Ask HN: Does Java need a modern Java UI toolkit for desktop/web?

1. SnapKit

   1 12 294 9.6 Java

   A Java UI toolkit (by reportmill)

   

   If Java had a modern UI toolkit to create & run apps natively on the desktop and in the browser, could it rescue Java Client development?

   I've been working on SnapKit for several years (+) to rescue my apps from obscurity by deploying in the browser and it's gone reasonably well, so I'm wondering whether it could be more:

   GitHub: https://github.com/reportmill/SnapKit

   Demos: https://www.reportmill.com/snaptea/

   jeff

2. InfluxDB

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3. teavm

   2 37 2,889 9.4 Java

   Compiles Java bytecode to JavaScript, WebAssembly and C

   

   SnapKit is a huge framework with lots of functionality. One key part for the browser integration module (SnapTea) is TeaVM https://github.com/konsoletyper/teavm

   TeaVM converts Java code to run in the browser. It provides the ability to call JS functions to access browser feattures like canvas and XHR. However, unless you want to be coding like Vanilla JS, you'll want a framework on top. SnapKit provides that.

4. Tokamak

   3 24 2,770 0.0 Swift

   SwiftUI-compatible framework for building browser apps with WebAssembly and native apps for other platforms

   

5. HumbleUI

   4 7 1,627 9.0 Clojure

   Clojure Desktop UI framework

   

   Nikita Prokopov is developing Humble UI which is worth keeping a close eye on. (Yes, it's Clojure, but Java interop is bound to emerge if it builds up a critical mass and catches on.)

   https://github.com/HumbleUI/HumbleUI/

6. tornadofx

   5 10 3,673 1.1 Kotlin

   Discontinued Lightweight JavaFX Framework for Kotlin

7. compose-multiplatform

   6 96 18,077 9.4 Kotlin

   Compose Multiplatform, a modern UI framework for Kotlin that makes building performant and beautiful user interfaces easy and enjoyable.

   

   https://github.com/JetBrains/compose-jb

   I've put a part of the sentence in quotes because actually they've written a new desktop backend based on skia for the already existing Android Compose UI API.

8. cljfx

   7 22 1,015 5.8 Clojure

   Declarative, functional and extensible wrapper of JavaFX inspired by better parts of react and re-frame

   

   Super excited about this. I've been using cljfx (https://github.com/cljfx/cljfx) to build a few apps and it's so developer efficient.

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10. tornadofx2

    8 8 155 1.8 Kotlin

    TornadoFX 2.0

    

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