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raphw/byte-buddy

Runtime code generation for the Java virtual machine. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/raphw/byte-buddy · homepage · Java · Apache-2.0 (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

98/100

  • Activity 98
  • Release rhythm 98
  • Longevity 100
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: 15.5
  • age_days: 4664
  • days_rel: 16
  • days_push: 14
  • n_releases_24m: 33

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

6887 stars · 855 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Byte Buddy is a Java library for generating and modifying Java classes at runtime without a compiler, offering a fluent API for creating arbitrary classes, proxies, and agents. It supports class transformation via Java agents or build-time processing across a wide range of JVM versions.

Use cases

  • generate java classes at runtime
  • create dynamic proxies in java
  • instrument java classes with a java agent
  • mock classes in a testing framework
  • transform bytecode during build
  • intercept method calls in java

When to choose

  • you need runtime class generation or bytecode manipulation on the JVM
  • you are building proxies, mocks, or AOP-style instrumentation
  • you need broad Java version compatibility including the latest releases

When to avoid

  • you only need simple interface-based proxies available in the JDK
  • you work outside the JVM ecosystem
  • you need source-level code generation rather than bytecode

Facets

library · maturity stable

compiler middleware developer-tools programming-languages developer-tools jvm cross-platform bytecode-manipulation code-generation java-agent dynamic-proxy instrumentation runtime-class-creation jvm

2 sources

Member repositories

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raphw/byte-buddymain98

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