hibernate/hibernate-validator
Hibernate Validator - Jakarta Validation Reference Implementation observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
98/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 95
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 13
- age_days: 5808
- days_rel: 38
- days_push: 8
- n_releases_24m: 6
Adoption not part of the score
1269 stars · 595 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Hibernate Validator is the reference implementation of the Jakarta Validation (Bean Validation) 3.1 specification for Java. It lets developers express validation rules as annotations on JavaBeans and methods, with XML descriptors to override or extend the metadata.
Use cases
- validate request payloads in a Java REST API
- add annotation-based constraints to JavaBeans
- validate method parameters and return values
- enforce input validation rules in a Spring Boot application
- check DTO field constraints before persisting to a database
- standardize bean validation across Java frameworks
When to choose
- you need standards-based (Jakarta Validation) validation in a Java or Kotlin application
- you want annotation-driven constraints with framework integration (Spring, Jakarta EE, Quarkus)
- you need method-level as well as bean-level validation
When to avoid
- you are not on the JVM platform
- you need validation for non-Java data formats like JSON schemas or database schemas directly
- your runtime is below JDK 17
Facets
library · maturity stable
middleware developer-tools sdk backend web-development developer-tools apis jvm cross-platform bean-validation jakarta-validation input-validation annotation-based-constraints java hibernate
10 sources
- readme: https://github.com/hibernate/hibernate-validator · fetched 2026-08-28 · 1d05ea2d7ce3
- homepage: https://hibernate.org/validator/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 677f8f359ed1
- site_page: https://hibernate.org/orm/documentation · fetched 2026-08-29 · 7ea3c71705b5
- site_page: https://hibernate.org/orm/documentation/migrate · fetched 2026-08-29 · f8839376eabc
- site_page: https://hibernate.org/search/documentation · fetched 2026-08-29 · b4ce13430d6f
- site_page: https://hibernate.org/search/documentation/migrate · fetched 2026-08-29 · 0149c80b2e11
- site_page: https://hibernate.org/search/releases · fetched 2026-08-29 · 3a58539ad5d8
- site_page: https://hibernate.org/orm · fetched 2026-08-29 · 3c9ba7be528e
- site_page: https://hibernate.org/orm/releases · fetched 2026-08-29 · 491abdac3522
- site_page: https://hibernate.org/search · fetched 2026-08-29 · c6c9c50c37ad
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| hibernate/hibernate-validator | main | 98 |
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