docker-maven-plugin vs modules

docker-maven-plugin

INACTIVE: A maven plugin for Docker (by spotify)

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🧩 Java modules published at Maven Central (by sormuras)

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docker-maven-plugin		modules
	Project
1	Mentions	3
2,613	Stars	133
-	Growth	-
1.2	Activity	7.0
over 2 years ago	Latest Commit	2 days ago
Java	Language	Java
Apache License 2.0	License	MIT License

The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.

docker-maven-plugin

Posts with mentions or reviews of docker-maven-plugin. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-09-27.

BellSoft has built the Java 17 ( LTS ) JRE Oracle Should Have Built
2 projects | /r/java | 27 Sep 2021

So there are multiple ways of building Docker images for Java apps. For instance, this is probably one of the oldest plugins for Maven: https://github.com/spotify/docker-maven-plugin.

modules

Posts with mentions or reviews of modules. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-06-18.

Spring Boot 3 Ships November 2022, Delays Java Module Support
1 project | /r/java | 13 Oct 2022

There has been some progress, but it's slow. E.g. take a look at these numbers listed here https://github.com/sormuras/modules/commits/main
Your problems with Java modules
3 projects | /r/java | 18 Jun 2021

There are over 3.3k modules on Maven Central and I know a few projects myself that use it, including a 20yo monolith.
How do you evaluate new Java libraries before including them in your project?
1 project | /r/java | 26 May 2021

Link: https://github.com/sormuras/modules/blob/main/com.github.sormuras.modules/com/github/sormuras/modules/modules.properties

What are some alternatives?

When comparing docker-maven-plugin and modules you can also consider the following projects:

jib - 🏗 Build container images for your Java applications.

stringtemplate4 - StringTemplate 4

jkube - Build and Deploy java applications on Kubernetes

maven-jpackage-template - Sample project illustrating building nice, small cross-platform JavaFX or Swing desktop apps with native installers while still using the standard Maven dependency system.

webdrivermanager - Automated driver management and other helper features for Selenium WebDriver in Java

JavaCV - Java interface to OpenCV, FFmpeg, and more

JavaPackager - :package: Gradle/Maven plugin to package Java applications as native Windows, MacOS, or Linux executables and create installers for them.

spotless - Keep your code spotless

formatter-maven-plugin - Formatter Maven Plugin

terratest-maven-plugin - Maven plugin for running Terratest based tests or any go test via maven.

modulefs - A file system implementation to access the contents of Java modules in a unified way.