Open Source Swing Frameworks & Components

Layout manager for Swing, SWT, and JavaFX. String or API constraints; flowing, grid, absolute, grouped, docking. BSD or GPL.

Two-way data binding between object properties and Swing components. Fits Presentation Model and MVP. Requires JGoodies Common.

Validation framework for Swing: validate user input and report errors and warnings. Works with various architectures. Requires JGoodies Common.

WYSIWYG Swing GUI builder. Drag-and-drop components on a canvas; outputs JARs with AbaRenderer. Delphi/VB-style designer.

MVC framework for Swing, SWT, and AWT. Applies MVC with DAO, Business Service, and Business Rule patterns. LGPL.

Docking windows framework for Swing. Customizable layout, themes, floating windows. Lightweight alternative to Eclipse/NetBeans-style docking.

Swing utility for toast-style notifications: animated box from the bottom of the screen with message and optional image. Apache 2. 0.

Java interpreter: build Swing applications or applets from XML and JavaScript. Flex-like style; distributed plugin system, full XML validation. LGPL.

Swing component suite and framework for client-server (2/3 tier) and HTTP-based rich clients. POJO, MVC, data binding; integrates with Spring, Hibernate, iBatis, JPA. LGPL.

Lightweight API for Swing wizards. Minimal code, two main classes, I18n buttons, full branching, setProblem() for errors, native images. Used by Jajuk.

Swing file chooser built on Apache Commons VFS. Browse local and remote filesystems; replace JFileChooser where remote access is needed. Supports FTP, SFTP, SMB, HTTP, etc.

Binds Swing JComponents to JavaBeans or Maps via explicit or automatic configuration. Annotation and programmatic config; pluggable component and type handlers. Apache 2.