Top 20 Java Netty Projects

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1. Thingsboard

   1 18 18,804 10.0 Java

   Open-source IoT Platform - Device management, data collection, processing and visualization.

   

   Project mention: Real-Time IoT Visualization Essentials | dev.to | 2024-11-14

   2. ThingsBoard: An open-source IoT platform that supports data visualization, remote control, and device management. Its real-time data widgets allow users to track device metrics dynamically. https://thingsboard.io/

2. InfluxDB

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   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.

   

3. Vert.x

   2 50 14,461 9.6 Java

   Vert.x is a tool-kit for building reactive applications on the JVM

   

   Project mention: Ash Framework – Model your domain, derive the rest | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-05-14

4. netty-socketio

   3 1 6,946 7.5 Java

   Socket.IO server implemented on Java. Realtime java framework

   

5. Async Http Client

   4 1 6,343 8.7 Java

   Asynchronous Http and WebSocket Client library for Java

   

6. jetlinks-community

   5 1 5,920 8.2 Java

   JetLinks 基于Java8,Spring Boot 2.x ,WebFlux,Netty,Vert.x,Reactor等开发, 是一个全响应式的企业级物联网平台。支持统一物模型管理,多种设备,多种厂家,统一管理。统一设备连接管理,多协议适配(TCP,MQTT,UDP,CoAP,HTTP等),屏蔽网络编程复杂性,灵活接入不同厂家不同协议等设备。实时数据处理,设备告警,消息通知,数据转发。地理位置,数据可视化等。能帮助你快速建立物联网相关业务系统。

   

   Project mention: JetLinks: Open-Source Reactive IoT Platform with Multi-Protocol Support | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-08-14

7. Armeria

   6 7 4,923 9.6 Java

   Your go-to microservice framework for any situation, from the creator of Netty et al. You can build any type of microservice leveraging your favorite technologies, including gRPC, Thrift, Kotlin, Retrofit, Reactive Streams, Spring Boot and Dropwizard.

   

8. atmosphere

   7 1 3,713 7.1 Java

   Event Driven WebSockets Framework with Cross-Browser Fallbacks (by Atmosphere)

   

9. SaaSHub

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10. helidon

    8 34 3,623 9.7 Java

    Java libraries for writing microservices

    

    Project mention: Year After Switching from Java to Go: Our Experiences | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-02-18

11. rsocket-java

    9 5 2,366 6.1 Java

    Java implementation of RSocket

    

12. zfoo

    10 2 1,883 9.5 Java

    💡Extremely fast enterprise server framework, can be used in RPC, game server, web server.

    

13. jforgame

    11 0 988 7.4 Java

    jforgame是一个一站式游戏服务器开发框架。包含游戏服务器开发所需要的各种组件，比如网关，socket服务端与客户端，自定义高效消息编解码，游戏热更新，游戏通用工具等等。包含游戏服，跨服，匹配服，后台管理系统等实现，同时提供大量业务案例以供学习。亦可用于其他socket应用，例如及时聊天等。

    

14. ServiceTalk

    12 4 959 9.5 Java

    A networking framework that evolves with your application

    

15. packetevents

    13 1 658 9.8 Java

    A powerful networking library for Minecraft packet processing and manipulation.

    

16. tbmq

    14 3 648 9.8 Java

    Open-source, scalable, and fault-tolerant MQTT broker able to handle 4M+ concurrent client connections, supporting at least 3M messages per second throughput per single cluster node with low latency delivery. The cluster mode supports more than 100M concurrently connected clients.

    

    Project mention: How TBMQ Uses Redis for Reliable P2P MQTT Messaging | dev.to | 2025-02-13

    TBMQ sets a new benchmark for self-hosted MQTT brokers, proving its ability to handle one million messages per second for persistent sessions without data loss — even in the event of hardware failures. Designed to eliminate single points of failure and bottlenecks, TBMQ achieves exceptional efficiency through a combination of Redis for persistence, Kafka for message distribution, and a highly optimized broker codebase.

17. donkey

    15 8 294 1.4 Java

    Modern Clojure HTTP server and client built for ease of use and performance

    

18. mallet

    16 2 273 6.7 Java

    Mallet is an intercepting proxy for arbitrary protocols (by sensepost)

    

19. dhcp

    17 1 114 6.6 Java

    Jagornet DHCP Server - An open source DHCPv4/DHCPv6 Server for Java (by jagornet)

    

20. LunarGdx

    18 2 50 4.8 Java

    A networking library for LibGDX utilizing Netty allowing easy creation of multiplayer games.

    

21. cartridge-java

    19 1 27 2.6 Java

    Tarantool Cartridge Java driver for Tarantool versions 1.10+ based on Netty framework

    

22. BetterProxy

    20 1 20 0.0 Java

    supported versions: 1.8 - 1.12.2

    

23. SaaSHub

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