Quarkus
Supersonic Subatomic Java
Quarkus is an open-source Java framework optimized for Kubernetes and cloud-native environments, featuring fast startup times and low memory usage via compile-time boot techniques. It supports both JVM and native binary deployments using GraalVM, and integrates with over fifty popular libraries. It is designed to boost developer productivity through live reload, unified configuration, and AI-ready capabilities.
Quarkus moves framework initialization and metadata computation to build time, enabling near-instant startup and minimal runtime memory usage for JVM and native GraalVM deployments.
Java developers building cloud-native and Kubernetes-based applications
Background.
- Status
- launched
- Business model
- open-source
- Company
- Red Hat (now under Commonhaus Foundation)
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