Lightweight.
Fast.
Crafted for Microservices
and AI

Helidon is a cloud-native, open‑source Java framework for writing microservices that run on a fast web core powered by Java virtual threads.

Lightweight.
Fast.
Crafted for Microservices
and AI

Helidon is a cloud-native, open‑source Java framework for writing microservices that run on a fast web core powered by Java virtual threads.

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Helidon 27.0.0

JDK alignment, Helidon Messaging & complete Declarative coverage Read more

Why Helidon?

Write Your Next Microservice with Helidon

Simple and Fast

Helidon is designed to be simple to use, with tooling and examples to get you going quickly. Helidon WebServer is the world's first web server written from scratch that is fully based on virtual threads.

Helidon WebServer

Helidon WebServer provides a modern functional programming model and runs on virtual threads. Lightweight and flexible, the Helidon WebServer provides a simple-to-use and fast foundation for your microservices.

Observable and Resilient

With support for health checks, metrics, telemetry and fault tolerance, Helidon has what you need to write cloud-ready applications that integrate with OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Jaeger/Zipkin and Kubernetes.

Persistence Support

Helidon fully supports DB connectivity. Its database client supports existing JDBC drivers as well as relational and non-relational databases.

Natively awesome

No Magic! Just Java!

Helidon applications are standalone JVM processes without custom bootstrap or reflection.

Learn about Helidon Core

  • High performance
  • Small footprint
  • Fast startup time
  • Few third-party dependencies
  • Programmatic & Declarative
WebServer.builder()
.addRouting(HttpRouting.builder()
.get("/greet", (req, res)
-> res.send("Hello World!")))
.build()
.start();

Memory Footprint

71 MB
Helidon & Jlink AOT
118 MB
Helidon & Jlink JVM
110 MB
Helidon & JVM

Disk Space Usage

94 MB
Helidon & Jlink AOT
66 MB
Helidon & JLink JVM
383 MB
Helidon & JVM

Startup Time

0.26 sec
Helidon & Jlink AOT
0.77 sec
Helidon & JLink JVM
0.64 sec
Helidon & JVM

Cloud Native Ecosystem

openjdk
openjdk
microprofile
microprofile
docker
docker
prometheus
prometheus
zipkin
zipkin
kubernetes
kubernetes
jersey
jersey
microstream
microstream
jaeger
jaeger
openapi
openapi

Helidon Command Line Utility

Create, build and develop with the Helidon CLI.

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$ helidonUsage: helidon [OPTIONS] COMMANDHelidon Project command line toolOptions: -D<name>=<value> Define a system property --verbose Produce verbose output --debug Produce debug output --plain Do not use color or styles in outputCommands: build Build the application dev Continuous application development info Print project information init Generate a new project version Print version informationRun 'helidon COMMAND --help' for more information on a command.
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