cassandra](http://cassandra.apache.org) - Column-oriented and providing high availability with no single point of failure. * [Apache HBase](http://hbase.apache.org) - Hadoop database for big data. -* [Druid](http://druid.io) - Real-time and historical OLAP data store that excel at aggregation and approximation queries. +* [Druid](http://druid.io) - Real-time and historical OLAP data store that excels at aggregation and approximation queries. * [Infinispan](http://infinispan.org/) - Highly concurrent key/value datastore used for caching. * [OpenTSDB](http://opentsdb.net) - Scalable and distributed time series database written on top of Apache HBase. * [OrientDB](https://orientdb.com/orientdb/) - Embeddable distributed database written on top of Hazelcast. ## Distribution -*Tools which handle the distribution of applications in native formats.* +*Tools that handle the distribution of applications in native formats.* -* [Bintray ![c]](https://bintray.com/) - Version control for binaries which handles the publishing. Can also be used with Maven or Gradle and has a free plan for open-source software or several business plans. -* [Boxfuse](https://boxfuse.com) - Deployment of JVM application to AWS using the principles of Immutable Infrastructure. -* [Capsule](http://www.capsule.io/) - Simple and powerful packaging and deployment. A fat JAR on steroids or a "Docker for Java" that supports JVM-optimized containers. -* [Central Repository](http://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. +* [Bintray ![c]](https://bintray.com/) - Version control for binaries that handle publishing. Compatible with Maven or Gradle, and has a free plan for open-source software as well as several business plans. +* [Boxfuse](https://boxfuse.com) - Deployment of JVM applications to AWS using the principles of immutable infrastructure. +* [Capsule](http://www.capsule.io/) - Simple and powerful packaging and deployment. A fat JAR on steroids, or a "Docker for Java" that supports JVM-optimized containers. +* [Central Repository](http://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. * [IzPack](http://izpack.org/) - Setup authoring tool for cross-platform deployments. * [JitPack](https://jitpack.io/) - Easy to use package repository for GitHub. Builds Maven/Gradle projects on demand and publishes ready-to-use packages. * [Nexus ![c]](http://www.sonatype.com/nexus/solution-overview) - Binary management with proxy and caching capabilities. @@ -352,7 +359,7 @@ A curated list of awesome Java frameworks, libraries and software. * [Apache POI](http://poi.apache.org/) - Supports OOXML (XLSX, DOCX, PPTX) as well as OLE2 (XLS, DOC or PPT). * [documents4j](http://documents4j.com) - API for document format conversion using third-party converters such as MS Word. -* [docx4j](http://www.docx4java.org/trac/docx4j) - Creating and manipulating Microsoft Open XML files. +* [docx4j](http://www.docx4java.org/trac/docx4j) - Create and manipulate Microsoft Open XML files. ## Formal Verification @@ -360,10 +367,10 @@ A curated list of awesome Java frameworks, libraries and software. * [CATG](https://github.com/ksen007/janala2) - Concolic unit testing engine. Automatically generates unit tests using formal methods. * [Checker Framework](http://types.cs.washington.edu/checker-framework/) - Pluggable type systems. Includes nullness types, physical units, immutability types and more. -* [Daikon](http://plse.cs.washington.edu/daikon/) - Daikon detects likely program invariants and can generate JML specs based on those invariants. +* [Daikon](http://plse.cs.washington.edu/daikon/) - Detects likely program invariants and generates JML specs based on those invariants. * [Java Path Finder (JPF)](http://babelfish.arc.nasa.gov/trac/jpf) - JVM formal verification tool containing a model checker and more. Created by NASA. -* [JMLOK 2.0](http://massoni.computacao.ufcg.edu.br/home/jmlok) - Detects nonconformances between code and JML specification through the feedback-directed random tests generation, and suggests a likely cause for each nonconformance detected. -* [KeY](http://key-project.org/) - The KeY System is a 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. +* [JMLOK 2.0](http://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. +* [KeY](http://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. * [OpenJML](http://openjml.github.io/) - Translates JML specifications into SMT-LIB format and passes the proof problems implied by the program to backend solvers. ## Functional Programming @@ -374,9 +381,9 @@ A curated list of awesome Java frameworks, libraries and software. * [derive4j](https://github.com/derive4j/derive4j) - Java 8 annotation processor and framework for deriving algebraic data types constructors, pattern-matching, morphisms. * [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 which aims to fix gaps in lambda, providing numerous missing types and a rich set of sequential Stream API additions. +* [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) - Enhancing Java 8 Streams. +* [StreamEx](https://github.com/amaembo/streamex) - Enhances Java 8 Streams. * [Vavr](http://www.vavr.io/) - Functional component library that provides persistent data types and functional control structures. ## Game Development @@ -397,9 +404,9 @@ A curated list of awesome Java frameworks, libraries and software. * [GeoTools](http://geotools.org/) - Library that provides tools for geospatial data. * [GraphHopper](https://github.com/graphhopper/graphhopper) - Road routing engine. Used as Java library or standalone web service. * [H2GIS](http://www.h2gis.org/) - A spatial extension of the H2 database. -* [Jgeohash](http://astrapi69.github.io/jgeohash/) - Library that can assist Java developers in using the GeoHash algorithm. -* [Mapsforge](https://github.com/mapsforge/mapsforge/) - Software for the rendering of maps based on OpenStreetMap data. -* [Spatial4j](https://github.com/locationtech/spatial4j/) - General purpose spatial/geospatial ASL licensed open-source Java library. +* [Jgeohash](http://astrapi69.github.io/jgeohash/) - Library for using the GeoHash algorithm. +* [Mapsforge](https://github.com/mapsforge/mapsforge/) - Map rendering based on OpenStreetMap data. +* [Spatial4j](https://github.com/locationtech/spatial4j/) - General purpose spatial/geospatial library. ## GUI @@ -407,7 +414,7 @@ A curated list of awesome Java frameworks, libraries and software. * [JavaFX](http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/overview/javafx-overview-2158620.html) - The successor of Swing. * [Scene Builder](http://gluonhq.com/open-source/scene-builder/) - Visual layout tool for JavaFX applications. -* [SWT](http://www.eclipse.org/swt/) - The Standard Widget Toolkit (SWT) is a graphical widget toolkit for use with the Java platform. +* [SWT](http://www.eclipse.org/swt/) - The Standard Widget Toolkit, a graphical widget toolkit. ## High Performance @@ -432,31 +439,33 @@ A curated list of awesome Java frameworks, libraries and software. *Integrated development environments that try to simplify several aspects of development.* -* [Eclipse](http://www.eclipse.org/) - Established, open-souce project with support for lots of plugins and languages. -* [IntelliJ IDEA ![c]](http://www.jetbrains.com/idea/) - Supports a lot of JVM languages and provides good options for Android development. The commercial edition targets the enterprise sector. -* [NetBeans](https://netbeans.org/) - Provides integration for several Java SE and EE features from database access to HTML5. +* [Eclipse](http://www.eclipse.org/) - Established open-source project with support for lots of plugins and languages. +* [IntelliJ IDEA ![c]](http://www.jetbrains.com/idea/) - Supports many JVM languages and provides good options for Android development. The commercial edition targets the enterprise sector. +* [NetBeans](https://netbeans.org/) - Provides integration for several Java SE and EE features, from database access to HTML5. ## Imagery *Libraries that assist with the creation, evaluation or manipulation of graphical images.* -* [Imgscalr](https://github.com/thebuzzmedia/imgscalr) - Simple and efficient hardware-accelerated image-scaling library implemented in pure Java 2D. +* [Imgscalr](https://github.com/thebuzzmedia/imgscalr) - Simple, efficient and hardware-accelerated image-scaling library implemented in pure Java 2D. * [Tess4J](https://github.com/nguyenq/tess4j) - A JNA wrapper for Tesseract OCR API. -* [Thumbnailator](https://github.com/coobird/thumbnailator) - Thumbnailator is a high-quality thumbnail generation library for Java. -* [TwelveMonkeys](https://github.com/haraldk/TwelveMonkeys) - Collection of plugins which extend the number of supported image file formats. +* [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. ## JSON *Libraries for serializing and deserializing JSON to and from Java objects.* -* [Genson](http://owlike.github.io/genson/) - Powerful and easy to use Java to JSON conversion library. +* [HikariJSON](https://github.com/brettwooldridge/HikariJSON) - High-performance JSON parser, 2x faster than Jackson. +* [Genson](http://owlike.github.io/genson/) - 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. * [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](http://wiki.fasterxml.com/JacksonHome) - Similar to GSON but has performance gains if you need to instantiate the library more often. +* [Jackson](http://wiki.fasterxml.com/JacksonHome) - 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. ## JSON Processing @@ -464,17 +473,17 @@ A curated list of awesome Java frameworks, libraries and software. * [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/jayway/JsonPath) - Extract data from JSON using XPATH like syntax. +* [JsonPath](https://github.com/jayway/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.* -* [Avian](https://github.com/ReadyTalk/avian) - JVM with both a JIT & AOT modes. Includes an iOS port. +* [Avian](https://github.com/ReadyTalk/avian) - JVM with both JIT and AOT modes. Includes an iOS port. * [JDK 9](https://jdk9.java.net/) - Early access releases of JDK 9. * [OpenJDK](http://openjdk.java.net/) - Open-source implementation for Linux. -* [ParparVM](https://github.com/codenameone/CodenameOne/tree/master/vm) - VM with non-blocking concurrent GC for iOS. +* [ParparVM](https://github.com/codenameone/CodenameOne/tree/master/vm) - VM with non-blocking, concurrent GC for iOS. * [Zulu OpenJDK 9](http://zulu.org/zulu-9-pre-release-downloads/) - Early access OpenJDK 9 builds for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. * [Zulu OpenJDK](http://www.azul.com/downloads/zulu/) - OpenJDK builds for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X through Java 8. @@ -488,31 +497,31 @@ A curated list of awesome Java frameworks, libraries and software. * [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/products/logstash) - Tool for managing log files. -* [SLF4J](http://www.slf4j.org/) - Abstraction layer which is to be used with an implementation. +* [SLF4J](http://www.slf4j.org/) - Abstraction layer/simple logging facade. * [tinylog](http://www.tinylog.org/) - Lightweight logging framework with static logger class. * [Tracer](https://github.com/zalando/tracer) - Call tracing and log correlation in distributed systems. ## Machine Learning -*Tools that provide specific statistical algorithms which allow learning from data.* +*Tools that provide specific statistical algorithms for learning from data.* -* [Apache Flink](https://flink.apache.org/) - Fast and reliable large-scale data processing engine. +* [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. -* [Apache Spark](http://spark.apache.org/) - Data analytics cluster computing framework. +* [Apache Spark](http://spark.apache.org/) - Data analytics cluster-computing framework. * [DatumBox](http://www.datumbox.com) - Provides several algorithms and pre-trained models for natural language processing. * [DeepDive](http://deepdive.stanford.edu) - Creates structured information from unstructured data and integrates it into an existing database. * [Deeplearning4j](http://deeplearning4j.org/) - Distributed and multi-threaded deep learning library. * [H2O](http://www.h2o.ai/) - Analytics engine for statistics over big data. * [JSAT](https://github.com/EdwardRaff/JSAT) - Algorithms for pre-processing, classification, regression, and clustering with support for multi-threaded execution. -* [Oryx 2](https://github.com/OryxProject/oryx) - A framework for building real-time large scale machine learning applications, which also includes end-to-end applications for collaborative filtering, classification, regression, and clustering. +* [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. * [Smile](http://haifengl.github.io/smile/) - The Statistical Machine Intelligence and Learning Engine provides a set of machine learning algorithms and a visualization library. * [Weka](http://www.cs.waikato.ac.nz/ml/weka/) - Collection of algorithms for data mining tasks ranging from pre-processing to visualization. ## Messaging -*Tools that help to send messages between clients in order to ensure protocol independency.* +*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. +* [Aeron](https://github.com/real-logic/Aeron) - Efficient, reliable, unicast and multicast message transport. * [Apache ActiveMQ](http://activemq.apache.org/) - Message broker that implements JMS and converts synchronous to asynchronous communication. * [Apache Camel](http://camel.apache.org/) - Glues together different transport APIs via Enterprise Integration Patterns. * [Apache Kafka](http://kafka.apache.org/) - High-throughput distributed messaging system. @@ -526,8 +535,8 @@ A curated list of awesome Java frameworks, libraries and software. *Everything else.* -* [Codename One](https://www.codenameone.com/) - Cross platform solution for writing native mobile (iOS, Android, etc.) -* [CQEngine](https://github.com/npgall/cqengine) - Ultra-fast SQL-like queries on Java collections. +* [Codename One](https://www.codenameone.com/) - Cross-platform solution for writing native mobile (iOS, Android, etc.) apps. +* [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. * [Failsafe](https://github.com/jhalterman/failsafe) - Simple failure handling with retries and circuit breakers. * [J2ObjC](https://github.com/google/j2objc) - Java to Objective-C translator for porting Android libraries to iOS. @@ -539,11 +548,11 @@ A curated list of awesome Java frameworks, libraries and software. * [JPad](http://jpad.io/) - Snippet runner. * [Lanterna](https://github.com/mabe02/lanterna) - Easy console text GUI library similar to curses. * [LightAdmin](http://lightadmin.org/) - Pluggable CRUD UI library for rapid application development. -* [Membrane Service Proxy](https://github.com/membrane/service-proxy) - An open source, reverse proxy framework written in Java. +* [Membrane Service Proxy](https://github.com/membrane/service-proxy) - An open-source, reverse proxy framework written in Java. * [Modern Java - A Guide to Java 8](https://github.com/winterbe/java8-tutorial) - Popular Java 8 guide. * [Modernizer](https://github.com/andrewgaul/modernizer-maven-plugin) - Detect uses of legacy Java APIs. * [OpenRefine](http://openrefine.org/) - Tool for working with messy data: cleaning, transforming, extending it with web services and linking it to databases. -* [Polyglot for Maven](https://github.com/takari/polyglot-maven/) - Extensions for Maven 3.3.1+ that allows the POM model to be written in dialects other than XML. +* [Polyglot for Maven](https://github.com/takari/polyglot-maven/) - Extensions for Maven 3.3.1+ that allow the POM model to be written in dialects other than XML. * [TypeTools](https://github.com/jhalterman/typetools) - Tools for resolving generic types. ## Microservice @@ -551,31 +560,32 @@ A curated list of awesome Java frameworks, libraries and software. *Tools for managing microservices, i.e. creation, coordination or discovery.* * [Apollo](https://spotify.github.io/apollo/) - Libraries for writing composable microservices. -* [consul-api](https://github.com/Ecwid/consul-api) - Client for the [Consul](https://www.consul.io/) 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. +* [consul-api](https://github.com/Ecwid/consul-api) - Client for the [Consul](https://www.consul.io/) 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. * [Lagom](https://www.lightbend.com/lagom) - Framework for creating microservice-based systems. * [restQL-core](https://github.com/B2W-BIT/restQL-core) - Microservice query language that fetches information from multiple services. -* [SnopEE](https://github.com/ivargrimstad/snoop) - Discovery service for Java EE microservices. ## Monitoring *Tools that monitor applications in production.* * [AppDynamics ![c]](https://www.appdynamics.com/) - Performance monitor. -* [Glowroot](https://glowroot.org/) - Open source Java APM. +* [Glowroot](https://glowroot.org/) - Open-source Java APM. +* [Automon](https://github.com/stevensouza/automon) - Combines the power of AOP with monitoring and/or logging tools. * [Instrumental ![c]](https://instrumentalapp.com) - Real-time Java application performance monitoring. A commercial service with free development accounts. * [JavaMelody](https://github.com/javamelody/javamelody) - Performance monitoring and profiling. -* [jmxtrans](https://github.com/jmxtrans/jmxtrans/) - Tool to connect to multiple JVMs and to query them for their attributes via JMX. Its query language is based on JSON, which allows non-Java programmers to access the JVMs attributes. Likewise, this tool supports different output writes, including Graphite, Ganglia, StatsD, among others. +* [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. * [Kamon](http://www.kamon.io/) - Tool for monitoring applications running on the JVM. -* [Metrics](http://metrics.dropwizard.io/) - Expose metrics via JMX or HTTP and can send them to a database. +* [Metrics](http://metrics.dropwizard.io/) - Expose metrics via JMX or HTTP and send them to a database. * [New Relic ![c]](http://newrelic.com/) - Performance monitor. * [nudge4j](https://github.com/lorenzoongithub/nudge4j) - Remote developer console from the browser for Java 8 via bytecode injection. -* [OverOps ![c]](https://www.overops.com/) - In-Production error monitoring and debugging. -* [Pinpoint](https://github.com/naver/pinpoint) - Open source APM tool. +* [OverOps ![c]](https://www.overops.com/) - In-production error monitoring and debugging. +* [Pinpoint](https://github.com/naver/pinpoint) - Open-source APM tool. * [Prometheus](https://prometheus.io/) - Provides a multi-dimensional data model, DSL, autonomous server nodes and much more. * [SPM ![c]](https://sematext.com/spm/) - 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. +* [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. ## Native *For working with platform-specific native libraries.* @@ -586,11 +596,11 @@ A curated list of awesome Java frameworks, libraries and software. ## Natural Language Processing -*Libraries that specialize on processing text.* +*Libraries that specialize in processing text.* -* [CoreNLP](http://nlp.stanford.edu/software/corenlp.shtml) - Stanford's CoreNLP provides a set of fundamental tools for tasks like tagging, named entity recognition, sentiment analysis and many more. -* [DKPro](https://dkpro.github.io/) - A collection of re-usable NLP tools for linguistic pre-processing, machine learning, lexical resources, etc. -* [LingPipe](http://alias-i.com/lingpipe/) - Toolkit for a variety of tasks ranging from POS tagging to sentiment analysis. +* [CoreNLP](http://nlp.stanford.edu/software/corenlp.shtml) - Provides a set of fundamental tools for tasks like tagging, named entity recognition, and sentiment analysis. +* [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 @@ -598,20 +608,20 @@ A curated list of awesome Java frameworks, libraries and software. * [Async Http Client](https://github.com/AsyncHttpClient/async-http-client) - Asynchronous HTTP and WebSocket client library. * [Comsat](https://github.com/puniverse/comsat) - Integrates standard Java web-related APIs with Quasar fibers and actors. -* [Finagle](https://github.com/twitter/finagle) - Extensible RPC system used to construct high-concurrency servers. It implements uniform client and server APIs for several protocols, and is protocol agnostic, which simplifies the implementation of new protocols. +* [Finagle](https://github.com/twitter/finagle) - Extensible RPC system for constructing high-concurrency servers. It implements uniform client and server APIs for several protocols, and is protocol-agnostic to simplify implementation of new protocols. * [Grizzly](https://grizzly.java.net/) - NIO framework. Used as a network layer in Glassfish. * [gRPC](https://github.com/grpc/grpc-java) - RPC framework based on protobuf and HTTP/2. -* [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](http://netty.io/) - Framework for building high performance network applications. +* [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](http://netty.io/) - Framework for building high-performance network applications. * [Nifty](https://github.com/facebook/nifty) - Implementation of Thrift clients and servers on Netty. * [OkHttp](http://square.github.io/okhttp/) - HTTP+SPDY client. * [Riptide](https://github.com/zalando/riptide) - Client-side response routing for Spring's RestTemplate. -* [Undertow](http://undertow.io/) - Web server providing both blocking and non-blocking API’s based on NIO. Used as a network layer in WildFly. -* [urnlib](https://github.com/slub/urnlib) - Java library for representing, parsing and encoding URNs as in RFC 2141. +* [Undertow](http://undertow.io/) - Web server providing both blocking and non-blocking APIs based on NIO. Used as a network layer in WildFly. +* [urnlib](https://github.com/slub/urnlib) - Represent, parse and encode URNs as in RFC 2141. ## ORM -*APIs which handle the persistence of objects.* +*APIs that handle the persistence of objects.* * [Apache Cayenne](http://cayenne.apache.org/) - Provides clean, static API for data access. Also includes GUI Modeler for working with database mappings, DB reverse engineering and generation. * [Ebean](http://ebean-orm.github.io/) - Provides simple and fast data access. @@ -623,23 +633,23 @@ A curated list of awesome Java frameworks, libraries and software. *Java platform as a service.* -* [AWS Elastic Beanstalk ![c]](https://aws.amazon.com/elasticbeanstalk/) - AWS-based with support for Tomcat and Jetty. +* [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 App Engine ![c]](https://cloud.google.com/) - PaaS on Google's infrastructure. * [Heroku ![c]](https://www.heroku.com/) - Abstract computing environments. * [Jelastic ![c]](https://jelastic.com/) - Supports Tomcat, Jetty, GlassFish, JBoss, TomEE and WildFly. -* [OpenShift Enterprise ![c]](https://www.openshift.com/) - On premise solution. +* [OpenShift Enterprise ![c]](https://www.openshift.com/) - On-premise solution. ## PDF -*Everything that helps with the creation of PDF files.* +*Tools to help with PDF file creation.* -* [Apache FOP](http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/) - Creates PDF from XSL-FO. -* [Apache PDFBox](http://pdfbox.apache.org/) - Toolbox for creating and manipulating PDF. +* [Apache FOP](http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/) - Creates PDFs from XSL-FO. +* [Apache PDFBox](http://pdfbox.apache.org/) - Toolbox for creating and manipulating PDFs. * [Dynamic Jasper](http://dynamicjasper.com/) - Abstraction layer to JasperReports. * [DynamicReports](http://dynamicreports.org/) - Simplifies JasperReports. * [flyingsaucer](https://github.com/flyingsaucerproject/flyingsaucer) - XML/XHTML and CSS 2.1 renderer. -* [iText](http://itextpdf.com/) - Creates PDF files programmatically but requires a license for commercial purposes. +* [iText ![c]](http://itextpdf.com/) - Creates PDF files programmatically. * [JasperReports](http://community.jaspersoft.com/project/jasperreports-library) - Complex reporting engine. ## Performance analysis @@ -684,7 +694,6 @@ A curated list of awesome Java frameworks, libraries and software. * [Feign](https://github.com/Netflix/feign) - HTTP client binder inspired by Retrofit, JAXRS-2.0, and WebSocket. * [Jersey](https://jersey.java.net/) - JAX-RS reference implementation. * [Microserver](https://github.com/aol/micro-server) — A convenient extensible Microservices plugin system for Spring & Spring Boot, with over 30 plugins and growing, that supports both micro-monolith and pure microservices styles. -* [RAML](http://raml.org/) - Modeling language to generate REST APIs with contract first. * [Rapidoid](http://www.rapidoid.org/) - A simple, secure and extremely fast framework consisting of embedded HTTP server, GUI components and dependency injection. * [rest.li](https://github.com/linkedin/rest.li) - Framework for building robust, scalable RESTful architectures using type-safe 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](http://resteasy.jboss.org/) - Fully certified and portable implementation of the JAX-RS specification. @@ -692,7 +701,6 @@ A curated list of awesome Java frameworks, libraries and software. * [Restlet Framework](https://github.com/restlet/restlet-framework-java/) - Pioneering framework with powerful routing and filtering capabilities, unified client and server API. * [Retrofit](http://square.github.io/retrofit/) - Type-safe REST client. * [Spark](http://sparkjava.com/) - Sinatra inspired framework. -* [Swagger](http://swagger.io/) - Swagger is a specification and complete framework implementation for describing, producing, consuming, and visualizing RESTful web services. ## Science @@ -704,6 +712,7 @@ A curated list of awesome Java frameworks, libraries and software. * [JGraphT](https://github.com/jgrapht/jgrapht) - Graph library that provides mathematical graph-theory objects and algorithms. * [JGraphX](https://github.com/jgraph/jgraphx) - Library for visualisation (mainly Swing) and interaction with node-edge graphs. * [Mines Java Toolkit](https://github.com/MinesJTK/jtk) - Library for geophysical scientific computation, visualization and digital signal analysis. +* [Tablesaw](https://github.com/lwhite1/tablesaw) - Includes a data-frame, an embedded column-store, and hundreds of methods to transform, summarize, or filter data. ## Search @@ -762,13 +771,16 @@ A curated list of awesome Java frameworks, libraries and software. *Tools that test from model to the view.* * [Apache JMeter](http://jmeter.apache.org/) - Functional testing and performance measurements. +* [ArchUnit](https://github.com/TNG/ArchUnit) - Architecture test library, to specify and assert architecture rules. * [Arquillian](http://arquillian.org/) - Integration and functional testing platform for Java EE containers. * [AssertJ](http://joel-costigliola.github.io/assertj/) - Fluent assertions that improve readability. * [Awaitility](https://github.com/jayway/awaitility) - DSL for synchronizing asynchronous operations. +* [Burst](https://github.com/square/burst) - A unit testing library for varying test data. * [Citrus](http://citrusframework.org/) - Integration testing framework with focus on client- and serverside messaging. * [ConcurrentUnit](https://github.com/jhalterman/concurrentunit) - Toolkit for testing multi-threaded and asynchronous applications. * [Cucumber](https://github.com/cucumber/cucumber-jvm) - BDD testing framework. * [Cukes-REST](https://github.com/ctco/cukes-rest) - A collection of Gherkin steps for REST-service testing using Cucumber. +* [Galen](https://github.com/galenframework/galen) - Layout and functional testing framework for websites. * [Gatling](http://gatling.io/) - Load testing tool designed for ease of use, maintainability and high performance. * [GreenMail](http://www.icegreen.com/greenmail/) - In-memory email server for integration testing. Supports SMTP, POP3 and IMAP including SSL. * [J8Spec](https://github.com/j8spec/j8spec/) - J8Spec is a library that allows tests written in Java to follow the BDD style introduced by RSpec and Jasmine. @@ -789,9 +801,11 @@ A curated list of awesome Java frameworks, libraries and software. * [pojo-tester](http://www.pojo.pl/) - Automatically performs tests on basic POJO-methods. * [PowerMock](https://github.com/jayway/powermock) - Enables mocking of static methods, constructors, final classes and methods, private methods and removal of static initializers. * [raml-tester](https://github.com/nidi3/raml-tester) - Tests if a request/response matches a given RAML definition. +* [Randomized Testing](https://github.com/randomizedtesting/randomizedtesting) - JUnit test runner and plugins for running JUnit tests with pseudo-randomness. * [REST Assured](https://github.com/jayway/rest-assured) - Java DSL for easy testing for REST/HTTP services. * [Selenide](http://selenide.org/) - Concise API around Selenium to write stable and readable UI tests. * [Selenium](http://docs.seleniumhq.org/) - Portable software testing framework for web applications. +* [Spock](https://github.com/spockframework/spock) - Spock is a developer testing and specification framework for Java and Groovy applications. * [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. * [Truth](https://github.com/google/truth) - Google's assertion and proposition framework. * [WireMock](http://wiremock.org/) - Stubs and mocks web services. @@ -835,7 +849,6 @@ A curated list of awesome Java frameworks, libraries and software. * [Apache Tapestry](http://tapestry.apache.org/) - Component-oriented framework for creating dynamic, robust, highly scalable web applications. * [Apache Wicket](http://wicket.apache.org/) - Component-based web application framework similar to Tapestry with a stateful GUI. -* [Baratine](http://baratine.io) - Toolkit for building distributed and reactive applications for multiple environments, either standalone or embedded. * [Blade](https://github.com/biezhi/blade) - Lightweight, modular framework which aims to be elegant and simple. * [Bootique](http://bootique.io/) - Minimally opinionated framework for runnable apps. * [Grails](https://grails.org/) - Groovy framework with the aim to provide a highly productive environment by favoring convention over configuration, no XML and support for mixins.