Open Source Java Launchers for Windows

Janel is a free, Open Source Java native executable and launcher for Windows. Launch your Java application just like other Windows executables. Within the configuration file set the location of the JVM, any of the Java system properties such as classpath, and more. A choice of non-console and console applications is available. The process name is whatever you choose for your .exe file. Also includes the ability to use the Janel executable as a Windows service. Janel was created and maintained by Tim Kil. It is no longer under active development. Many thanks to all the contributors over the years! Anil Guntur, Steve Crook, Bruce Cowan, Gregory Payne, Alexander Eckert, Oliver Lingg, Michael Knigge, John Stroy, and Humphrey Clerx

WAL is a very simple Java Application Launcher which covers a subset of the JNLP spec. It supports a convenience update mechanism and is very easy to couple with a single small java application of your choice.

An eclipse 2+ platform launcher written in java. Enables users to config different versions of eclipse with different workspace locations and launch these configuration. You can give different VM params and sort the configurations

Java JNI Launcher and Service Controller is a project to create a suite of Java virtural machine launcher tools. No more long complicated command line's to run your Java application

Easy configurable Java launching framework for avoiding long classpath hacks when launching a Java application from the command line

With Javastarter it's easy to create executables for Windows to start java applications. The JVM is dynamically detected and invoked via JNI. The project contains C++ sources which can be customized to generate an individual java launcher.

A Maven Plugin for easy use of the Janel Java native executable and launcher for Windows

A modular engine written in Java, that offers simple interfaces & services between modules. Add new modules by yourself or manage modules & versions in the application itself. This application brings frameworks for developper tasks for Swing, AWT or SWT.

SBAL is a command line tool to launch spring batch. It provides advanced features like displaying the batch version, running resources validations, configuring logging ... It also defines a standard directory structure for deployments

The ULauncher is a small Java Launcher that uses JNI to create a JVM and launch the main class. ULauncher uses JVM.DLL to locate and create the JVM, so you can not configure the "classpath" nor "path" environment variables.

jsh is a pure java application launcher shell. It provides support for java webstart applicactions, user commands scripts, aliases. It runs all java applications (even .jnlp !) in the same JVM, thus saving memory. It will have an small GUI, automatic ap