Top 9 Development Tools in Java

The best Development Tools within the Java category - based on our collection of reviews & verified products.

Product categories

Application Server Cross-Platform Development Development Tools Game Development Game Engine Gaming Java Javascript UI Libraries Open Source Rapid Application Development Web And Application Servers Web Servers

Summary

The top products on this list are JavaFX, Apache Tomcat, and lighttpd. All products here are categorized as: A broad category of tools used for software and application development. We recommend LibHunt Java for discovery and comparisons of [trending Java projects](https://www.libhunt.com/l/java ). One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.

JavaFX Landing Page
1

JavaFX

JavaFX is the next step in the evolution of Java as a rich client platform.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Development Tools #Rapid Application Development #Java 37 social mentions
Apache Tomcat Landing Page
2

Apache Tomcat

An open source software implementation of the Java Servlet and JavaServer Pages technologies
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Open Source #Web And Application Servers #Java 17 social mentions
lighttpd Landing Page

3

lighttpd

A secure, fast, compliant, and very flexible web-server that has been optimized for high-performance environments

#Development Tools #Web Servers #Web And Application Servers
Eclipse Jetty Landing Page

4

Eclipse Jetty

Jetty is a highly scalable modular servlet engine and http server that natively supports many modern protocols like SPDY and WebSockets.

#Development Tools #Web Servers #Web And Application Servers
Solar 2D (formerly Corona SDK) Landing Page

5

Solar 2D (formerly Corona SDK)

Corona is a 2D engine lets you build games & apps for all major platforms including iOS, Android, Kindle, Apple TV, Android TV, macOS, and Windows. Get the free toolset!

#Development Tools #Game Development #Game Engine 2 social mentions
Wildfly Landing Page
6

Wildfly

WildFly is a flexible, lightweight application server.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Development Tools #Web Servers #Web And Application Servers 1 social mentions
OpenResty Landing Page

7

OpenResty

Turning Nginx into a Full-fledged Web App Server

#Development Tools #Web Servers #Web And Application Servers 22 social mentions
Oracle WebLogic Suite Landing Page

8

Oracle WebLogic Suite

Oracle WebLogic Suite is an application server for building and deploying enterprise Java EE applications.

#Development Tools #Web Servers #Web And Application Servers
vCenter Server Landing Page

9

vCenter Server

IaaS platform for managing and deploying virtual machines

#Web Servers #Web And Application Servers #Java

Recent Development Tools Posts

4 Open Source Application Servers (Comparison and Review)

shadow-soft.com // about 8 years ago

Top 5 open source web servers

opensource.com // about 9 years ago

Top 10 Open Source Java and JavaEE Application Servers

blog.idrsolutions.com // over 10 years ago

Related categories

🌐 Web And Application Servers 💻 Application Server 🌐 Web Servers 🎮 Game Development ⚙️ Rapid Application Development

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