activeviam/jdk4py

A JDK shipped in a Python package

28

stars

73

commits

Python

primary language

May 5, 2026

updated

java
jdk
jre
jvm
python-library
runtime

README

jdk4py

A JDK shipped in a Python package.

PyPI version

Install

pip install jdk4py

or as a Conda package:

conda config --add channels https://conda.atoti.io
conda install jdk4py

Usage

>>> from jdk4py import JAVA, JAVA_HOME, JAVA_VERSION
>>> JAVA_HOME
PosixPath('/Users/johndoe/dev/jdk4py/jdk4py/java-runtime')
>>> JAVA
PosixPath('/Users/johndoe/dev/jdk4py/jdk4py/java-runtime/bin/java')
>>> JAVA_VERSION
(25, 0, 2)
>>> from subprocess import run
>>> some_java_options = ["-Xmx16G", "-Xms2G"]
>>> run(
...     [JAVA, "-jar", "HelloWorld.jar", *some_java_options],
...     capture_output=True,
...     check=True,
...     text=True,
... ).stdout.strip()
"Hello, World!"

Versioning

jdk4py's version contains 4 numbers:

  • The first 3 numbers correspond to the JDK version.
  • The fourth number is the library API version.

Contributors

tibdex

32 commits

fabiencelier

25 commits

bloussou

9 commits

NathanEckert

5 commits

activeviam/jdk4py

A JDK shipped in a Python package

28

stars

73

commits

Python

primary language

May 5, 2026

updated

java
jdk
jre
jvm
python-library
runtime

README

jdk4py

A JDK shipped in a Python package.

PyPI version

Install

pip install jdk4py

or as a Conda package:

conda config --add channels https://conda.atoti.io
conda install jdk4py

Usage

>>> from jdk4py import JAVA, JAVA_HOME, JAVA_VERSION
>>> JAVA_HOME
PosixPath('/Users/johndoe/dev/jdk4py/jdk4py/java-runtime')
>>> JAVA
PosixPath('/Users/johndoe/dev/jdk4py/jdk4py/java-runtime/bin/java')
>>> JAVA_VERSION
(25, 0, 2)
>>> from subprocess import run
>>> some_java_options = ["-Xmx16G", "-Xms2G"]
>>> run(
...     [JAVA, "-jar", "HelloWorld.jar", *some_java_options],
...     capture_output=True,
...     check=True,
...     text=True,
... ).stdout.strip()
"Hello, World!"

Versioning

jdk4py's version contains 4 numbers:

  • The first 3 numbers correspond to the JDK version.
  • The fourth number is the library API version.

Contributors

tibdex

32 commits

fabiencelier

25 commits

bloussou

9 commits

NathanEckert

5 commits

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