# Blade

Java web framework for MVC applications with RESTful routing, built on Netty 4 and run as a JAR.

STUB. This software has no release or pre-release in four years, or its project site no longer shows it, so it is not part of the register, not counted and not indexed. It will be checked again.

Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/blade-java/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-24
Listed since: 2026-10-24

## Record

### Links

- home: https://lets-blade.github.io
- repository: https://github.com/lets-blade/blade
- docs: https://lets-blade.github.io/docs

### Identity

- status: stub
- maintainer: hellokaton
- maintainerType: unknown
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2017
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: framework
- hosting: java
- language: java
- runtime: jvm
- runtimeMin: jvm 8
- basedOn: netty

### Content

- contentStore: unknown
- databases: unknown
- adminUi: unknown
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: built-in, jetbrick
- i18n: unknown

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: Maven or Gradle dependency on blade-core

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: Apache-2.0

### Releases

- currentMajor: 2
- latestReleaseDate: 2022-05-09

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 5869
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 32
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://lets-blade.github.io/ (read 2026-10-24)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/lets-blade/blade (read 2026-10-24)
- urls: https://lets-blade.github.io/docs (read 2026-10-24)
- maintainer: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lets-blade/blade/v2.1.3/pom.xml (read 2026-10-24)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/lets-blade/blade (read 2026-10-24)
- category: https://github.com/lets-blade/blade/blob/v2.1.3/README.md (read 2026-10-24)
- basedOn: https://github.com/lets-blade/blade/blob/v2.1.3/README.md (read 2026-10-24)
- templating: https://lets-blade.github.io/docs/templates.html (read 2026-10-24)
- runtime: https://github.com/lets-blade/blade/blob/v2.1.3/README.md (read 2026-10-24)
- runtimeMin: https://github.com/lets-blade/blade/blob/v2.1.3/README.md (read 2026-10-24)
- installMethod: https://github.com/lets-blade/blade/blob/v2.1.3/README.md (read 2026-10-24)
- runsAs: https://github.com/lets-blade/blade/blob/v2.1.3/README.md (read 2026-10-24)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/lets-blade/blade (read 2026-10-24)
- licenseModel: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lets-blade/blade/v2.1.3/pom.xml (read 2026-10-24)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/lets-blade/blade/releases (read 2026-10-24)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/lets-blade/blade/releases (read 2026-10-24)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/lets-blade/blade/releases (read 2026-10-24)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/lets-blade/blade (read 2026-10-24)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/lets-blade/blade/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-10-24)

## Notes

Blade is a Java MVC web framework built on Netty 4. Applications are ordinary Maven or Gradle projects, and the README describes running the packaged JAR to open the web service. Routing follows the RESTful style.

## Worth knowing

The newest release is older than the default branch, which has received commits since, with no release tagged from those commits.

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