r/java is a subreddit with 402k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and ideas, and the community frequently discusses looking, java, struggling, project, and hate, and they frequently recommend/review java ide, code editor, and api framework.
News, Technical discussions, research papers and assorted things of interest related to the Java programming language
NO programming help, NO learning Java related questions, NO installing or downloading Java questions, NO JVM languages - Exclusively Java
Popular Themes in r/java
#1
Advice Requests
: "The piece of software you discovered and can t do without"
3 posts
#2
Ideas
: "Integrating Netty with Virtual Threads"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/java
#1
Looking
42 posts
#2
Java
: "Vaadin 25.2 can call browser APIs (clipboard, geolocation, fullscreen) from server-side Java with no JS. Nice abstraction or just write the JS?"
25 posts
#3
Struggling
8 posts
#4
Project
7 posts
#5
Hate
5 posts
#6
Tutorial
4 posts
#7
Beginner
4 posts
#8
Android
4 posts
#9
Library
3 posts
#10
Tired
3 posts
Products Discussed in r/java
Java Ide
40 reviews
#1
JetBrains
4.6★ from 25 reviews
#2
Apache
4.0★ from 5 reviews
#3
Eclipse Foundation
3.8★ from 5 reviews
Code Editor
21 reviews
#1
IntelliJ IDEA
4.0★ from 6 reviews
#2
Cursor
4.6★ from 5 reviews
#3
GitHub Copilot
5.0★ from 2 reviews
Api Framework
16 reviews
#1
DropWizard
4.0★ from 3 reviews
#2
Vertx
4.5★ from 2 reviews
#3
Jersey
4.0★ from 1 review
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Yearly
+33k members(8.8%)
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Last updated: July 21, 2026