Native Image User Guides

These guides help developers get started with GraalVM Native Image, acquaint them with available features, and describe potential usage scenarios. Here you will learn how to:

• Access Environment Variables
• Add Logging to a Native Executable
• Build a Native Executable from a JAR File
• Build and Run Native Executables with JFR
• Build Java Modules into a Native Executable
• Build a Native Shared Library
• Build a Polyglot Native Executable (Java and JavaScript)
• Build a Static or Mostly-Static Native Executable
• Configure Native Image with the Tracing Agent
• Containerise a Native Executable and Run in a Docker Container
• Create a Heap Dump from a Native Executable
• Debug Native Executables with GDB
• Include Resources in a Native Executable
• Optimize a Native Executable with Profile-Guided Optimizations
• Use GraalVM Dashboard to Optimize the Size of a Native Executable
• Use Gradle to Build a Native Executable from a Java Application
• Use Maven to Build a Native Executable from a Java Application
• Use Shared Reachability Metadata with Native Image Gradle Plugin
• Use System Properties in a Native Executable

Microservices Frameworks

• Build a Native Executable from a Spring Boot 3 Application
• Build a Native Executable from a Micronaut Application
• Build a Native Executable from a Quarkus Application
• Build a Native Executable from a Helidon MP Application
• Build a Native Executable from a Helidon SP Application

Note: To follow these guides, a user is expected to have GraalVM installed with Native Image support.