Java Virtual Machine for Dotnet
IKVM is a Java virtual machine and bytecode-to-IL converter that enables running compiled Java code on the .NET Framework or .NET Core. It supports both static and dynamic compilation of Java libraries and integrates with MSBuild and Maven for project references. The tool provides cross-platform compatibility on Windows, Linux, and OS-X for multiple architectures.
- ▪IKVM allows execution of Java bytecode on .NET Framework and .NET Core.
- ▪It includes tools to convert Java JAR files into .NET IL assemblies (DLL or EXE).
- ▪IKVM supports static and dynamic compilation of Java code.
- ▪The project provides a full JDK/JRE 8 runtime image with standard tools.
- ▪It enables Java and .NET interoperability through MSBuild and Maven integration.
Hacker News (Newest) files mainly under programming. We currently carry 5,306 of its stories.
Story provenance
Source · retrieval · rights · ranking — open for full record
inspect →
Story provenance
Attribution is not the same as permission. This drawer separates discovery metadata, excerpts, WeSearch-generated summaries, reuse status, and whether the publisher receives the visit. Nothing here claims a legal grant the publisher has not made.
Record
| Original publisher | Ikvm |
| Canonical URL | https://ikvm.org/ |
| Publication time | Sat, 16 May 2026 10:00:48 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-05-16T10:10:18.168Z |
| Last seen | 2026-05-16T10:10:18.168Z |
| Headline source | Publisher (no WeSearch rewrite) |
| Excerpt source | publisher body |
| Excerpt method | First ~120 words (~800 chars) of extracted publisher body, fair-use limited. |
| Summary | WeSearch · cerebras-chat (WeSearch summarizer) |
| Summary source text | contentText |
| Citation coverage | Summary is a WeSearch-generated derivative; primary citation is the original publisher URL. |
| Cluster | PY4-leU7CJ_M |
| Cluster logic | Grouped by semantic title/content similarity across sources within a rolling window. Same-publisher template collisions are excluded from coverage comparison. |
| Ranking reason | Story pages are not engagement-ranked. Hub feeds use recency, with optional source-diversified chronological ordering (cap consecutive stories per source). No personalized ranking. |
| Publisher visit | Yes — open original |
| Substitutes article? | No — link-out required for full text |
Rights status (four layers)
WeSearch handling by dimension
| Indexing | May the item be indexed (stored, ranked, made findable)? | Allowed |
| Snippet | May a short excerpt of the publisher's text be shown? | Allowed |
| AI summary | May WeSearch generate its own short summary of the article? | Limited |
| Retrieval / RAG | May the content be exposed for third-party retrieval-augmented generation? | Not asserted |
| Model training | May the content be used to train AI models? | Not asserted |
| Commercial reuse | May the content be reused commercially? | Not permitted |
Basis: Derived from the published RSS/Atom feed. Contact: [email protected]. Reviewed: 2026-07-24.
Opening excerpt (first ~120 words) tap to expand
A Java Virtual Machine and Bytecode-to-IL Converter for .NET.Execute compiled Java code (bytecode) on .NET Framework or .NET Core.A Java virtual machine (JVM) implemented in .NETA .NET implementation of the Java class librariesA tool that translates Java bytecode (JAR files) to .NET IL (DLL or EXE files).Tools that enable Java and .NET interoperabilityA full JRE/JDK 8 runtime image.DocumentationOpen on GitHub → Bash $dotnet add package IKVM$dotnet add package IKVM.Maven.Sdk Click to copy FeaturesStatic CompilationConvert Java libraries and class files to .NET assemblies.Dynamic CompilationRun Java code directly from JAR or class files.JDK/JRE ImageFull JDK/JRE runtime image with standard executable tools.Java ReferencesReference Java libraries and packages directly from your MSBuild…
Excerpt limited to ~120 words for fair-use compliance. The full article is at Ikvm.
Discussion
0 commentsMore from Ikvm
