best light framework or library for developing API without the magic (Spring)

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  • Dropwizard

    A damn simple library for building production-ready RESTful web services.

    • Dropwizard is a nice opinionated veneer over all the standard bits and pieces. https://www.dropwizard.io

  • Ninja

    Ninja is a full stack web framework for Java. Rock solid, fast and super productive. (by ninjaframework)

    • take a look at https://www.ninjaframework.org/

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  • javalin

    Discontinued A simple and modern Java and Kotlin web framework [Moved to: https://github.com/javalin/javalin]

    • Javalin https://javalin.io/

  • Vert.x

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

    • Eclipse Vert.x ftw

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