chinabugotech/hutool

Health v2 · maintenance only

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30271 stars · 7579 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

Hutool is a comprehensive Java utility library that wraps common JDK operations into convenient static helper classes. It covers strings, collections, dates, files, IO, encryption, JDBC, JSON, HTTP client, and more to reduce boilerplate in Java projects.

Use cases

• simplify date handling in java
• make http requests from java easily
• read and write json in java without heavy dependencies
• encrypt and decrypt data in java
• simplify jdbc database operations
• convert between types in java
• read configuration files with grouping and chinese support

When to choose

• you want one lightweight dependency replacing many scattered util classes
• you write small-to-medium Java apps and want less boilerplate
• you prefer Chinese documentation and community support

When to avoid

• you need a full-featured ORM or HTTP client with advanced features
• your team policy requires permissive licenses like Apache/MIT (MulanPSL-2.0)
• you prefer minimal, single-purpose libraries over a kitchen-sink toolkit

Facets

library · maturity stable

http-client json orm cryptography logging serialization date-time file-system developer-tools developer-tools backend web-development jvm java-utility-library util-classes jdbc-helper type-conversion chinese-documentation

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