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A Java UI toolkit

10 mentions on Hacker News by 3 people: 3 stories, 7 comments · first 2019-04-06 · latest 2025-12-12

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    Java WebAPI programming is here
    story by jeffreportmill1 · 2025-12-12 · 1 comment
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    SnapKit – a Java UI toolkit for the desktop and browser
    story by pjmlp · 2025-04-29 · 0 comments
  3. …2. SnapKit. Targeted at desktop. Also a light-weight toolkit, like Swing. https://github.com/reportmill/SnapKit
    comment by shannah78 · 2024-12-15 · in New Java to WASM GC Transpiler: Run Java in the Browser, No Plugin Required
  4. SnapCode is actually using SnapKit ( https://github.com/reportmill/SnapKit ) which can run on either WebAPI/DOM (in browser) or Swing (desktop). In the browser this helps slim the download and improve performance by using more browser…
    comment by jeffreportmill1 · 2024-02-08 · in Show HN: SnapCode – a real Java IDE in the browser
  5. …UI dev in a UI kit built on top of Swing. But here is what I use there that solves this problem: https://github.com/reportmill/SnapKit/blob/master/src/snap/v...
    comment by jeffreportmill1 · 2023-01-14 · in Ask HN: Tips for modern Java Swing development?
  6. …it combines the traditional win of desktop Java UI dev with the ease of web deployment. SnapKit: https://github.com/reportmill/SnapKit Demos: https://reportmill.com/snaptea/ Disclaimer: I am the primary author, so this is self-serving. But…
    comment by jeffreportmill1 · 2022-07-12 · in Ask HN: Why isn't GWT or Vaadin more popular among Java developers?
  7. GitHub: https://github.com/reportmill/SnapKit Demos: https://www.reportmill.com/snaptea/
    comment by jeffreportmill1 · 2022-03-24 · in Ask HN: Does Java need a modern Java UI toolkit for desktop/web?
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    Ask HN: Does Java need a modern Java UI toolkit for desktop/web?
    story by jeffreportmill1 · 2022-03-24 · 175 comments
  9. …UI kit that works on both desktop and browser: Demos: https://www.reportmill.com/snaptea/ Repo: https://github.com/reportmill/SnapKit There is a lot of benefit to this - fast, traditional desktop development with great deployment. It also…
    comment by jeffreportmill1 · 2022-02-01 · in Ask HN: Who wants to collaborate?
  10. Nope - it works everywhere: https://github.com/reportmill/SnapKit
    comment by jeffreportmill1 · 2019-04-06 · in Show HN: 300k lines of Java UI code running native in browser at desktop speed