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cloudfoundry / java-buildpack

java-buildpack

Cloud Foundry buildpack for running Java applications

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What it is

Cloud Foundry buildpack for running Java applications

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Where it is used

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What people are saying

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 6:01:08 PM UTC.

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Mentions over time

HN mentions by week2 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2018-03-21 08:09:08 UTC to 2018-10-03 22:50:51 UTC. Weeks start Monday, UTC.

012018-03-19 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-03-26 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsMar 192018-03-26 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-04-02 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2018-04-02 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-04-09 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2018-04-09 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-04-16 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2018-04-16 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-04-23 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2018-04-23 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-04-30 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2018-04-30 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-05-07 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2018-05-07 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-05-14 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2018-05-14 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-05-21 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2018-05-21 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-05-28 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2018-05-28 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-06-04 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2018-06-04 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-06-11 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2018-06-11 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-06-18 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2018-06-18 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-06-25 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2018-06-25 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-07-02 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 commentsJun 252018-07-02 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-07-09 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2018-07-09 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-07-16 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2018-07-16 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-07-23 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2018-07-23 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-07-30 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2018-07-30 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-08-06 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2018-08-06 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-08-13 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2018-08-13 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-08-20 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2018-08-20 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-08-27 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2018-08-27 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-09-03 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2018-09-03 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-09-10 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2018-09-10 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-09-17 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2018-09-17 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-09-24 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2018-09-24 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-10-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2018-10-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-10-08 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsOct 1

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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Mar 192018-03-19 00:00:00 UTC2018-03-26 00:00:00 UTC101
Mar 262018-03-26 00:00:00 UTC2018-04-02 00:00:00 UTC000
Apr 22018-04-02 00:00:00 UTC2018-04-09 00:00:00 UTC000
Apr 92018-04-09 00:00:00 UTC2018-04-16 00:00:00 UTC000
Apr 162018-04-16 00:00:00 UTC2018-04-23 00:00:00 UTC000
Apr 232018-04-23 00:00:00 UTC2018-04-30 00:00:00 UTC000
Apr 302018-04-30 00:00:00 UTC2018-05-07 00:00:00 UTC000
May 72018-05-07 00:00:00 UTC2018-05-14 00:00:00 UTC000
May 142018-05-14 00:00:00 UTC2018-05-21 00:00:00 UTC000
May 212018-05-21 00:00:00 UTC2018-05-28 00:00:00 UTC000
May 282018-05-28 00:00:00 UTC2018-06-04 00:00:00 UTC000
Jun 42018-06-04 00:00:00 UTC2018-06-11 00:00:00 UTC000
Jun 112018-06-11 00:00:00 UTC2018-06-18 00:00:00 UTC000
Jun 182018-06-18 00:00:00 UTC2018-06-25 00:00:00 UTC000
Jun 252018-06-25 00:00:00 UTC2018-07-02 00:00:00 UTC000
Jul 22018-07-02 00:00:00 UTC2018-07-09 00:00:00 UTC000
Jul 92018-07-09 00:00:00 UTC2018-07-16 00:00:00 UTC000
Jul 162018-07-16 00:00:00 UTC2018-07-23 00:00:00 UTC000
Jul 232018-07-23 00:00:00 UTC2018-07-30 00:00:00 UTC000
Jul 302018-07-30 00:00:00 UTC2018-08-06 00:00:00 UTC000
Aug 62018-08-06 00:00:00 UTC2018-08-13 00:00:00 UTC000
Aug 132018-08-13 00:00:00 UTC2018-08-20 00:00:00 UTC000
Aug 202018-08-20 00:00:00 UTC2018-08-27 00:00:00 UTC000
Aug 272018-08-27 00:00:00 UTC2018-09-03 00:00:00 UTC000
Sep 32018-09-03 00:00:00 UTC2018-09-10 00:00:00 UTC000
Sep 102018-09-10 00:00:00 UTC2018-09-17 00:00:00 UTC000
Sep 172018-09-17 00:00:00 UTC2018-09-24 00:00:00 UTC000
Sep 242018-09-24 00:00:00 UTC2018-10-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Oct 12018-10-01 00:00:00 UTC2018-10-08 00:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

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jrudolph·Mar 21, 2018
This. I've seen container builds for Java applications broken in the described ways fail in production over and over again. Just because Docker makes building an image very easy doesn't mean that you will end up with a production ready image using three lines of code in a Dockerfile. Most of the time people don't even bother to use a non-root user to execute the jvm in their container... That's why I feel platforms like Cloud Foundry are a much better fit for teams that don't have tons of container experience but want to get the benefits of a containerized runtime. The CF java buildpack[1] for example automatically handles OOM and heap settings calculation while building your application container. disclaimer: co-founder at meshcloud, we offer a public cloud service for Cloud Foundry and K8s hosted in german datacenters. [1] https://g
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