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Top 4 Java JVM and JDK Projects

JVM and JDK

  1. Graal

    GraalVM compiles Java applications into native executables that start instantly, scale fast, and use fewer compute resources 🚀

    Project mention: Create a simple REST application using Quarkus | dev.to | 2025-05-07

    Quarkus is a Kubernetes-native Java stack tailored for GraalVM and OpenJDK HotSpot. Quarkus offers incredibly fast boot times, low RSS memory consumption, and a fantastic developer experience with features like live coding.

  2. InfluxDB

    InfluxDB – Built for High-Performance Time Series Workloads. InfluxDB 3 OSS is now GA. Transform, enrich, and act on time series data directly in the database. Automate critical tasks and eliminate the need to move data externally. Download now.

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  3. Dragonwell8

    Alibaba Dragonwell8 JDK

  4. OpenJ9

    Eclipse OpenJ9: A Java Virtual Machine for OpenJDK that's optimized for small footprint, fast start-up, and high throughput. Builds on Eclipse OMR (https://github.com/eclipse/omr) and combines with the Extensions for OpenJDK for OpenJ9 repo.

  5. SAP Machine

    An OpenJDK release maintained and supported by SAP

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).

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What are some of the best open-source JVM and JDK projects in Java? This list will help you:

# Project Stars
1 Graal 20,856
2 Dragonwell8 4,266
3 OpenJ9 3,408
4 SAP Machine 543

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