# bootique/bootique

Bootique is a minimally opinionated platform for modern runnable Java apps.

Repository: https://github.com/bootique/bootique
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/bootique
Homepage: https://bootique.io
Language: Java
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: bootique, java, runnable-jar, dependency-injection
Last push: 2026-08-15T16:15:30+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 76/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 97, release rhythm 34, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3919, "days_push": 18, "days_rel": 225, "gap_med": 212.0, "n_releases_24m": 3}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1429, forks 279 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:42.141623+00:00)

## What it is
Bootique is a minimally opinionated Java framework and launcher for building container-less runnable applications as collections of modules wired via dependency injection. It supports REST services, web apps, jobs, DB migrations, and CLI commands without a JavaEE container, with fast startup and small footprint.

## Use cases
- build rest services in java without an application server
- create lightweight java microservices with fast startup
- package a java app as a runnable jar with cli commands
- run database migration tasks as commands
- replace spring boot with a less magical modular framework
- build scheduled jobs and cli tools in java

## When to choose
- you want container-less runnable Java apps with minimal setup
- you prefer explicit build-time modularity over auto-configuration magic
- startup time and memory footprint matter more than ecosystem size
- you need a POSIX-style CLI built into your Java app

## When to avoid
- you rely on the vast Spring Boot ecosystem and starters
- you need JavaEE/Jakarta EE container features
- your team prefers convention-over-configuration frameworks
- you need a very large community and third-party module catalog

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: active
- function: web-framework, api-framework, cli, middleware
- domain: backend, microservices, web-development, developer-tools, apis
- platform: jvm, cross-platform, cli
- tags: runnable-jar, containerless, java-microservices, modular-framework, dropwizard-alternative, spring-boot-alternative, dependency-injection

## Member repositories
- bootique/bootique (main) score 76

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:42.141623+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:37:14.694237+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/bootique/bootique (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:42.141623+00:00, sha 6324074fc29d)
  - homepage: https://bootique.io (fetched 2026-08-29T11:48:46.556947+00:00, sha eea3442c484c)
  - site_page: https://bootique.io/docs/3.x/getting-started (fetched 2026-08-29T11:48:46.559472+00:00, sha 727bc6cab519)
  - site_page: https://bootique.io/docs/3.x (fetched 2026-08-29T11:48:46.561772+00:00, sha 8037f26f8b4b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.