Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Jre4Android

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Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Jre4Android launched in 2024; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1WD
   Web development IDE running on Android▲88

   2014 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Synclet▲70

   An Android IDE running in your browser

   2020 · synclet.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Dashwave 1.0▲395

   Fastest cloud dev environments for Android

   2024 · dashwave.io · its alternatives →

4. 4
   I finished v5 of a JVM framework I've spent spent half a decade making▲377

   ForewordJavalin is a Java and Kotlin web framework which focuses on simplicity and Java/Kotlin interoperability.It supports WebSockets and HTTP3, and it uses...

   2022 · javalin.io · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Jasonette Cross Platform▲364

   Make iOS and Android apps with just a single JSON

   2016 · jasonette.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Droidrun▲383

   Give AI native control of physical & virtual phones.

   2025 · droidrun.ai · its alternatives →

7. 7JA
   Javvy – A fun way to learn Java on iOS and Android▲77

   2015 · javvy-app.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Runabout▲90

   Instantly reproduce scenarios in your code

   2023 · plugins.jetbrains.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Awesome J2ME▲79

   An awesome list about Java platform Micro edition(J2ME). Documentation, academic papers, tutorials, communities, IDEs, SDKs, emulators, apps, video games. J2ME is a Java specification designed for old keypad phones and PDAs. MIDP, which is built upon CLDC, is used to create Midlets, which have `.jad` or `.jar` extension, and run on platforms like old keypad phones, Symbian and PDAs. MIDP is supported till Java ME SDK 3.4.

   Nov 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    JavaFiddle – Compile, run and share Java code fully client side▲66

    2023 · javafiddle.leaningtech.com · its alternatives →

11. 11IB
    I Built a Java IDE for iPad▲189

    Includes OpenJDK 17 and IntelliSense. I don't know what led me to make this but here it is.

    2024 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Jasonette – Native App Over HTTP, Now on Android▲32

    📡 Native App over HTTP, on Android. Contribute to Jasonette/JASONETTE-Android development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Javvy▲156

    Learn how to code in Java: Whenever, wherever

    2015 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Kyushu – A self-hostable WASM sandbox for JavaScript workers▲89

    A self-hostable Wasm sandbox for JavaScript workers.

    Jun 2026 · kyushu.dev · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Java 7 Features Backported to Android▲49

    Java 7 features backported to Android 2.2+. Contribute to yareally/Java7-on-Android development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2013 · github.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Node-android – Run Node.js on Android▲70

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Twine▲104

    Android launcher with AI assistant

    2023 · twinelauncher.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Jax-JS, array library in JavaScript targeting WebGPU▲84

    JAX in pure JavaScript, as a flexible machine learning library and compiler.

    Jan 2026 · ss.ekzhang.com · its alternatives →

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    Dagger.js – A buildless, runtime-only JavaScript micro-framework▲80

    TL;DR: dagger.js is a buildless, runtime-only micro-framework that plays nicely with native Web Components. It uses HTML-first directives (e.g. +click, +load) so you can ship a page by dropping a single from a CDN—no bundlers, no compile step. Why I built it Modern stacks are powerful but often heavy: bundlers, compile steps, framework DSLs, local CLIs. For internal tools, small apps, and edge/serverless deployments, I wanted something you can view-source, paste into a page, and ship. What it is: Runtime-only: no build or VDOM compile; hydrate behaviors directly on HTML. HTML…

    2025 · daggerjs.org · its alternatives →

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    Graphql-java – A complete Java implementation of the GraphQL spec▲65

    Contribute to andimarek/graphql-java development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Dynamic Support▲63

    A library to create Android apps with built-in theme engine.

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Videobug – The time travel debugger for JVM▲63

    Hi All, this is Shardul here - I am the co-founder of Videobug. https://bug.video We are super excited to share Videobug with you. Videobug records run time code execution so that developers can watch it line by line as frequently as they want, right in their IDE. It takes away the pain of recreating exact conditions that led to a bug and saves developer time in every bug squash. Parth (my co-founder) and I have worked on multiple production grade applications in startups and enterprises. We used Logrocket, Sentry, and Datadog for logging and found ourselves adding more logs after…

    2022 · its alternatives →

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    I built an Android OS in the browser▲28

    MobileGym is a verifiable and highly parallel simulation platform for mobile GUI agent research — programmatic state verification, structured state snapshots, identical-state replication, and scalable online RL across 28 mobile apps.

    May 2026 · mobilegym.dev · its alternatives →

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    Xtendroid – a DSL for Android development▲24

    Xtendroid is a DSL (domain-specific language) for Android that greatly reduces boilerplate code while providing great tooling support - tobykurien/Xtendroid

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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