# JD-Core

> Embed the Java decompiler engine used by JD-GUI through loader and printer interfaces.

- Type: Tool
- Targets: App
- Category: JVM bytecode tools
- Relationship: Foundation tool
- Sources reviewed: 2026-10-29
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/java-decompiler/jd-core>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/java-decompiler/jd-core/blob/fafc65682647deee757b7698e1c872469be1a211/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/jd-core/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/jd-core/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/jd-core/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- Supply JVM class bytes and implement the Loader and Printer interfaces in a Java application; the Gradle wrapper builds the library JAR.
- The pinned README documents Java 1.1.8–12.0, including lambdas, method references and default methods, and declares GPLv3. The documented class-file range ends at Java 12.0.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/java-decompiler/jd-core/blob/fafc65682647deee757b7698e1c872469be1a211/README.md>

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