packr-gui is a cross-platform Java Swing application used to export application/executable wrappers for JAR files. The purpose of packr-gui is to provide an alternate form of execution for JAR files by packing a JDK, instead of requiring users to have Java installed. This software is simply a wrapper of packr.
You are free to use packr-gui to your liking, there is no need to provide credit. Apart from the GUI, all credit goes to packr.
packr-gui has some but not all of the features that packr contains. The features are listed below:
- Ability to name and wrap your JAR and JDK.
- Ability to provide VM Arguments for your JAR files.
- Ability to export your app to a provided output directory.
- A console to view the progress or errors associated with your export.
- WIP (Icons, Saving Presets, etc.)
packr-gui only supports the following desktop platforms:
- Windows 64-bit (exe)
- MacOS (terminal)
- Linux 64-bit (in testing, currently unknown)
To get started, simply install the latest JAR release of packr-gui, open it, and follow the instructions to export your application.