Java
How vibe coders and indie builders use Java: 56 projects built with it and 3 built for it since May 2026.
Projects built with it
56
Share of stated stacks, 4 wks
0.4%
Last 4 weeks vs 8 before
too few to tell
Add-ons built for it
3
Share of stated stacks, per week
Share rather than counts, so changes in how many posts a subreddit lets through don't show up as trends.
Often used with
- Python 16
- PostgreSQL 13
- JavaScript 11
- Go 10
- Spring Boot 10
- Rust 7
- TypeScript 6
- PHP 5
What's built with it
Latest projects built with Java
- Hefesto — Turns an Android phone into a development workspace that compiles APKs on-device and runs coding agents inside a Linux environment.“Have you ever thought about building apps and websites right from your phone?”
- KanbanCord — Manages kanban boards, columns and tasks inside Discord, with a live board message, task threads and a companion website.“I built a discord integrated kanban board”
- nextpass.space — Predicts satellite passes over the user's location from CelesTrak TLEs, showing azimuth, elevation, range and sunlit status.“I built a free satellite pass predictor (Orekit, cross-checked against Skyfield). What would make it useful to you?”
- finetooth — Audits websites and produces reports on privacy, accessibility, mobile and other page checks.“My tests were all green and the product was still broken. I found 5 bugs in one afternoon”
- Shree AI OS — Provides a Java 21 runtime SDK for backend AI applications, with hybrid RAG over PostgreSQL and pgvector, episodic and semantic memory, and a planning pipeline.“I built an open-source deterministic AI runtime for Java 21 — looking for architecture feedback”
- The Attic — Consolidates and de-duplicates personal email, photos, documents, chat logs and contacts into local archives.“I turned my family's 25-year data mess into 5 local desktop apps (no cloud, no AI) — launching on Product Hunt Sunday, would love a roast”
- QuickRun — Checks out a Git repository or branch, detects how to set it up, and runs it locally after user confirmation.“I made an App that can run any git repo”
- PermitCore — Manages software licenses through creation, validation via API or SDKs, device limits, and a built-in store for selling them.“I built the software licensing platform I wished I had as an indie developer”
- AlgoPath — Teaches algorithms through an ordered sequence of steps with self-written code, failing tests, and hint ladders, running in the browser.“I build Leetcode but better.”
- Boardly — Organizes projects and tasks on Kanban boards with cards moving through planned, in-progress, completed and closed states.“I built Boardly — a lightweight desktop Kanban taskboard with JavaFX & SQLite”
- Gala — Plans trips as costed daily itineraries with a budget split, timeline, 3D map, and calendar or PDF export.“I built a trip planner that costs the itinerary before you go, because I was planning every trip across Notes, a budget app, and Google Maps”
- Built a gamified focus app… — Gamifies focus sessions to help users concentrate on tasks.“Built a gamified focus app using HTML/CSS/JS, Capacitor & Native Android (Java) — would love your feedback!”
- Pixel Mosaic — Recreates an image using only the pixels taken from another image.“PIXEL MOSAIC - Reconstruct any image using only the pixels of another”
- FinTrack — Manages accounts, transactions, CSV imports, budgets, spending summaries, and notifications in an event-driven personal finance backend.“I built an open-source personal finance platform with Spring Boot”
- Report Studio — Edits JasperReports .jrxml report files in a native Mac app and previews compiled output using the JasperReports engine.“I built a native Apple Silicon report designer for JasperReports (free) - wondering if anyone else needs this”
Latest add-ons built for Java
- pmanager — Runs and supervises application processes across multiple languages, with restarts, health checks, logs, and monitoring.“I made a universal process manager for Node, Bun, Python, Go, Rust, and more”
- AvoOnce — Prevents duplicate execution of HTTP requests by caching and replaying idempotent responses keyed by an Idempotency-Key header.“I built AvoOnce: A lightweight, framework-agnostic distributed idempotency engine for Java”
- Apitally — Monitors API traffic, errors, response times, uptime and resource usage with request logs and alerts.“Simple, privacy-focused API monitoring & analytics”