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Run Java code directly. Reuse Maven dependencies with ease. Download from http://jbang.dev/download/ or run curl -Ls http://sh.jbang.dev | bash -s - app

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TamboUI - Terminal UIs That Make Java Developers Smile 😊 TamboUI - Build beautiful terminal UIs in Java. Modern, powerful, and fun. Inspired by ratatui and bubbletea.

tamboui.dev was launched today - using JBang to make it easy for all to get started; pick your favourite:

jbang init -t gradle@tamboui helloworld

jbang init -t maven@tamboui helloworld

jbang init -t jbang@tamboui helloworld

18.02.2026 15:50 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

JBang 0.137.0 has been released! https://github.com/jbangdev/jbang/releases/tag/v0.137.0

13.02.2026 23:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

JBang 0.136.0 has been released! https://github.com/jbangdev/jbang/releases/tag/v0.136.0

03.02.2026 18:28 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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a raccoon is sitting on the ground with its hands folded in prayer and a caption that says `` all according to plan ... '' ALT: a raccoon is sitting on the ground with its hands folded in prayer and a caption that says `` all according to plan ... ''
07.01.2026 22:16 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

JBang 0.135.1 has been released! https://github.com/jbangdev/jbang/releases/tag/v0.135.1

13.12.2025 19:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Made
gist.github.com/maxandersen/... as as great comparison how Java and Python are more similar than you might want to admit.

Thanks to dev.to/anand_jaisy_... for the inspiration.

07.12.2025 11:52 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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JBang Lets Students, Educators and Professional Developers create, edit and run self-contained source-only Java programs with unprecedented ease.

Cyber monday!

Go get joyful Java development 100% for free at jbang.dev!

You can try it first at jbang.dev/try

02.12.2025 07:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

JBang 0.135.0 has been released! https://github.com/jbangdev/jbang/releases/tag/v0.135.0

30.11.2025 15:53 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Latest JBang brings AI improved init:

28.11.2025 10:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

JBang 0.134.3 has been released! https://github.com/jbangdev/jbang/releases/tag/v0.134.3

27.11.2025 08:31 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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New functionality in JBang 0.134 - we search for potential candidates when a jar file lacks a Main-Class. You can then easily copy and paste one of these candidates to use.

26.11.2025 22:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

JBang 0.134.2 has been released! https://github.com/jbangdev/jbang/releases/tag/v0.134.2

24.11.2025 13:49 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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JBang Usage Below is a visualization of recent version checks done by JBang users the last 90 days.

Passed over 500.000 version checks at jbang.dev/usage

Doubled in less than 90 days.

Happy Friday :)

21.11.2025 15:28 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

From now on, you can also run MCS through @jbang.dev - not only regular releases, but also snapshot builds!

18.11.2025 11:20 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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IDE VSCodium is a community-driven, freely-licensed binary distribution of Microsoft's editor Visual Studio Code. Providing all the lightweight editor features you need to get started.

Just updated www.jbang.dev/ide/ to cover more IDE and Editors where JBang projects are known to work in - some with some without explicit JBang support. If you are interested in improving the various IDE's/editors support do ping on github.com/jbangdev/jbang

13.11.2025 10:58 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
Enterprise Blues
Enterprise Blues It’s Friday - enjoy :)

It’s Friday - enjoy :)

youtu.be/2f8aRCTUqpI

24.10.2025 10:37 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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jbang.dev/try got a refresh providing samples AND ability to open jupyter lab where you can run .java AND make notebook using Java.

Read more about it on www.jbang.dev/learn/java-i...

17.10.2025 09:58 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

JBang 0.132.1 has been released! https://github.com/jbangdev/jbang/releases/tag/v0.132.1

04.10.2025 11:25 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

JBang 0.132.0 has been released! https://github.com/jbangdev/jbang/releases/tag/v0.132.0

28.09.2025 12:22 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

JBang 0.131.0 has been released! https://github.com/jbangdev/jbang/releases/tag/v0.131.0

16.09.2025 20:41 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Eager to try out Java 25? Easiest way is as always:

jbang init --java 25 hello.java
./hello.java

16.09.2025 10:58 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

JBang 0.130.0 has been released! https://github.com/jbangdev/jbang/releases/tag/v0.130.0

10.09.2025 00:54 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

Awesome - you can now write extensiosn for JReleaser using jbang - no need for complex setup :) jreleaser.org/guide/latest...

Examples of JBang scripts for JReleaser: jreleaser.org/guide/latest...

01.09.2025 10:04 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Java for Small Coding Tasks
Java for Small Coding Tasks For small projects, we often reach for a scripting language, such as Python or Bash, because Java seems too heavy handed. In this interactive presentation, I want to convince you to give Java a try…

"JBang is the single easiest entry point into java" - appreciate the call-out and love all of Cay Horstmann's JavaOne video explaining many of the recent java improvements to make java useful for day to day scripting.

youtu.be/04wFgshWMdA?...

19.08.2025 05:24 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

JBang 0.129.0 has been released! https://github.com/jbangdev/jbang/releases/tag/v0.129.0

07.08.2025 18:46 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Manifest Tool 4 minute read

Manifest Tool by JBang www.jbang.dev/learn/manife...

03.08.2025 16:01 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

JBang 0.128.7 has been released! https://github.com/jbangdev/jbang/releases/tag/v0.128.7

31.07.2025 05:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

JBang 0.128.6 has been released! https://github.com/jbangdev/jbang/releases/tag/v0.128.6

31.07.2025 04:21 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

What could happen if you combine JBang and JReleaser ?

Bad answers only while we wait for JReleaser next release :)

29.07.2025 13:33 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

JBang 0.128.5 has been released! https://github.com/jbangdev/jbang/releases/tag/v0.128.5

27.07.2025 13:53 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0