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Kaffe
       
 
http://www.kaffe.org
       
a clean room implementation of the Java runtime
               (contains no Sun source code at all, and was developed without even looking at the Sun source code); 
            licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL).
   
 
gcj (GNU Compiler for Java)
        
 
http://gcc.gnu.org/java
        
 a portable, optimizing, ahead-of-time compiler for Java;
             supports most of the core Java APIs 
              including collections, networking, reflection, and serialization
   
 
Waba
     
 
http://www.wabasoft.com
         | http://sourceforge.net/projects/waba
     
small, efficient and reliable Java runtime for mobile devices; Waba for Palm OS; Waba for Newton;
           Waba for Gameboy Advance; Waba for MS-DOS;
            Waba for TI calculator;
              Waba for iPaq and more; licensed under GNU GPL
  
 
SuperWaba
    
 
http://www.superwaba.org 
         | http://www.superwaba.com.br/vm.asp
    
extension of Waba; Virtual machine for Palm OS and Windows CE; licensed under GNU LGPL
  
 
SableVM
        
  
http://www.sablevm.org
             | http://sourceforge.net/projects/sablevm
        
a portable bytecode interpreter written in C;
              headed by Etienne Gagnon; licensed under GNU Lesser GPL (LGPL)
  
  
IKVM
       
  
http://weblog.ikvm.net | http://sourceforge.net/projects/ikvm
       
 A Java virtual machine for Mono (.Net); licensed under a zlib/libpng-style license;
                   headed by Jeroen Frijters
  
 
IBM Jikes Research Virtual Machine (RVM)
       
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/oss/jikesrvm
         
 Java runtime written in Java;  
               Jikes is a self-bootstrapped virtual machine
                  (that is, its Java code runs on itself, 
                        without requiring a second virtual machine); 
                         licensed under the CPL (Common Public License)
  
 
Intel Open Runtime Platform (ORP)
      
 
http://orp.sourceforge.net
      
Java runtime written in C/C++; licensed under the Intel Open Source License
  
  
joeq Virtual Machine
       
   
http://joeq.sourceforge.net 
             | http://sourceforge.net/projects/joeq
       
  Java runtime in Java; headed by John Whaley; 
               licensed under GNU Lesser GPL (LGPL)
  
 
Kissme
        
   
http://kissme.sourceforge.net
              | http://sourceforge.net/projects/kissme
        
 Java runtime; licensed under GNU GPL
  
 
Janos
        
 
http://www.cs.utah.edu/flux/janos/janosvm.html   
        
 Java VM that supports multiple, separate processes 
               (called "teams" in JanosVM) within a single VM; research project 
                 spearheaded by University of Utah
  
 
Latte
        
 
http://latte.snu.ac.kr
        
Java runtime; spearheaded by Seoul National University; licensed under a BSD-style license
  
 
Aegis VM
        
  
http://aegisvm.sourceforge.net
             | http://sourceforge.net/projects/aegisvm
  
 
Jam VM
         
 
http://jamvm.sourceforge.net
               | http://sourceforge.net/projects/jamvm
  
 
Wonka
         
  
http://wonka.acunia.com 
         
clean room Java runtime licensed under a BSD-style license
  
 
Japhar
        
http://www.japhar.org
        
clean room Java runtime licensed under GNU Library GPL (LGPL); last release on June 2002
  
 
Mono
      
 
http://www.go-mono.com
      
Open-Source Multi-Language Runtime; Supports C#, Visual Basic and More;
            Support for Java upcoming; headed by Miguel de Icaza
  
 
Portable.Net
       
 
http://www.southern-storm.com.au/portable_net.html
       
Open-Source Multi-Language Runtime in C; licensed under the GNU GPL;
              headed by Rhys Weatherley
              
  
 
Parrot
      
 
http://www.parrotcode.org
      
         Open-Source Multi-Language Runtime; supports Perl 5 and Perl 6; 
             support for Python, Java and more upcoming.
  
  
joeq Virtual Machine Links
      
 
http://joeq.sourceforge.net/other_os_java.htm
  
  
Kaffe Links
       
 
http://www.kaffe.org/links.shtml
  
  
Marco Schmidt's JVM Links
       
  
http://www.geocities.com/marcoschmidt.geo/jvm.html
  
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