Top 9 Java Distribution Projects

Nexus

5 1,458 5.6 Java

Sonatype Nexus Repository Manager; Open-source codebase mirror

Project mention: Did Sonatype shut down its OSS Repository Hosting (i. e. "publish my artifact to Maven Central")? | /r/java | 2023-06-06

Users of Sonatype Nexus Repository OSS should file issues in: https://github.com/sonatype/nexus-public. Please see https://github.com/sonatype/nexus-public/issues/105 for more details.
Capsule

0 1,148 0.0 Java

Dead-Simple Packaging and Deployment for JVM Apps
InfluxDB

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JavaPackager

0 762 7.1 Java

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

1 485 4.6 Java

Download, Install, Update

Project mention: Compose Desktop drop in upgrade functionality? | /r/Kotlin | 2022-12-03

I think this depends on the way you distribute your app and the platforms. Take a look to some launcher like https://github.com/threerings/getdown
artipie

3 378 5.7 Java

Binary Artifact Management Tool

Project mention: Bootstrapping Vanilla K8s using kubeadm in a cluster with no external network access. | /r/kubernetes | 2023-05-11

Yeah and I don’t like harbour I was looking at https://github.com/artipie/artipie
Launch4j

0 319 4.4 Java

A Maven plugin which wraps Launch4j
jdeploy

8 308 9.4 Java

Developer friendly desktop deployment tool

Project mention: How do you usually deploy Java Swing application in Windows machine, so that it can pass Microsoft Defender SmartScreen checking? | /r/java | 2023-05-25
Sonar

www.sonarsource.com
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IzPack

0 300 0.0 Java

IzPack - Source Code
really-executable-jars-maven-plugin

0 120 0.0 Java

maven plugin for making chmod +x jar files

NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020). The latest post mention was on 2023-06-06.